Re: OT: multi-page PDF creation from scanner

[Philip Herlihy]

Trev wrote:
> In news:g8ck5l$s3j$1$8300dec7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>  <thiswillbounceback@xxxxxxx> Philip Herlihy bashed on  keyboard and typed:
> > Synapse Syndrome wrote:
> > > "Philip Herlihy" <thiswillbounceback@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:g8c5cb$c35$2$8300dec7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Ric wrote:
> > > > > Hi All,
> > > > > Got a large amount of paperwork that my Dad wants to scan.  He's
> > > > > got a good Canon scanner with no document feed, but as he's
> > > > > scanning bound pages this isn't a handicap.
> > > > > What's the best software (preferably freeware) that'll scan to
> > > > > multi- page PDF?
> > > > >
> > > > > Ric
> > > > Try Tinypdf.com, with the Merge plug-in.
> > >
> > > That looks really good, but doesn't appear to have an OCR ability,
> > > which is probably what the OP is looking for?  Without that, you
> > > cannot Copy from or Search the text.
> > >
> > > ss.
> > You only have to open the created file in Adobe Acrobat Reader to copy
> > text or search.
> >
> > PH
>
> Unless its been Recognised and converted to text it will be an image as in 
> Photograph. There is no text to search.

That'll teach me not to forget to read from the beginning each time!

:-)

PH