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... about these PDF documents, and about the kinds of eight languages, hide recognized text behind a document image, and downsample images to minimize file size. Using the Capture plug-in You use the touch-up tool in to recognize any of PDF documents produced by capturing text from them, see Setting Capture plug-in Acrobat Exchange.
... about these PDF documents, and about the kinds of eight languages, hide recognized text behind a document image, and downsample images to minimize file size. Using the Capture plug-in You use the touch-up tool in to recognize any of PDF documents produced by capturing text from them, see Setting Capture plug-in Acrobat Exchange.
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Use the Capture plug-in is installed from Acrobat Exchange. The Capture plug-in to convert small collections of paper documents and electronic images to the full Acrobat Capture product, which offers a number of paper documents or electronic images to PDF, consider upgrading to PDF directly from the Acrobat 3.0 CD-ROM. If you need to convert large collections of automated processing features and enhanced reviewing capabilities. For details on running the Acrobat Installer, see the Acrobat Getting Started Guide.
Use the Capture plug-in is installed from Acrobat Exchange. The Capture plug-in to convert small collections of paper documents and electronic images to the full Acrobat Capture product, which offers a number of paper documents or electronic images to PDF, consider upgrading to PDF directly from the Acrobat 3.0 CD-ROM. If you need to convert large collections of automated processing features and enhanced reviewing capabilities. For details on running the Acrobat Installer, see the Acrobat Getting Started Guide.
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... Only files are produced by the Scan and the Import commands in Exchange. You can be indexed, searched, and copied. About PDF document styles Adobe Acrobat can produce three styles of PDF documents: • PDF Image Only documents contain only a bitmap picture of file with Acrobat Distiller, PDF Writer, or the Capture Pages command in Exchange.
... Only files are produced by the Scan and the Import commands in Exchange. You can be indexed, searched, and copied. About PDF document styles Adobe Acrobat can produce three styles of PDF documents: • PDF Image Only documents contain only a bitmap picture of file with Acrobat Distiller, PDF Writer, or the Capture Pages command in Exchange.
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... combine features of a document for legal or archival purposes. When you are smaller than those captured with the PDF Original Image with the Capture Pages command in appearance to keep the original scanned image of PDF Image Only and PDF Normal documents. This provides the advantages of the original document, but with recognized text hidden...
... combine features of a document for legal or archival purposes. When you are smaller than those captured with the PDF Original Image with the Capture Pages command in appearance to keep the original scanned image of PDF Image Only and PDF Normal documents. This provides the advantages of the original document, but with recognized text hidden...
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... you want to import and click Open. PDF Image Only files. See Acrobat Exchange for information on importing image files. • To scan a paper document, choose File > Scan. then click Scan. See Acrobat Scan for more information on using a scanner with Acrobat Exchange. 2 Choose Document > Capture Pages. 3 Determine which pages you have scanned...
... you want to import and click Open. PDF Image Only files. See Acrobat Exchange for information on importing image files. • To scan a paper document, choose File > Scan. then click Scan. See Acrobat Scan for more information on using a scanner with Acrobat Exchange. 2 Choose Document > Capture Pages. 3 Determine which pages you have scanned...
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... recognition process. Text on a dark or shaded background, or on a page with the new settings. 4 If you want to be successful, the resolution of the captured PDF Image Only file must fall within the following ranges: • Monochrome images, 200-600 dpi • Grayscale or color images, 200-400 dpi Also..., the text should be recognized. The document will be captured with complex color gradients, may not be dark against a light background. In order for details. 5 Click OK.
... recognition process. Text on a dark or shaded background, or on a page with the new settings. 4 If you want to be successful, the resolution of the captured PDF Image Only file must fall within the following ranges: • Monochrome images, 200-600 dpi • Grayscale or color images, 200-400 dpi Also..., the text should be recognized. The document will be captured with complex color gradients, may not be dark against a light background. In order for details. 5 Click OK.
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... for example, when indexing it for publication on CD-ROM or the World Wide Web. Correcting captured documents When the Capture plug-in suspects it has not recognized a word correctly, it creates PDF files. This is not selected in the document and hides its best guess for more ...information. This ensures accurate reproduction of the original word in PDF Writer before capturing the document. Note: The Capture plug-in Exchange with the touch-up tool. See PDF Writer for the word behind the bitmap. You can review and correct suspect words in ...
... for example, when indexing it for publication on CD-ROM or the World Wide Web. Correcting captured documents When the Capture plug-in suspects it has not recognized a word correctly, it creates PDF files. This is not selected in the document and hides its best guess for more ...information. This ensures accurate reproduction of the original word in PDF Writer before capturing the document. Note: The Capture plug-in Exchange with the touch-up tool. See PDF Writer for the word behind the bitmap. You can review and correct suspect words in ...
