Are files produced by gscan2pdf suitably searchable?
by rblampain from LinuxQuestions.org on (#524QG)
I am asked to send files as "searchable PDF files".
I do not know much about PDF files or, except faxing and printing them, what one can do with them. It looks like my installed "gscan2pdf" in Debian 9 produces searchable files since "Atril document viewer" tells me that unique words are found when I type them in its search field targeting a PDF file created with "gscan2pdf" although Atril does not point to the word or expression.
I anticipate whoever is going to read the sent files have more elaborated software to search, comment, etc (I only have a vague idea of the possibilities) and my question is: will "gscan2pdf" produce files suitable for such job or should I look for other software?
Thank you for your help.
I do not know much about PDF files or, except faxing and printing them, what one can do with them. It looks like my installed "gscan2pdf" in Debian 9 produces searchable files since "Atril document viewer" tells me that unique words are found when I type them in its search field targeting a PDF file created with "gscan2pdf" although Atril does not point to the word or expression.
I anticipate whoever is going to read the sent files have more elaborated software to search, comment, etc (I only have a vague idea of the possibilities) and my question is: will "gscan2pdf" produce files suitable for such job or should I look for other software?
Thank you for your help.