![]() ![]() I agree with those responders who have suggested that in the instance you outline, you probably face a bit of enjoyable sifting of information, and manual entry.ġ. I came into this discussion on a tangent about PDF editing and reading, without referring to your originating post. I'll join Ken in recommending Acrobat Pro to fellow Reunionists making extensive use of PDF for digitizing records. Its built-in optical character recognition is highly accurate in reading clear originals (print, not handwriting), for the purpose of embedding searchable text with the document image. It integrates well with most scanners, like my Epson V700. The Mac OS X built-in Preview app is excellent, but it is basically an alternative to the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, with limited file creation/editing features.Īdobe Acrobat Pro has superior features for reducing PDF file size, for instance. Not surprising, really, since Adobe originated the PDF format and has developed and supported it well over decades. Many apps also open and read the format.Īlthough there are many good options for creating and reading PDFs, I know of only one fully capable option for editing the format - as indicated by Ken, Adobe's Acrobat Pro. Many applications which Reunion users would commonly use as "helper applications", such as Microsoft Word, and browsers and email clients, now can "save as" PDF format. That in itself is a tip to Reunion users who have a similar interest to libraries and archives in the longterm archival viability of digitized records. PDF file format has such value for preserving the original appearance of documents (paper records) that it has been very widely accepted for that purpose - for example, by national libraries and archives - since the 1990s. Responding to Ken (Ozanne) and Bob (White): interesting and useful discussion of the uses of PDF for genealogical purposes. ![]() To sum it up, the PDF format doesn't compress, so it's naturally going to be larger. It gets the idea across that one white with a quantity takes up much less space than six whites. While this is not technically how it works, it is the way I've seen several Photoshop teachers explain compression to average users. The code for the above is now blue4,red3,white6, etc. As it scans across, it would store like: blue,blue,blue,blue, red,red,red,red,white,white,white,white,white,whit e,etc. It replaces each pixel with whatever the new pixel should be. Pretend that it's a TV a TV works by scanning horizontally X number times per second. ![]() The nature of jpg, png, etc, is to compress. First, you need to know that graphics are stored as lots of alphanumeric code that is reassembled for your viewing whenever you call it up. Re: Digitizing & Importing paper recordsĭuh! Where was my brain the last few days? OK, don't answer that. ![]()
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