Make a scanned PDF searchable (English text)

  1. Open Clean a scan from the Home screen (or use its own page link).

  2. Tap Choose files and select all the files you need (you can select several at once).

  3. Choose a look: Auto clean (best) gives white paper and sharp text; Keep colours keeps colours; Grey and Black & white make smaller files and print well.

  4. Optional: tick Make searchable (OCR, English) so you can search and copy text in the result.

  5. Tap the big purple Start button and wait a few seconds.

  6. When you see Done!, tap Download. The new file is saved on your phone or computer.

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