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March 2010: Scanning and OCR

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Learn how you can use the enhanced one-stop scanning features in Acrobat 9 to scan a text document and then perform text recognition with Acrobat’s built-in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to convert the scan into a searchable PDF file.

Scanning and OCR eSeminar

Agenda

The enhanced one-stop scanning features in Acrobat 9 let you scan a text document and perform text recognition with Acrobat’s built-in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to convert the scan into a searchable PDF file.

Learn how to:
• Capture searchable PDF documents from a scanner
• Making an image of a document searchable
• Convert a scanned document using ClearScan
• Perform OCR text recognition on multiple scanned documents



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David Mankin
Fine Artist/Graphic Designer

David is an Adobe Certified Instructor for Acrobat, which he has taught since version 3. In David’s classes, participants seem to know they’re in good hands, as he mixes challenging lessons with real-world, practical scenarios. Early in his computer graphics career, he discovered the power and flexibility of Adobe Acrobat technology, and has been “spreading the Acrobat word” to thousands of North American students and lecture/seminar attendees from coast to coast for over 12 years. When not onstage or behind a computer keyboard, David can be found tinkering with his home-made coffee roaster, fine tuning his espresso machine, or inventing a new recipe or two in his kitchen.

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Question: Is there an Acrobat script, an Applescript or a folder action that will automatically OCR and reduce the size of my PDF?
Answer: Acrobat > Advanced menu > Document processing > Batch processing. Read more in the forums >

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