2.5 Saving Scanned Images in PDF Format

[OCR] Tab

You can configure settings so that PDF files are converted into searchable text when they are created from scanned document images.

Unless OCR (optical character recognition) is turned on, scanned document images are saved as PDF files in a format that computers cannot recognize, or in other words they are not made searchable. Through OCR, text on the image is recognized and text information is embedded into the image, making the image file searchable.

(Note that, if you turn on OCR, scanning takes time longer than if you do not.)

[Convert into Searchable PDF] Checkbox

The scanned document images are converted into searchable PDF files and saved.

Language

You can select a language to use for text recognition from the following: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Traditional/ Simplified Chinese.

[Make only the first page searchable] Checkbox

When scanning a document containing multiple pages, you can make only the first page searchable. If this checkbox is marked, the time required is shorter than the time required for the conversion of all pages.

[Security] Tab

You can enhance security by setting a password for PDF files.

Once a password is added, you cannot open the PDF files unless you enter a correct password, which you type in in this dialog box.

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DOCUMENTS OF TYPES VARIOUS SCANNING

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