[OT] About making Docs from Scanned papers..

[KA4HJH]

>Sorry for the OT post, but I know some of you have been making .PDFs from
>old manuals, tech docs etc. so I was looking for an answer to a quick Q. If
>I buy Adobe Acrobat to use for this task, is it a simple task to dump 100s
>of scanned pages (.TIFs) into it and have it automatically place 1 per page?

Here's how I do it on a *Mac*:

1. Throw away PDFwriter (but keep a copy in case of emergency).

2. Create a document with the set of images you want to be together. 
I use FrameMaker for several good reasons, but you can get by with 
anything that let's you place a TIFF. In your case a graphic archive 
program (like iView MultiMedia)  might be best, since you can import 
and print images as a group. Note that a "landscape" image isn't a 
hassle--when you print from the finished pdf, Acrobat will 
automatically rotate the page 90 degrees for so you don't have to put 
it in sideways.

3. Print the document to a PostScript job file, then Distill that.

4. Make final adjustments in Exchange. Set the security so no one can 
alter the document (but allow copying of text and graphics).

5. When all else fails, print it to PDFwriter.


>Or is their loads of mesing around to do?

The great thing about Acrobat Exchange is that you CAN mess around. 
Shuffle pages, replace pages, etc.

There's always messing around to do.





Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"

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