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I have a scanned lease agreement with faint handwriting on page 4. Run text recognition so the whole document becomes …

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AExecute — “help me do it”I have a scanned lease agreement with faint handwriting on page 4. Run text recognition so the…+
I have a scanned lease agreement with faint handwriting on page 4. Run text recognition so the whole document becomes searchable, keep original layout, and export a searchable PDF named [filename=Lease-Searchable-by-Tuesday].
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.
BImprove — “do it better”The legal reviewer will need accurate, searchable text but dislikes OCR errors in dates and…+
The legal reviewer will need accurate, searchable text but dislikes OCR errors in dates and names. Run OCR on the [pages=18]-page manual, flag low-confidence lines, and produce a text extract of all dates, names, and contract numbers for quick verification before I send it to legal.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.
CDecide — “help me choose”We found an old printed contract in the archive with handwritten amendments and faint stamps.…+
We found an old printed contract in the archive with handwritten amendments and faint stamps. I’m unsure whether OCR will misread clause numbers or signatures. Tell me how reliable OCR typically is on mixed‑quality scans, list what I should check afterward, and recommend settings that maximize accuracy for dates and clause numbers without mangling legal formatting.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

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Scanned contract needs to be made searchable for e‑discovery

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Because you rarely think 'I want the redaction tool'. You think 'I have to share this without leaking the client's details'. Start from the need, and the feature finds you.

Real. Every job here was drawn from what people in real roles were actually seen doing in Acrobat — not a feature checklist.

No. Each page gives you a ready prompt you can paste into an AI assistant, plus the plain steps to do it yourself. Start with either — the goal is the finished job, not the tool.