[Hidden-tech] Problem with OCR from Adobe PDF

[Carey Baker]

Hi George,

I was just listening to one of my morning podcasts and they were talking
about a desktop app that could work with OCR. Its called PDF PEN. I have
not used it myself but thought you might want to check it out. Here is the
link:  http://www.smileonmymac.com/PDFpen/

Carey


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> Good Morning Hidden Techies,
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> My question deals with my attempts to scan a text document and then
> convert the scan to editable text.  I have created a .doc file but the
> text is stuck in blocks that make it impossible to move text from one
> block to another or to have the text build as one continuous flow.  I
> wonder if there is some command I can use to "flatten" the text
> document in Microsoft word, something that eliminates these funny
> constraints.  Here is what I have done.
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> 1. Scan the page using my HP All in One printer, creating a PDF file
> directly from the scan.
> 2. Open the PDF in Acrobat Professional
> 3. Use OCR feature in Acrobat to convert print to editable text
> 4. Export as a .doc file.
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> I work on a Mac using Snow Leopard as the operating system.
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> Any ideas?  My gratitude in advance,  George
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