Legal teams, corporate archives, and researchers often deal with boxes of historical papers. To make these documents usable in the digital world, scanning is only the first step. You need searchability and systematic indexing.
What is OCR (Optical Character Recognition)?
OCR is a technology that analyzes the pixel shapes in a document scan or image and matches them to alphabetic characters, generating a selectable text overlay. Without OCR, a scanned PDF is just a giant image; you cannot search for keywords, copy text, or feed it into AI tools. WeLovePDF integrates a state-of-the-art OCR PDF engine to restore full searchability to your archives.
The Importance of Bates Numbering
In legal and medical fields, documents must be indexed sequentially for identification. Bates Numbering applies a unique, serial number prefix (e.g., CASE-000001) to every page. This ensures pages aren't lost and can be referenced easily during trials or audits. Our bates numbering tool allows you to customize the prefix, suffix, digit padding, and position dynamically.