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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.
True Page
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When using True Page , all elements are placed in text boxes, including text in
columns. This setting is recommended for pages with a complex layout containing
many framed elements and when the text flow between columns is untypical. This
setting can be used for general documents, and may also be used to convert form-
like PDF files. See Converting Forms.
If layout has changed during conversion, try reprocessing the PDF file with the other
setting.
Use PDF tags
Tags contain information on paragraphs and other elements on a PDF page, to allow
programs reading the PDF to have some knowledge of the page layout and
structure. Select this to give PDF Converter access to this information. It will use this
in addition to its own page layout detection. Not all PDF files contain tags.
Recognize non-standard encoded pages
Most PDF files use standard character encoding. If not this is the case, enable this
option to extract text using OCR. Language selection made in the OCR Settings
dialog box will be used.
Color Conversion
There are three color categories: Color, Grayscale, Black-and-white.
Same as Original
Select this to create an output file with the same color category as the original. You
must select this if you want color to appear in your converted document.
Grayscale
Select this to have color pages converted to grayscale. Grayscale pages remain as
grayscale; black-and-white pages remain as black-and-white.
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