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... language dictionary is used to the custom dictionary. • PDF Output Style specifies what kind of PDF document the Capture plug-in preferences: • Primary OCR Language indicates which you can modify. Setting Capture plug-in preferences Choose File > Preferences > Capture to control the following Capture plug-in creates. For more information, see Adding words to...
... language dictionary is used to the custom dictionary. • PDF Output Style specifies what kind of PDF document the Capture plug-in preferences: • Primary OCR Language indicates which you can modify. Setting Capture plug-in preferences Choose File > Preferences > Capture to control the following Capture plug-in creates. For more information, see Adding words to...
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If you are stored during the capture process. See Choosing downsampling options for details. • Location for Temporary Files specifies the directory where temporary files are running out of downsampling images in the specified directory, you want to minimize file size. • Downsample Images gives you the option of space in captured PDF documents, which can be useful if you can change the location by typing a new directory path.
If you are stored during the capture process. See Choosing downsampling options for details. • Location for Temporary Files specifies the directory where temporary files are running out of downsampling images in the specified directory, you want to minimize file size. • Downsample Images gives you the option of space in captured PDF documents, which can be useful if you can change the location by typing a new directory path.
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...images are downsampled below 200 dpi. Doing this can choose to downsample images in the captured document. Consequently, you can significantly reduce file size. Choosing downsampling options When you capture a document, you will not be able to 150 dpi (Images less than 225 dpi... are not downsampled) Note: When both the PDF Original Image + Text and downsampling options are selected, color and grayscale page...
...images are downsampled below 200 dpi. Doing this can choose to downsample images in the captured document. Consequently, you can significantly reduce file size. Choosing downsampling options When you capture a document, you will not be able to 150 dpi (Images less than 225 dpi... are not downsampled) Note: When both the PDF Original Image + Text and downsampling options are selected, color and grayscale page...
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To turn downsampling on or off: 1 Choose File > Preferences > Capture or Document > Capture Pages, and click the Preferences button. 2 Select or deselect the Downsample Images option as desired. (Downsampling is on by default.) Note: The Downsampling Images setting in Capture Preferences overrides the downsampling setting in PDF Writer.
To turn downsampling on or off: 1 Choose File > Preferences > Capture or Document > Capture Pages, and click the Preferences button. 2 Select or deselect the Downsample Images option as desired. (Downsampling is on by default.) Note: The Downsampling Images setting in Capture Preferences overrides the downsampling setting in PDF Writer.
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... the file sizes resulting from the import and capture of an 8 1/2-by-11 inch page containing text, line art, and a photograph.These charts show how the PDF Output Style you cannot change PDF Writer compression settings to create PDF files, but you choose can effect the size... of captured files. The Capture plug-in uses PDF Writer to reduce the size of the final...
... the file sizes resulting from the import and capture of an 8 1/2-by-11 inch page containing text, line art, and a photograph.These charts show how the PDF Output Style you cannot change PDF Writer compression settings to create PDF files, but you choose can effect the size... of captured files. The Capture plug-in uses PDF Writer to reduce the size of the final...
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Captured file sizes: downsampling on In most cases, the size of a captured file is significantly reduced when downsampling is turned on in the Capture preferences. Image type Scanned at 300 dpi Black and white 4-bit grayscale 8-bit grayscale 8-bit indexed color 24-bit RGB color TIFF image file (original file) uncompressed compressed 1043K LZW 190K Group 4 201K 8335K LZW 606K 8333K LZW 1343K 8335K LZW 796K 24998K LZW 3085K PDF Image Only PDF Normal PDF Original Image + Hidden Text 202K 61K 94K 421K 1183K 612K 2531K 222K 113K 364K 500K 325K 309K 477K 616K
Captured file sizes: downsampling on In most cases, the size of a captured file is significantly reduced when downsampling is turned on in the Capture preferences. Image type Scanned at 300 dpi Black and white 4-bit grayscale 8-bit grayscale 8-bit indexed color 24-bit RGB color TIFF image file (original file) uncompressed compressed 1043K LZW 190K Group 4 201K 8335K LZW 606K 8333K LZW 1343K 8335K LZW 796K 24998K LZW 3085K PDF Image Only PDF Normal PDF Original Image + Hidden Text 202K 61K 94K 421K 1183K 612K 2531K 222K 113K 364K 500K 325K 309K 477K 616K
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... 421K 1183K 612K 2531K 222K 766K 366K 1832K 328K 884K 477K 2044K In some cases, a PDF Original Image + Hidden Text file is smaller than the PDF Image only file because the Capture plug-in the Capture preferences. (Turning downsampling on could reduce the file size even more...). Captured file sizes: downsampling off The file in this chart was processed with downsampling ...
... 421K 1183K 612K 2531K 222K 766K 366K 1832K 328K 884K 477K 2044K In some cases, a PDF Original Image + Hidden Text file is smaller than the PDF Image only file because the Capture plug-in the Capture preferences. (Turning downsampling on could reduce the file size even more...). Captured file sizes: downsampling off The file in this chart was processed with downsampling ...