My scanner allows me to create a "searchable grayscale PDF" file.
How do these files interface with Acrobat 10? Are these files easier for people with Acrobat Reader to search than regular PDFs?
Thanks.
What is a searchable grayscale PDF?
2011-08-28 17:17:31
My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 10.0, Windows
Acrobat Pro 10.0, Windows
2011-08-29 00:34:51
#2
It probably means that the scan is OCRed after the scan is complete.
If OCR is not performed, it's not possible to search the file at all, in Acrobat or in Reader.
If OCR is not performed, it's not possible to search the file at all, in Acrobat or in Reader.
2011-08-29 07:04:46
#3
PDF file format can hold many types of objects, text, pictures, multimedia, form fields, etc. Acrobat/Reader search searches for text data, so the form needs text. For pictures and multi media this may mean the object needs to have text tags associated with the object.
A picture of a page of text is still just a picture in PDF. OCR maybe able to convert the picture image of the text to actual text and that text maybe on a hidden layer and line the text with the text image in the picture.
A picture of a page of text is still just a picture in PDF. OCR maybe able to convert the picture image of the text to actual text and that text maybe on a hidden layer and line the text with the text image in the picture.
How do these files interface with Acrobat 10 Pro?
Thanks.
Paul Surovell