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What types of files can you create a searchable PDF from?

When you say searchable archive, are your PDFs created by a scanner or fax system? In that case you would have to OCR the data as it would just be an image. Otherwise if your PDFs were digitally created (like a Print to PDF from a software), it should retain all of the text data and its searchable then. You can then post it online to file sharing site of your choice.

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If you’re using Acrobat, Acrobat Reader 8 or newer will detect text in an image automatically. However, if the image is in one of the following file formats (JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, BMP, etc), you must use the Find Text tool within Acrobat Reader.

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