Changing PDF's after scanning with Adobe Acrobat

A PDF is actually an image, the only way that I have found to REALLY change a PDF after the scan is to edit it in an image editing program. I use Adobe Photoshop, but that is spendy. I suggest that the customer look at the forums at adobe.com and search elsewhere on the web. The real purpose of a PDF is not only to make a document portable, but also to add some security against editing the document.

If your customer wants to edit scanned documents using Acrobat they will need to install an addition called paper capture. (free from adode webite) Paper capture will allow OCR of scanned documents up to 50 pages. If they need more than 50 at a time they can purchase an addition from adode. There is a work around, if you scan 50 or less pages per scan and run paper capture on each section of 50 or less and then you can reassemble the entire document and it will now be fully seachable and editable using Acrobat. It works very well. Hope that helps.
JG

It is my understanding that the only way you can truly edit a PDF file is if the document was software created and translated to PDF using the Adobe Distiller. That is because the all start out as files on your computer.. the text, graphics, etc, they are banded translated or whatever you call it to PDF format. Whereas a scanned PDF is nothing more than an image, nothing to backwards translate.

I use ricoh copiers all the time and search and edit them. It is not perfect but works very well. Please check it out. It is a FREE addition.
JG

Jay,
could you elaborate more on the search and edit comment and the FREE addition?

Thanks

If you have Acrobat Adobe has a plugin for it called paper capture. It is free with the acrobat. All you have to do is go to their web site and down load and in stall. Limit is 50 pages per document with the free version.(see work around in pervious post) They also have a web version that is suppose to work but I have not tried it. The plugin is designed to take images from scanner and OCR and make search able. For those who may have not used it Adobe Acrobat is the software you pay for not to be confused with Acrobate Reader which is free. Now for the paticular, specs I use Win XP, Acrobat 5.05 and scan to PDF then open with Acrobat 5 and with plugin installed go to Tool and then to paper capture.
JG

O.K. I have had a couple request from people having trouble finding the plugin called paper capture on adobe's website so here is a link.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=1907&fileID=1880
JG

Jayson,

Thanks so much for that info. My customer loves me now since I showed them this.

I found it no problem.

-=Mike=-

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