Adobe 22020737 Acrobat X Pro Manual - Page 54

Scanner Options dialog box, Optimize Scanned PDF dialog box, Append To Existing File Or Portfolio

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USING ACROBAT X PRO 48 Creating PDFs Prompt For Scanning More Pages When selected, a dialog box prompting you to scan additional pages appears after every scanning session. 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. Optimize Scanned PDF Select this option to run the optimization process on the PDF. This option is used to compresses and filter the images in the scanned PDF. 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. Click Options to specify settings in the Recognize Text - Settings dialog box. See "Recognize text in scanned documents" on page 50. Make PDF/A Compliant Select this option to make the PDF conform to ISO standards for PDF/A-1b. When selected, only Searchable Image 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 starts directly with the settings specified in the Custom Scan settings. Invert Black And White Images This option creates positive images from black-and-white negatives, for example. Optimize Scanned PDF dialog box The Optimize Scanned PDF dialog box controls the image settings of how scanned images are filtered and compressed for the PDF. Default settings are suitable for a wide range of document pages, but you may want to customize settings for higher-quality images, smaller file sizes, or scanning issues. Apply Adaptive Compression Divides each page into black-and-white, grayscale, and color regions and chooses a representation that preserves appearance while highly compressing each type of content. The recommended scanning resolutions are 300 dots per inch (dpi) for grayscale and RGB input, or 600 dpi for black-and-white input. Color/Grayscale settings When scanning color or grayscale pages, select one of the following: • JPEG2000 Applies JPEG2000 compression to the colored image content. (This setting is not recommended when creating PDF/A files. Use JPEG instead.) • ZIP Applies ZIP compression to the colored image content. • JPEG Applies JPEG compression to the colored image content. Last updated 10/11/2011

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USING ACROBAT X PRO
Creating PDFs
Last updated 10/11/2011
Prompt For Scanning More Pages
When selected, a dialog box prompting you to scan additional pages appears after
every scanning session.
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.
Optimize Scanned PDF
Select this option to run the optimization process on the PDF. This option is used to
compresses and filter the images in the scanned PDF.
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. Click Options to
specify settings in the Recognize Text - Settings dialog box. See “
Recognize text in scanned documents
” on page
50.
Make PDF/A Compliant
Select this option to make the PDF conform to ISO standards for PDF/A-1b. When selected,
only Searchable Image 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 starts directly with the settings specified in the Custom Scan settings.
Invert Black And White Images
This option creates positive images from black-and-white negatives, for example.
Optimize Scanned PDF dialog box
The Optimize Scanned PDF dialog box controls the image settings of how scanned images are filtered and compressed
for the PDF. Default settings are suitable for a wide range of document pages, but you may want to customize settings
for higher-quality images, smaller file sizes, or scanning issues.
Apply Adaptive Compression
Divides each page into black-and-white, grayscale, and color regions and chooses a
representation that preserves appearance while highly compressing each type of content. The recommended scanning
resolutions are 300 dots per inch (dpi) for grayscale and RGB input, or 600 dpi for black-and-white input.
Color/Grayscale settings
When scanning color or grayscale pages, select one of the following:
JPEG2000
Applies JPEG2000 compression to the colored image content. (This setting is not recommended when
creating PDF/A files. Use JPEG instead.)
ZIP
Applies ZIP compression to the colored image content.
JPEG
Applies JPEG compression to the colored image content.