Searchable PDF
M-Files can convert images imported from external file sources into searchable PDFs using optical character recognition (OCR). This makes full-text search of scanned documents possible. After conversion, you can find the PDF document by searching the actual document content.
You can use optical character recognition with these file
formats:
- TIF
- TIFF
- JPG
- JPEG
- BMP
- PNG
Note: Converting the file to a searchable PDF does not affect the outward appearance of
the document when viewing it. The users still see the original scanned image. M-Files stores the automatic text recognition results in the
PDF as invisible text, which is used when searching the file. Possible text
recognition inaccuracies will not affect the appearance of the scanned document in
any way when viewed on screen or printed.
Do the following steps to convert images from an external file source into searchable PDFs:
Note: Text recognition can also be done in M-Files Desktop. For more information, see Scanning and Text Recognition (OCR). To use text recognition
using external sources through the M-Files Admin only, this
limitation can be set by changing the registry settings. The registry settings can
be used to set other limitations as well. For more information on registry settings,
write to our customer support at [email protected].