[wdvltalk] Re: Converting image PDF to RTF...
Does your scanner have an OCR option? If so, I would try that so that it scans it in as text instead of an image. You may have to make some corrections though. It's been a while since I used OCR with a scanner, but I do remember having to make some corrections to the text. The OCR did not recognize some letters correctly and replaced them with a different character or a number. I'm sure the technology has improved in the last 4 years. Good luck! Janet At 06:37 PM 7/15/2003 +0430, you wrote: Hi list, I scanned a lot of pages and converted them to PDF. Now the boss would like to have them as RTF files. Is that possible? I tried the save as/export commands in acrobat and they don't work... I guess it's because the pages have been scanned as images and not as text. Any clues? I really need to give him an answer *U*R*G*E*N*T*L*Y* ! Thanks Paul The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] Re: Converting image PDF to RTF...
You may be able to salvage it if you save as a TIFF file from Acrobat. Then you can OCR the TIFF file...maybe... -Original Message- From: Janet Russeau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 10:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: Converting image PDF to RTF... Does your scanner have an OCR option? If so, I would try that so that it scans it in as text instead of an image. You may have to make some corrections though. It's been a while since I used OCR with a scanner, but I do remember having to make some corrections to the text. The OCR did not recognize some letters correctly and replaced them with a different character or a number. I'm sure the technology has improved in the last 4 years. Good luck! Janet At 06:37 PM 7/15/2003 +0430, you wrote: >Hi list, >I scanned a lot of pages and converted them to PDF. Now the boss would >like to have them as RTF files. Is that possible? I tried the save >as/export commands in acrobat and they don't work... I guess it's >because the pages have been scanned as images and not as text. > >Any clues? I really need to give him an answer *U*R*G*E*N*T*L*Y* ! > >Thanks > >Paul > > > * The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM * >To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > http://www.wdvl.com ___ > >You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% * The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM * To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] Re: Converting image PDF to RTF...
We use Abby Fine Reader 6.0 to scan our text through the scanner and it does a pretty good job. Try the trial version and see if you like it. I agree what Janet said about proofing it again but it makes it easy in Abby Fine reader as it opens two windows where you can look at the actual page as well as proof. It auto detects some spelling errors too. Anitha >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/15/03 10:03AM >>> You may be able to salvage it if you save as a TIFF file from Acrobat. Then you can OCR the TIFF file...maybe... -Original Message- From: Janet Russeau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 10:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: Converting image PDF to RTF... Does your scanner have an OCR option? If so, I would try that so that it scans it in as text instead of an image. You may have to make some corrections though. It's been a while since I used OCR with a scanner, but I do remember having to make some corrections to the text. The OCR did not recognize some letters correctly and replaced them with a different character or a number. I'm sure the technology has improved in the last 4 years. Good luck! Janet At 06:37 PM 7/15/2003 +0430, you wrote: >Hi list, >I scanned a lot of pages and converted them to PDF. Now the boss would >like to have them as RTF files. Is that possible? I tried the save >as/export commands in acrobat and they don't work... I guess it's >because the pages have been scanned as images and not as text. > >Any clues? I really need to give him an answer *U*R*G*E*N*T*L*Y* ! > >Thanks > >Paul > > > * The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM * >To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > http://www.wdvl.com ___ > >You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% * The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM * To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% * The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM * To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] Re: Converting image PDF to RTF...
Thanks all, I like the idea baout 'OCR - ing' the images with Fine Reader. On the other hand, there's NO WAY I'm gonna scan all the pages again... That's 700 pages in all. I've got my share of scanning lol !!! Paul > -Original Message- > From: Linden, Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 7:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: Converting image PDF to RTF... > > > You may be able to salvage it if you save as a TIFF file from > Acrobat. Then you can OCR the TIFF file...maybe... > > -Original Message- > From: Janet Russeau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 10:03 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: Converting image PDF to RTF... > > > Does your scanner have an OCR option? If so, I would try that > so that it > scans it in as text instead of an image. > > You may have to make some corrections though. It's been a > while since I > used OCR with a scanner, but I do remember having to make > some corrections > to the text. The OCR did not recognize some letters correctly > and replaced > them with a different character or a number. I'm sure the > technology has > improved in the last 4 years. > > Good luck! > > Janet > > > At 06:37 PM 7/15/2003 +0430, you wrote: > >Hi list, > >I scanned a lot of pages and converted them to PDF. Now the > boss would > >like to have them as RTF files. Is that possible? I tried the save > >as/export commands in acrobat and they don't work... I guess it's > >because the pages have been scanned as images and not as text. > > > >Any clues? I really need to give him an answer > *U*R*G*E*N*T*L*Y* ! > > > >Thanks > > > >Paul > > > > > > * The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM * > >To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Send Your Posts > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > > > http://www.wdvl.com ___ > > > >You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To > >unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > * The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM * > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Send Your Posts > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > http://www.wdvl.com ___ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank > email to %%email.unsub%% > > . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Send Your Posts > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > http://www.wdvl.com ___ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to > %%email.unsub%% > > The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] Re: Converting image PDF to RTF...
Scansoft has a beta PDF to Word available. I don't have a url for it but you might could find it on their site or at least a phone number to find out if you can get the beta. >From Word to RTF is easy. Even if you don't have Word there are dozens of free/almost free programs out there that read/convert Word docs. Cheryl D. Wise Microsoft MVP WiserWays, LLC 713 353-0139 www.wiserways.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Paul Larue Thanks all, I like the idea baout 'OCR - ing' the images with Fine Reader. On the other hand, there's NO WAY I'm gonna scan all the pages again... That's 700 pages in all. I've got my share of scanning lol !!! The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] Re: Converting image PDF to RTF...
I finally used Read IRIS, (20 mb download !!) and it does the job realy fine... Thanks for all people, Showing your proposals to my boss was really convincing him that I was doing "everything" to solve his problem... Cheers Paul > -Original Message- > From: Cyberspace Publishing [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 9:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: Converting image PDF to RTF... > Importance: High > > > Paul, as I recall, Acrobat has a "capture pages" command > (Tools->Paper > Capture->Capture Pages) that will OCR graphic pages already scanned. > > HTH, > Tom > > At 06:37 PM 07/15/2003 +0430, you wrote: > >Hi list, > >I scanned a lot of pages and converted them to PDF. Now the > boss would > >like to have them as RTF files. Is that possible? I tried the save > >as/export commands in acrobat and they don't work... I guess it's > >because the pages have been scanned as images and not as text. > > > >Any clues? I really need to give him an answer > *U*R*G*E*N*T*L*Y* ! > > > >Thanks > > > >Paul > > L I F E T I M E W E B H O S T I N G -- > 1000MB of Web Space - 6000MB Monthly xfer - 100 sub-domains > 50 MySQL databases - 500 FTP accounts - 500 POP3 accounts > Personal CGI-BIN Directory - Perl, PHP, CGI, Frontpage ext. > Control Panel - Shopping Cart - MUCH MORE! $249 ONETIME FEE! > http://www.lifetimewebhosting.com/cyberpub > > > . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Send Your Posts > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > http://www.wdvl.com ___ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to > %%email.unsub%% > > The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]