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USING ACROBAT X STANDARD

Creating PDFs

Last updated 10/11/2011

Recognize text in multiple documents

1 In Acrobat, choose Tools > Recognize Text > In Multiple Files.

2 In the Recognize Text dialog box, click Add Files, and choose Add Files, Add Folders, or Add Open Files. Then

select the files or folder.

3 In the Output Options dialog box, specify a target folder for output files, and filename preferences.

4 In the Recognize Text - General Settings dialog box, specify the options, and then click OK.

Recognize Text - General Settings dialog box

Primary OCR Language Specifies the language for the OCR engine to use to identify the characters.

PDF Output Style

Determines the type of PDF to produce. All options require an input resolution of 72 dpi or higher

(recommended). All formats apply OCR and font and page recognition to the text images and convert them to normal text.

• Searchable Image Ensures that text is searchable and selectable. This option keeps the original image, deskews it as

needed, and places an invisible text layer over it. The selection for Downsample Images in this same dialog box

determines whether the image is downsampled and to what extent.

• Searchable Image (Exact) Ensures that text is searchable and selectable. This option keeps the original image and

places an invisible text layer over it. Recommended for cases requiring maximum fidelity to the original image.

• ClearScan Synthesizes a new Type 3 font that closely approximates the original, and preserves the page background

using a low-resolution copy.

Downsample To Decreases the number of pixels in color, grayscale, and monochrome images after OCR is complete.

Choose the degree of downsampling to apply. Higher-numbered options do less downsampling, producing higher-

resolution PDFs.

Using the Adobe PDF printer

Create PDFs by printing to file

In many authoring applications, you can use the Print command with the Adobe PDF printer to convert your file to

PDF. Your source document is converted to PostScript and fed directly to Distiller for conversion to PDF, without

manually starting Distiller. The current Distiller preference settings and Adobe PDF settings are used to convert the

file. If you’re working with nonstandard page sizes, create a custom page size.

Note: (Windows) For Microsoft Office documents, the Adobe PDF printer does not include some of the features that are

available from PDFMaker. For example, you cannot create bookmarks and hyperlinks using the Adobe PDF printer. If

you’re creating a PDF from a Microsoft Office document and you want to use these features, use PDFMaker.

Note: The Adobe PDF printer creates untagged PDFs. A tagged structure is required for reflowing content to a handheld

device and is preferable for producing reliable results with a screen reader.