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USING ACROBAT 9 STANDARD
Creating PDFs
Note: You can scan both sides of pages even on scanners that do not themselves support two-sided scanning. When Both
Sides is selected, a dialog box appears after the first sides are scanned. You can then reverse the original paper documents
in the tray, and select the Scan Reverse Side (Put Reverse Of Sheets) option in that dialog box. This method produces a
PDF with all pages in the proper sequence.
Color Mode (Windows only)
scanner. This option is enabled if your Scanner Options are set to use the Acrobat scanning dialog box instead of the
scanner application.
Select a resolution supported by your scanner. This option is enabled if your Scanner
Resolution (Windows only)
Options are set to use the Acrobat scanning dialog box instead of the scanner application.
Note: If you select a Color Mode or Resolution option not supported by your scanner, a message appears and your scanner
application window opens. Select different options in the scanner application window.
Select a paper size or specify a custom width and height.
Paper Size (Windows only)
Prompt For Scanning More Pages
scanning every page.
Creates a new PDF. This option is not available in the Configure Presets dialog box.
New PDF Document
Creates multiple files from multiple paper documents. Click More Options, and specify whether to
Multiple Files
create a PDF Portfolio of the files, the number of pages for each file, and a filename prefix. These options are not
available in the Configure Presets dialog box.
Append To Existing File Or Portfolio
available in the Configure Presets dialog box.
Drag the slider to set the balance point between file size and quality. Click Options to
Small Size/High Quality
customize optimization with specific settings for file compression and filtering.
Make Searchable (Run OCR)
option applies optical character recognition (OCR) and font and page recognition to the text images and converts them
to normal text. When selected, this option also adds tags to the document, which improves accessibility for disabled
users. Click Options to specify settings in the Recognize Text - Settings dialog box. See
documents" on page 63.
Select this option to make the PDF conform to ISO standards for PDF/A-1b. When selected,
Make PDF/A Compliant
only Searchable Image (Exact) is available in the Recognize Text - Settings dialog box for the PDF Output Style option.
When selected, the Document Properties dialog box appears after scanning. In the Document
Add Metadata
Properties dialog box, you can add metadata, or information about the scanned document, to the PDF file. If you are
creating multiple files, you can enter common metadata for all of the files.
Scanner Options dialog box
Native Mode transfers in the default mode for your scanner. Memory Mode is automatically
Data Transfer Method
selected for scanning in resolutions over 600 dots per inch (dpi).
The Hide Scanner's Native Interface option bypasses the windows and dialog boxes provided by the
User Interface
scanner manufacturer. Instead, scanning from Acrobat opens the Custom Scan dialog box.
Invert Black And White Images
Select a basic color mode (Color, Black and White, or Grayscale) supported by your
When selected, a dialog box prompting you to scan additional pages appears after
Adds the converted scan to an existing PDF or PDF Portfolio. This option is not
Select this option to convert text images in the PDF to searchable and selectable text. This
This option creates positive images from black-and-white negatives, for example.
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