Advanced Viewer OCR Search
🔎 Advanced Viewer OCR Search
The Advanced File Viewer in Ontraccr includes powerful OCR (Optical Character Recognition) search capabilities — allowing you to search inside scanned PDFs and drawings, not just text-based files.
This makes it much easier to find specific items in large, complex documents without scrolling manually.
🧠 What is OCR?
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) scans the visible content of a file and makes text in images or scanned documents searchable.
✔ You can search even if the file wasn’t originally digital or didn’t have selectable text.
📌 Example: A scanned blueprint or product spec sheet can still be searched for terms like “Item #243” or “12-gauge”.
🔍 How to Use OCR Search
- Open a file in the Advanced File Viewer
- Locate the Search bar (usually on the left panel or toolbar)
- Type in the word or phrase you want to find
Search Options:
- Case Sensitive: Only matches text that matches the capitalization you typed
- Whole Word: Only matches full words (e.g. “Item” but not “Items”)
Once you type in your term, the system will:
- List every page where the word appears
- Highlight the matches directly in the document
- Allow you to click any match to jump straight to that page
🏗 Use Cases
OCR search is ideal for:
- Construction drawings: Find a specific room, part, or material callout
- Spec sheets: Jump to a model number or spec name
- Large contracts or product manuals: Quickly locate a clause or component
💡 Instead of scrolling through 100+ pages, let Ontraccr find the content for you.
🔄 Works With All Common File Types
OCR search is available for:
- Scanned PDFs
- Drawings and plans
- Image-based documents with printed or typed text
🧾 Summary
- OCR lets you search inside non-editable or scanned documents
- Available only in the Advanced File Viewer
- Results show exact page numbers and let you jump directly to the match
- Great for drawings, specs, and large technical documents