Operation Manual

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Creating PDFs
Last updated 4/7/2015
In Windows, if a WIA driver is installed for your scanner, you can use the Scan button on your scanner to create a PDF.
Press the Scan button, and then in Windows, choose Adobe Acrobat DC from the list of registered applications. Then,
in the Acrobat DC Scan dialog box, select a scanner and a document preset or Custom Scan.
Scan a paper document to PDF using Autodetect Color Mode (Windows)
1 Choose File > Create > PDF from Scanner > Autodetect Color Mode.
2 If prompted to scan more pages, select Scan More Pages, Scan Reverse Sides, or Scan Is Complete, and click OK.
Scan a paper document to PDF using a preset (Windows)
1 Choose File > Create > PDF from Scanner > [document preset].
2 If prompted to scan more pages, select Scan More Pages, Scan Reverse Sides, or Scan Is Complete, and click OK.
Scan a paper document to PDF without presets
1 In Acrobat DC, do one of the following:
• (Windows) Choose File > Create > PDF from Scanner > Custom Scan.
• (Mac OS) Choose File > Create > PDF from Scanner.
2 Select scanning options in the Scan dialog box, as needed, and then click Scan.
Note: If you specify that you want to use the native scanner user interface instead of the Acrobat user interface, other
windows or dialog boxes appear. Consult the scanner documentation information on available options. In Mac OS, the
scanner user interface is always shown.
3 If prompted to scan more pages, select Scan More Pages, Scan Reverse Sides, or Scan Is Complete, and click OK.
Enhance or optimize a scanned PDF
1 Open a PDF created from a scanned document.
2 Choose To o ls > Enhance Scans > Enhance > Scanned Document.
3 Select options in the Secondary toolbar - click the Settings icon and choose appropriate options in the Enhance
Scanned PDF dialog box, and click OK.
For more information on the options displayed in the dialog box, see Enhance Scanned PDF dialog box.
Configure scanning presets (Windows)
1 Choose File > Create > PDF from Scanner > Configure Presets.
2 In the Configure Presets dialog box, select a preset: Autodetect Color Mode, Black & White Document, Grayscale
Document, Color Document, or Color Image.
3 Adjust the settings as needed.
4 Click Save to save the preset, and then click Close.
Scanning options
Scanner Select an installed scanner. You must have the manufacturer scanning software installed on your computer. In
Windows only, click the Options button to specify scanner options.
Presets Select a Preset to modify.
Sides Specify single or double-sided scanning. If you select Both Sides and the settings of the scanner are for only one
side, the scanner setting overrides the Acrobat settings.