6.8.7 Searchable PDF
When the file format is PDF, the scanned data can be converted to a searchable PDF.
ATTENTION
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1. On the "Scan Settings" screen, select the [Save] tab.
2. Press the [Searchable PDF] button.
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The "Searchable PDF" screen appears.
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The scanner may fail to correctly recognize the following kinds of documents
(characters) as text. However, by changing color mode and/or improving image
quality for scanning, such a document may be successfully recognized.
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Handwritten documents
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Documents including smaller characters and scanned in low quality
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Skewed documents
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Documents written in languages other than English
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Documents including texts written in italic characters
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Superscript/subscript letters and complex mathematical formulas
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Characters are written against an unevenly-colored or patterned background
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Characters to which effects (Shadow, Outline, and the like) are applied
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Shaded characters
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Documents of complex layout as well as documents including unreadable
characters due to print-through and smudges
(For such documents, the recognition time may be long)
Creating a searchable PDF will take some additional time.