Most of us work with PDF files, so many use PDFpen… Because I do SO much scanning to PDF I went with Adobe Acrobat, they have a fantastic product, and they love it so much they charge accordingly….
Most all the publications I collect allow their print product to be downloaded as a PDF, great corporate citizens by saving forest, ink, transportation, etc, etc…plus, how in the world would I EVER find an article I wanted in a stack of magazines or papers several feet tall…what issue, what publication? I have written to Fortune and Forbes, have called numerous times..they don’t seem to pay any attention and waste huge funds sticking with print….those that still want print that is fine but for those that want permanent storage and searchable documents they should allow us the PDF format. This is to set the stage for what I discovered tonight. Forbes and Fortune both came today, I began with Fortune but the top of the magazine had been in something that caused the pages to crinkle and stick together. I use a large paper cutter to slice off the binding and then run the pages through a scanner, deleting all the advertising. With this issue I knew I would have to scan UPSIDE down as the scanner would continually be jamming if I tried the correct format with the damaged pages. It’s not really hard to correct the orientation in Acrobat, several can be done at once…but what I discovered was the program RIGHTED the text on it’s own!!! Advertisements were still upside down, possibly because there wasn’t enough text for the program to detect the correct orientation or possibly because every so often an advertisement will be upside down intentionally to draw attention. I wanted to pass this on, been using it for years and never had the occasion to realize Acrobat had the smarts to correct an upside down page…. This is better than the electric toothbrush!! John _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
