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merge photos to pdf + OCR

2011-04-03 00:00:49

jamesleewantstoknow

Registered: Apr 2 2011

Posts: 2

Answered

I have a lot of folders of photos. Here is what I want to do:

1. make each folder of photos to be a single pdf;
2. OCR each pdf to be searchable.

Can anyone tell me how to make it automatically be done, because I have really a lot of folders?

Thank you all!!!

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.4, Macintosh

2011-04-04 03:32:05

try67

Registered: Oct 30 2008

Posts: 2398

Accepted Answer

It can be done, but requires several separate (batch) processes:
1. Convert all images to PDF files.
Run a "blank" batch process on your input folder.
2. OCR all the PDF files.
There's a built-in action to do that.
3. Combine all PDF files in a folder to a single file.
Can be achieved using this tool, created by me: Batch Combine All Files in a Folder
Unfortunately, you will have to run each process manually.

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2011-04-04 09:01:11

jamesleewantstoknow

Registered: Apr 2 2011

Posts: 2

Thank try67!!!

I'm very new to Acrobat. Can you tell me more details about "batch" and "action"?

Thank you very much!!!

2011-04-04 09:33:51

try67

Registered: Oct 30 2008

Posts: 2398

Batch processes are available in Acrobat Pro. They can be used to execute the same command on multiple files.
In Acrobat Pro X they are called Actions.
In your version (9.4) you can find them under Advanced - Document Processing - Batch Processing...

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2011-04-04 09:55:29

George_Johnson

Registered: Jul 6 2008

Posts: 1876

You can also do: File > Combine > Merge Files into a Single PDF