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Scanned PDF to Word — OCR, 150MB, No Upload

2026-05-02

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Image-only PDFs

Scanners and WhatsApp “document photos” produce PDFs with no text layer. Word cannot infer paragraphs from pixels — you need OCR first.

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  • Optional: run OCR PDF if highlight/copy is dead.
  • Open PDF to Word — the tool reconstructs headings, tables, and runs when native text exists.
  • Proofread DOCX — merged cells from forms may need one manual cleanup pass just like Adobe.

    • Convert scans to Word →

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    Scanned PDFs to editable DOCX with OCR — no upload, ~150 MB practical limit.

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