Scanning docs

[KA4HJH]

>  >PDF is probably the easiest format to distribute documents in since it
>>packages all the pages together, but If you are like me and you like to
>>edit/manually clean up scanned schematics then PDF is a big pain in the ass
>  >because it will not allow you to extract the images back out.

I never scan or print directly into a pdf file. NOooooo.

>This has always been my MAJOR complaint about PDF.  Plus, I don't want
>to BUY yet another application to create them.

Unfortunately, if you REALLY want to work with them you need to get 
Acrobat Exchange/Distiller. This lets you get at everything.


>However, it's not impossible to extract an image from a pdf, just a
>serious pain in the butt.

Yeah.

>Essentially, you get the zoom right so
>you can see detail clearly and do screen prints to capture.  You'll
>need to do more than one for images that are larger than the screen
>when zoomed to a usable mag.  Image apps can put them together but
>it is alot of work to align the pieces.

Much better to have the original scans in some other format, unless 
of course you're stuck taking someone else's pdf apart...


-- 
Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"