ScanSoft PDF CONVERTER STANDARD 3-HELP Online Help Manual page 12

5. From Microsoft Internet Explorer
1. Right click on a hyperlink leading to a PDF file or to an HTML page hosting
a PDF.
2. Choose Open with ScanSoft PDF Converter 3.0 from the shortcut menu.
This menu item appears for all hyperlinks but has an effect only when the
link leads to a PDF.
3. Conversion is always performed through PDF Converter Assistant.
6. From Windows Explorer
1. Right-click on a PDF icon or file name in Windows Explorer or a PDF icon
on your desktop.
2. Choose Convert PDF from the shortcut menu and then choose a
processing method and a target application (Word, WordPerfect or Excel)
or use PDF Converter Assistant.
7. From Microsoft Excel
1. Click the Open PDF
PDF... item in the File menu. The Open dialog box appears.
2. Enter a PDF file name with full path and extension or browse to select a
file and click Open. A preview of the first PDF page appears in the
Preview panel of the PDF Converter Assistant.
3. Use the navigation buttons to view other pages.
4. Accept or modify the offered name and path for the output file to be
created. The offered name and path are those of the input PDF. Only the
extension is changed from PDF to XLS. The named file will be displayed in
the target application when conversion is finished.
5. Set a page range if desired. See
6. Move to the
language setting for image-only pages if you want to use the
for recognizing page content.
7. Click Open to begin conversion according to your settings.
8. The converted file is saved to disk under the name you specified, and is
loaded into Microsoft Excel.
Note: If you do not see the PDF button in a toolbar, go to View / Toolbars and
select the PDF Converter toolbar.
button in a Microsoft Excel toolbar or the Open
Spreadsheet Options
Preview panel.
panel to specify settings. Check the
built-in OCR
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