MarqPDF › Make a PDF searchable
Make a PDF searchable
Add a real text layer to a scan so you can search, select and copy the text.
Drag & drop your PDF here, or click to choose a file
Open a PDFA scanned PDF is just a picture of text until you run OCR. MarqPDF adds an accurate, invisible text layer so the document becomes searchable and the text selectable.
Searchable and selectable
After OCR you can Ctrl-F the document and highlight/copy any text, just like a born-digital PDF.
Then edit it
Go one step further and change the recognised text directly — see edit a scanned PDF.
Frequently asked questions
What is a searchable PDF?
A PDF with a text layer over the page image, so its contents can be searched, selected and copied.