How to Check Spelling in PDF?

Here are the steps about how to check spelling in PDF with Adobe Acrobat.

1. Open Adobe Acrobat. At the top menu, select [Edit] – [Check Spelling] – [In Comment, Fields & Editable Text].

2. In the following window, click on [Start] to check spelling.

Note: You can check spelling of the comments and the editable text on the sheet. However, you cannot check spelling of the basic PDF text. If you want to carefully check spelling of a PDF file, you can try the method in the second part.

In fact, the PDF files are hard to be edited directly. If you want to check all words on the PDF file, you should convert PDF to Word and then use the proofing function to check spelling within Microsoft Word. Next, we will show you how to convert PDF and check spelling in Word.

What is Renee PDF Aide?

Renee PDF Aide is the software that supports to edit PDF and convert PDF. With utilization of the advanced OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology, it can convert PDF to Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Image/HTML/TXT and the other common formats. You can designate the specific pages to be converted at the speed of 80 pages/min. Besides, it can repair the damaged PDF files, compress PDF files to shorten the loading time, merge several files into one and rotate the file position. En/decryption and watermark are allowed to add for PDF files, too.

What’s more, Renee PDF Aide supports English/French/German/Spanish/Portuguese/Chinese/Korean/Japanese. Under the mode of OCR, it can greatly improve the accuracy of character recognition. Even though you are a new user, you can use this software easily.

1. Download and install Renee PDF Aide. Then, open the software and get into [Convert PDF].

2. Select [Word] at the top menu. Then, click on [Add Files] to select the target PDF file and select the pages that should be converted. Next, check the option [Enable OCR] to improve the character recognition. Finally, click on [Convert] to convert PDF to Word.

3. Open the Word document that is converted from the PDF file. Then, select [File] – [Options].

4. In the following window, go to the Proofing tab and check all options of correcting spelling and grammar.

5. After that, those incorrect grammar errors and words will be pointed out. Correct them if necessary.

These are the steps about how to convert PDF and check spelling in Word. Compared with the way of Adobe Acrobat, this method is more convenient and practical. You can check more words and find out grammar errors with this way.

Besides, Renee PDF Aide offers many editing tools. You can get into [PDF Tools] and select different tools to edit PDF files. After editing the files, you can click on [Convert] to output and save the PDF files.

Instruction of each tool:

Repair: Fix the broken PDF file or the file that cannot be opened

Optimize: Compress large PDF file

Split: Split a PDF file into small files

Merge: Merge several PDF files into one, or merge the selected pages

Rotate: Adjust a PDF file at different angles

En/Decrypt: Lock and unlock PDF files

Watermark: Add overlay watermark or background to PDF files

Image→PDF: Convert one or more images into PDF file(s)