Adobe 22002484 User Guide - Page 66

USING ACROBAT 9 STANDARD 61 Creating PDFs Note: You can scan both sides of pages even on scanners that do not themselves support two-sided scanning. When Both Sides is selected, a dialog box appears after the first sides are scanned. You can then reverse the original paper documents in the tray, and select the Scan Reverse Side (Put Reverse Of Sheets) option in that dialog box. This method produces a PDF with all pages in the proper sequence. Color Mode (Windows only) Select a basic color mode (Color, Black and White, or Grayscale) supported by your scanner. This option is enabled if your Scanner Options are set to use the Acrobat scanning dialog box instead of the scanner application. Resolution (Windows only) Select a resolution supported by your scanner. This option is enabled if your Scanner Options are set to use the Acrobat scanning dialog box instead of the scanner application. Note: If you select a Color Mode or Resolution option not supported by your scanner, a message appears and your scanner application window opens. Select different options in the scanner application window. Paper Size (Windows only) Select a paper size or specify a custom width and height. Prompt For Scanning More Pages When selected, a dialog box prompting you to scan additional pages appears after scanning every page. New PDF Document Creates a new PDF. This option is not available in the Configure Presets dialog box. Multiple Files Creates multiple files from multiple paper documents. Click More Options, and specify whether to create a PDF Portfolio of the files, the number of pages for each file, and a filename prefix. These options are not available in the Configure Presets dialog box. Append To Existing File Or Portfolio Adds the converted scan to an existing PDF or PDF Portfolio. This option is not available in the Configure Presets dialog box. Small Size/High Quality Drag the slider to set the balance point between file size and quality. Click Options to customize optimization with specific settings for file compression and filtering. Make Searchable (Run OCR) Select this option to convert text images in the PDF to searchable and selectable text. This option applies optical character recognition (OCR) and font and page recognition to the text images and converts them to normal text. When selected, this option also adds tags to the document, which improves accessibility for disabled users. Click Options to specify settings in the Recognize Text - Settings dialog box. See "Recognize text in scanned documents" on page 63. Make PDF/A Compliant Select this option to make the PDF conform to ISO standards for PDF/A-1b. When selected, only Searchable Image (Exact) is available in the Recognize Text - Settings dialog box for the PDF Output Style option. Add Metadata When selected, the Document Properties dialog box appears after scanning. In the Document Properties dialog box, you can add metadata, or information about the scanned document, to the PDF file. If you are creating multiple files, you can enter common metadata for all of the files. Scanner Options dialog box Data Transfer Method Native Mode transfers in the default mode for your scanner. Memory Mode is automatically selected for scanning in resolutions over 600 dots per inch (dpi). User Interface The Hide Scanner's Native Interface option bypasses the windows and dialog boxes provided by the scanner manufacturer. Instead, scanning from Acrobat opens the Custom Scan dialog box. Invert Black And White Images This option creates positive images from black-and-white negatives, for example. Last updated 9/30/2011