On 14/04/2011, at 5:02 PM, Ray Forma wrote:
> > Rob, > > You're right! This is a semi-hidden feature of Acrobat Pro that I never > stumbled across. I have just played with it and it does a superb job. > > This exercise reminds me to always get to know all of the menu items in new > apps. > > The online help from Adobe about Acrobat OCR is very thin! I don't have an > Acrobat Pro manual either. Will search the DVDs to see if there is one there. > I have found electronic versions of the manuals for PhotoShop, Illustrator, > and InDesign, but not for Acrobat Pro. Has anyone come across an downloadable > manual Acrobat Pro? > Well, I've had a look at the trial version of ExactScan Pro ($150 at the App Store). VERY disappointed. The Scan-to-PDF built into the MP Navigator software that came with my Canon MP 970 does a better job. IExactScan Pro is not ready for any form of serious use, IMHO (and the non-Pro version is completely useless!). Another option, OCRKit, appears to be made by the same company, although it comes from a web site with a different URL. Even that costs around $75.00, and is even more useless! Very disappointing, seeing as the Mac led the way in this area back in the early '90s. Scanning to PDF is not enough for what I want. My main purpose for OCR these days is convert printed table data into spreadsheets mainly with the aim of getting them into a database. PDF content is generally not suitable without a disproportionate amount of work. Omnipage does it almost perfectly. Perhaps Abyy Finereader offers some hope... Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
