Edit PDFs:OCR to PDF

Notice: Wondershare PDFelement OCR Plug-in only works with Wondershare PDFelement windows version. If you haven't bought Wondershare PDFelement yet, please buy it first. The OCR plug-in is only available for Wondershare PDFelement registered users. If you're already a Wondershare PDFelement registered user, please follow the steps below to learn how to enable the OCR Plug-in.

Step 1: Buy Wondershare PDF OCR Plug-in

When you click the OCR button under the Edit tab. You will be prompted with a window to remind you to buy the OCR plug-in. Click the Purchase button to buy the OCR Plug-in. No trial version is available. To use the OCR Plug-in, you have to buy it first. The moment you complete the order, you'll receive an email that includes the OCR Plug-in download link and registration code.

Step 2: Download and install Wondershare PDF OCR Plug-in

Click the OCR Plug-in download link in the email you've received to download the OCR Plug-in installation package. After the download, double-click it to install the OCR plug-in.

Step 3: Register OCR Plug-in

After installing, a prompt will pop up, asking you to enter the licensed email and registration code. Just enter the info to register.

Step 4: Perform OCR

After the registration, all features in PDFelement for native PDF files will be applicable to scanned PDFs after performing OCR. Whenever you open a scanned PDF on Wondershare PDFelement, a message will appear on the information bar, reminding you of performing OCR. A click of the Perform OCR option will lead you to the following prompt where you can select the language of the current PDF file for better recognition.