Re: Adobe Acrobat
- Subject: Re: Adobe Acrobat
- From: "Laurie AE O'Meara" L*@LAEOM.COM
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 16:35:26 -0400
Hi Sandy :) I for one, thank you for doing all this research. It's a great
thing to know, as far as which Adobe programs can do what. Also- I hadn't
tried to save a photo as a pdf through my photo program, and will try that
(just for the curiosity). I had only tried with my scanner software.
Laurie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy Connerley" <sandyc@SURFARI.NET>
To: <IGSROBIN@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 1:25 PM
Subject: Adobe Acrobat
> Hello,
> Well, after reading the Adobe Acrobat website and still having
> questions, I called them. If back issues of GATW were to be scanned so
> the capability of searching for specific words was a feature (a great
> feature!), they recommened we would only need to purchase Adobe Acrobat
> 5.0 at $249. They said the magazines would be as you see them, with
> pictures where they are on the page. They said the OCR (optical
> character recognition) is very good. They said if the program is
> ordered on-line or directly through them with the 30 day trial, that if
> it does not work, you can return it, or upgrade to the Adobe Capture
> program. But, they did not think for IGS purposes that we would need
> the larger program.
> Thanks, Barry, for alerting us to this possiblity. Much better than
> scanning images. Making them searchable is great.
> They also said that you could put several magazines on one pdf file
> so the search would be for that file, or you could put them in several
> pdf files.
> Any other thoughts?
> Sandy
>
