Software for reading PDF files that don't let you use CTRL + F?

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  • OCRmyPDF

    OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched

    I’ve used ocrmypdf in the past. If you’re at all comfortable in the command line, that’s my recommendation — it works great and can even de-skew scanned pages.

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