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Editing Scanned Documents

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2010-04-05 00:31:48
akwaholic
Registered: Apr 4 2010
Posts: 2

I have heard that it is posible to edit a scanned document using Adobe. Which product do I need to get. I have Acrobat 9.0 Pro Extended and waswondering if that would do the job. Would someone please write a tutorial on how to do it.

Many thanks to any and all who help.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro Extended 9.0, Windows
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2010-04-05 02:10:27
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rbogie
Registered: Apr 28 2008
Posts: 432
you can't "edit" a scanned document with Acrobat. you must use an image editor like photoshop or photoshop elements (the low budget version for the rest of us).
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2010-04-05 19:05:03
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daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
Reid is correct, an image editor is needed to edit images.

However, if the imagine in a PDF is from a scan of paper having an imprint of text then consider using OCR.

Use ClearScan. Clean up 'suspects'.
Most times that leaves you "good-to-go".
If not, well then things get busy.
To edit ClearScan you'd want to change the unique ClearScan font to something available on the local machine.
Use the TouchUp Text tool to select a page of content.
Right click for the context menu.
Select "Properties". In the Text tab, change font.
Repeat for each page.
Use the "TouchUp Text" tool to do minor edits.
Avoid going into "word processor" mode of thought/action - most times that'll result in a goobered PDF.
This is to be expected because PDF is [i]not[/i] an edit-format-layout file format.
That turf belongs to word processors and layout applications.

Be well...

Be well...

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