Create a PDF file from a scanned document

Choose File > Create PDF > From Scanner, or click the Create PDF button and choose From Scanner.

Select your scanner device in the Create PDF From Scanner dialog box.

Choose Front Sides or Both Sides, and specify whether to create a new PDF document or append the converted scan to an open PDF document.

Select Recognize Text Using OCR to convert scanned pages to searchable text. Click Settings and specify options.

Select Add Tags To Document to affect the reading order for disabled users.

Click Image Settings, and specify compression and filtering. The default settings create compact pages of good quality.

Click Scan. Your scanning operation and available options vary with the type of scanner you have.