6.9.7 Searchable PDF

When the file format is PDF, the scanned data can be converted to a searchable PDF.

ATTENTION

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.

zHandwritten documents

zDocuments including smaller characters and scanned in low quality

zSkewed documents

zDocuments written in languages other than English

zDocuments including texts written in italic characters

zSuperscript/subscript letters and complex mathematical formulas

zCharacters are written against an unevenly-colored or patterned background

zCharacters to which effects (Shadow, Outline, and the like) are applied

zShaded characters

zDocuments 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.

HINT

1.On the "Scan Settings" screen, select the [Save] tab.

2.Press the [Searchable PDF] button.

The "Searchable PDF" screen appears.

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