Many major search engines now have the capability to index PDF files created by Adobe Acrobat and return them in search results. If you are a Web site owner with PDF files on your site, this is good ...

The search function in Adobe Acrobat Reader allows you to locate words or phrases while working with PDF documents, even if it has been converted to PDF using character recognition technology (OCR).

Google Inc. this week took another step in its effort to shed light on the so-called Dark Web, announcing that its engine can now search scanned documents in a PDF. Using optical character recognition ...