How to make a searchable PDF document from a scan AND a source Word document?

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Published on 2012-03-28T10:56:56Z Indexed on 2012/03/28 11:33 UTC
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Well, I have a scanned PDF with some slightly changes made by hand and a source file. I wish to make a PDF, which would be searchable (based on the text from the source, the changes would remain as they are).

I am searching a free (and even better - portable) software which would allow me to somehow "combine" the images from a scan and the text from the source DOC file. So it SEEMS like the image is selectable and searchable.

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