ScanSoft PDF CONVERTER STANDARD 3-HELP Online Help Manual page 19

Note: There is one password protection scenario in which the PDF will be treated
as if it were image-only and will be handled according to your settings here. See
Protected PDF Files.
Retain
Choose which elements to retain or drop during the conversion.
Rule Lines
Retain or drop dividing lines in tables and other lines on the page.
Headers and Footers
Select this to have headers and footers detected and transmitted to the target
application. De-select this to have headers and footers transferred as normal text
elements.
Hyperlinks
Select this to have hyperlinks detected and transferred. De-select this to have
link text transferred as normal text.
Text and Background Color
Select this to have text coloring transferred to the Word document. Shaded and
colored backgrounds will also be transferred. De-select this to have all text
transferred as black, and colored or shaded backgrounds converted to white. De-
selecting this setting does not prevent the transfer of colored or grayscale
graphics.
Selecting this is recommended when the PDF contains colored texts or
backgrounds because layout retention is likely to be better. De-selecting this
when the PDF does not contain colored texts and backgrounds will speed up
conversions.
Layout
PDF Converter retains page layout as faithfully as possible. Choose from two
layout styles:
Flowing Column
Graphics and framed elements are placed in text boxes. Whenever possible,
other text is transferred without using text boxes, so text flows from one column
to another. This setting is recommended when the PDF has a typical columnar
structure, when the text flow is from top-to-bottom and left-to-right. This setting is
not recommended for converting form-like PDF files.
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