save as formats

[kathleen_Hallren@adobeforums.com]

I have tried to save a scanned pdf to word using the save as feature. The entire three page typed document is treated as one image. I am using Adobbe 7.0 on an Intel based Mac and have MS office 2004 installed. Is this normal behavior or am I misreading the directions. Thanks for any help.

[Claudio_González@adobeforums.com]

A normal scan of any document gives you an image of its contents. If you want text, you must run the scan through an OCR program. I think Acrobat 7 has some of this functionality, but there are plenty of specialized programs out there. And there is no product called Adobbe, or even Adobe :-)

[MikeKazlow@adobeforums.com]

To convert the image to text, you must run Capture which in version 7 is located
under the Document Menu and called Recognize Text using OCR.

Mike

[pjonesCET@adobeforums.com]

Adobe Acrobat Pro does have OCR built in. but my attempts to use it , it doesn't work.