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2011-03-22 13:07:08
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Registered: Mar 22 2011
Posts: 1

Although I'm certain this topic must have been addressed already, I haven't been able to locate a discussion of it.
 
For a long time I used 'Optimize PDF' on scanned files, primarily to orient slightly cockeyed scanned text vertically. When I upgraded from Acrobat 8 to Acrobat 9, file optimization seemed to stop working. Files would included optimized text plus skewed text. (It was though a wrinkled page had gone through a photocopier.) I've just upgraded to Acrobat X and tried optimizing a couple of scanned files with pages pages oriented slightly off the vertical. Although I'm sure optimization of some kind is occurring, the text is not reoriented--it's still slightly cockeyed. I subsequently tried optimizing the same files with Acrobat 8, and it worked like a charm!
 
So what's going on? Does Acrobat X do the job, but in some other way? And, if so, *what* other way? This feature was so central to my use of Acrobat in the past, that I can't imagine others wouldn't have benefited from it as well. Acrobat X help isn't helpful on the point.
 
Just to be clear, I want to take scanned files with slightly non-vertical text orientation and orient the text vertically ('straighten' the text). How do you do this in Acrobat X? I'm using an Intel Mac running OS X 10.6.7

John Heil

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 10.0.1, Macintosh
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2011-03-29 05:57:10
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lkassuba
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Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
What functionality are you using in Acrobat X? Are you working with the Optimize Scanned PDF command under the Document Processing panel? Under the Filters section, you'll find capability for Deskewing your image.

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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2011-09-13 06:08:02
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dmeredith
Registered: Sep 13 2011
Posts: 1
I'm having the same issue with the deskew filter option.

I have selected in the filters section, but it doesn't seem to do anything.

I just upgraded from Acrobat 8 to X, and this was a feature that I used extensively.

How do I get this to work?

Tx
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2011-09-14 10:58:49
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kabungies
Registered: Sep 14 2011
Posts: 1
If you have been optimizing pdf files, and more specifically optimizing scanned documents with Acrobat 8, you should know that some features that you may be used to using in Acrobat 8, go away in Acrobat X. Specifically, the Optimize Scanned Documents feature is gone. So, your de-speckle, background removal, deskew, descreen features can only be adopted if you scan the document from Acrobat X. (The only way to do that with Acrobat X is to use the Create Scanned Document feature). So, you cannot Optimize Scanned Documents on previously scanned documents. And it then appears that there are limited scanning capabilities, and limited scanner compatibilities. If you wish to Optimize previously Scanned Documents, you CANNOT. I am sure there are fabulous whooptidoo features in Acrobat X, but I just waisted my money.


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2011-10-10 06:15:20
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caci99
Registered: Oct 10 2011
Posts: 1
kabungies wrote:
If you wish to Optimize previously Scanned Documents, you CANNOT. I am sure there are fabulous whooptidoo features in Acrobat X, but I just waisted my money.
I did create an account just to answer this post. Actually you CAN optimize scanned PDF previously, exactly the feature the original poster is asking, to straighten up scanned images.
To do that, you need to activate the "Document Processing" under the Tools Panel, at the right of the document. To activate there is a small button at the top right of the Tool Panel (show hide panels).
Once activated, there you can find "Optimize scanned PDF"
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2011-11-27 09:39:59
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kmaoboe
Registered: Nov 27 2011
Posts: 1
caci99 wrote:
To do that, you need to activate the "Document Processing" under the Tools Panel, at the right of the document. To activate there is a small button at the top right of the Tool Panel (show hide panels).
Once activated, there you can find "Optimize scanned PDF"
Dear Caci99 -

THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! You just made it possible for me to straighten 11 pages of a Piano / Vocal Score of the Hallelujah Chorus that our performing ensemble is performing next week!!

When you have all of the vocal parts on the page as well... It makes it so that the Piano part is SOOOOOO TINY that it is VERY HARD TO READ!!

Now that I've been able to straighten it, I can separate JUST the piano part out for our accompanist so that she doesn't go crazy trying to read the tiny notes when they're part of the full score!!

Thanks a MILLION (and then some...)!!

~ Kathryn A.
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