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2008-11-14 13:03:06
clien
Registered: Nov 14 2008
Posts: 5
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I am not sure this is the most relevant place to post my question.

I have an image pdf file and had it OCRed to produce a searchable pdf file. I know the x, y coordinates of the text and want to build a template for it. Is there any way to do it?

Thank you for your time,

clien

My Product Information:
Reader 8.0, Windows
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2008-11-14 16:39:04
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George_Johnson
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Registered: Jul 6 2008
Posts: 1876
What do you mean by template, exactly? You might want to include more details about what you're trying to accomplish. The more information, the better.

George
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2008-11-15 20:07:32
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clien
Registered: Nov 14 2008
Posts: 5
I have 2 pdf files: one image file, and one searchable pdf file.

I have an original image of a form of billing information, say account number, user name, address and so on. Then I had the pdf file OCRed and the result was a searchable pdf. With that searchable pdf file, I can find the x, y coordinates of each text appears in the pdf file. For example, the x, y coordinates of "John Doe" is (300, 100). I want to extract "John Doe" by its location, i.e. x, y coordinates and represent it, say in xml "user name: John Doe".

Any way to do it?

Thanks,

clien
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2008-11-15 22:27:05
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George_Johnson
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Registered: Jul 6 2008
Posts: 1876
This might help: http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/aucbb/viewtopic.php?id=12898

George
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