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ABBYY® PDF Transformer 3.0 User’s Guide
● Open in Microsoft Excel to converts the PDF file and open it in Microsoft Excel
● Convert into Searchable PDF to convert the PDF file into searchable PDF so you can carry out full–text searches and open
in a PDF viewing application
● Open the Apply Bates Stamping item and select the desired stamping profile
● Convert with Custom Settings to launch ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 so that you can select conversion options or select
text, table, and picture areas manually
The actions actually available depend on the number of selected files.
If the PDF document is password–protected, the program will ask you for the password.
Each document will be converted into a separate file and opened in the corresponding application.
The program may display warnings during the conversion process. To open a page for which a warning message has been issued,
simply click the page number.
If the look of the output document differs very much from the original, try altering the conversion options and/or selecting text,
table, and picture areas manually. For more information, see Improving Conversion Results.
If there is no ABBYY PDF Transformer command on the shortcut menu...
If there is no ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 command on the shortcut menu, you chose not to integrate the program with Windows
Explorer during setup.
This feature is unavailable on 64–bit platforms.
To integrate ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 with Windows Explorer:
1. Go to Start>Settings>Control Panel and doubleclick Add or Remove Programs.
In Microsoft Windows Vista, this command is called Programs and Features.
2. In the list of installed programs, select ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 and click Change.
3. Follow the instructions of the setup program.
Additional Conversion Options
Additional conversion options are available in the Advanced Options group. The options actually available in this group depend on
the output format you selected.
DOC, DOCX, RTF, WordML, HTML
Depending on how you are planning to use your electronic document, select the best option below:
● Original layout
This mode creates an output document which looks exactly like the original.
● Text flow
This mode retains the text of the original, but some of its formatting will be lost. The output document will retain paragraphs and
fonts, but will not retain columns, exact locations of objects, or spacing.
● Keep pictures
This mode retains the pictures of the original document. If the source PDF file contains a large number of pictures, the size of the
output file may be fairly large. Clear the Keep pictures option to reduce file size.
XLS, XLSX
● Ignore text outside tables
The output XLS file will only retain the tables of the original PDF file. The rest of the text will not be converted.
● Convert numeric values to numbers
The numeric values contained in the PDF files will be converted to Microsoft Excel numbers.
Searchable PDF
● Use MRC compression
Select this option to retain the visual quality of the text and pictures in a highly compressed document.
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