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Make Text Selectable

Make the scanned grant attachment selectable: run OCR on the scanned methods attachment, correct obvious recognition e…

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The same job, four heights

do it · improve it · decide · become
AExecute — “help me do it”Make the scanned grant attachment selectable: run OCR on the scanned methods attachment,…+
Make the scanned grant attachment selectable: run OCR on the scanned methods attachment, correct obvious recognition errors, and save a searchable, editable PDF so reviewers can quote methods precisely.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.
BImprove — “do it better”Before I hand the grant attachment to reviewers, reduce quoting errors: run OCR, correct…+
Before I hand the grant attachment to reviewers, reduce quoting errors: run OCR, correct commonly misread technical terms and units, embed the original scanned image behind the text layer for verification, and deliver a searchable PDF with a short errata note of fixes I made.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

The real tasks

2 of them
Proof a scanned grant attachment and make the text selectable so reviewers can quote methods precisely.
Scan a printed test plan and make its text selectable so I can copy examples and update the plan.

Who does this

2 roles
People Operations ManagerTechnical Writer

Questions people ask

honest answers

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.