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After you have installed eePDF PDF to Word OCR Converter in your computer, you should do as follows:

1. Run eePDF PDF to Word OCR Converter

Double click the icon of eePDF PDF to Word OCR Converter, or right click with the mouse and choose [Open] on the drop-down menu. The following is the interface of eePDF PDF to Word OCR Converter, which will appear on the computer screen as soon as you run the converter.

Figure 1: he interface of eePDF PDF to Word OCR Converter

2. Add PDF files:

Two ways can lead you to add PDF file to the converter.
You can either drag the PDF files to the list box of eePDF PDF to Word OCR Converter; or click [Add PDF File(s)] > select the PDF files and click [Open] in the dialog box that pops out to add the PDF files. The following is an image based PDF file, which is converted from an image file in TIFF format. Now we are going to use it as an example to show you how to convert and edit image based PDF file.

Figure 2: Source file: an image based PDF sample

3. select output options

As mentioned before, if you want to edit an image based PDF, OCR is an essential factor. In the [Output Options] pulling down listing, there are six options relevant to OCR. These options enable you to convert and image based PDF files written in six languages like English. If you haven’t chosen one of those OCR options before convert, the computer will fail to recognize characters in the image based PDF file. So, remember to select a corresponding OCR option.

Figure 3: six OCR options

4. Covert from Image based PDF to Word

You can start converting by clicking [Convert] and follow the prompt to save the output Word document in a proper directory.

Figure 4: Click [Convert] to save the output Word file

5. Edit image based PDF file in MS Word application

After conversion, the computer will open the new created Word document in MS Office by default. If not, you can open the Word document in MS Office by yourself. Then you can edit image based PDF file in MS Word application. You can select the text, add and delete whatever you want.
The following image show you how to edit image based PDF file in MS Word application.

How can I edit image based PDF file in MS Word application?

An image based PDF file is converted from image to PDF, so it is read-only. When you select the text with mouse, you cannot select it. Neither can you edit it. Even you can’t delete the content. The content looks like an image. If you want to edit image based PDF file in MS Word application, you have to use a document converter with OCR. This article would primarily focus on how to use eePDF PDF to Word OCR Converter to convert an image based PDF file to a Word document.