Adobe Acrobat - Performing Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

OneDrive can be added to Adobe Acrobat as an integrated file location for easy access. This section's steps are not required to perform OCR below.

1. Open Adobe Acrobat by performing either of the following:
   1. On a Mac device, click the Acrobat icon in your dock or search for Adobe in Finder.

2. On a Windows device, click the Adobe icon on your taskbar or by type: Adobe Acrobat in the search bar.

2. Within Acrobat's home screen, click: Add file storage, then click: Add beneath OneDrive.

3. Enter your KU email, then click: Continue.

4. Enter your single sign-on information and click: Login.

5. When prompted to confirm sign-in to Adobe, click: Continue.

• Once added, your OneDrive account will appear on Adobe's home page as an other file storage location.

1. If not already open, open Adobe Acrobat by performing either of the following:

   1. On a Mac device, click the Acrobat icon in your dock or search for Adobe in Finder.

2. On a Windows device, click the Adobe icon on your taskbar or by type: Adobe Acrobat in the search bar.

2. Once Adobe opens, on the home page, click: Recent, then click: See all tools.

   • On a Mac device:

• On a windows device:

3. Scroll down in the list of tools until you see Scan & OCR, then click: Open beneath it.

4. Depending upon how many files you wish to select, perform either of the following:

   1. For a single file, click: Select a file. Continue to the "Single File OCR" section's step 5 below.

   2. For multiple files, click: Or recognize text in multiple files. Go to the "Multiple Files OCR" section's step 9 below.