ScanSoft PDF CONVERTER STANDARD 3-HELP Online Help Manual page 30

Converting Forms
Form conversions let you transform PDF files with form-like layout and content
into editable Word documents. That means form-like elements will be detected in
the PDF and reproduced in the Word document.
PDF Converter offers two ways of handling form-like PDF files:
Logical Form Recognition™
This uses a ScanSoft technology designed to analyze and reproduce form
elements such as answer boxes, comb boxes and checkmarks. This technology
includes the use of Optical Character Recognition.
How to start LFR conversion
Use the Preview panel in the PDF Converter Assistant. Under Convert as,
choose Form. Specify the processing settings in the
If you want to do one-click processing without the Assistant, open the
Settings panel in the PDF Converter Settings dialog box and choose
Automatically Convert as Forms.
When to use LFR conversion
 When a significant part of the document contains form elements.
 When preserving the form elements is more important than transfer of the
textual information on the form.
 When the PDF pages or file to be converted are all form-like.
 When the PDF has no text layer.
 When the document language is among those
technology.
Additional information
Since LFR uses OCR to perform the conversion, the language of the document
must be specified under
The maximum number of pages in a form is 100 and the maximum page size is
Legal (8.5 x 14 inches or 21.6 x 35.6 cm.)
Form Options. A multi-lingual setting is available.
Form Options panel.
File Open
supported by the LFR
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