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Computer pdf Question

cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,633 ✭✭✭✭
edited January 2017 in General Discussion
I have a printed document that I need to save as a pdf on my computer. If I scan it is saved in my doc. file as a picture. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks guys,
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  • mag00mag00 Member Posts: 4,719 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    What scanner, what OS, what software to scan with.

    If you need an editable pdf, you will need software with optical character recognition ocr and a pdf converter. I am not familiar with what works for this.

    Adobe has some pdf software, but again, not sure what is the best or easy to use.
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  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,633 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for the reply. I'm using a HP laserjet pro to scan onto my laptop which is running Win 8.1. The printer software does the scanning. What bothers me is that I think I have done this before. I can't open the scanned doc on the computer and do a "save as".
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,364 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had to down load a pdf file reader do not remember which one to get my PC to do any thing with a PDF file
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  • Spider7115Spider7115 Member Posts: 29,704 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My scanner has a drop-down menu so I can choose what type of file I want to save (.jpeg, .pdf, .doc, etc.). Are you sure yours doesn't have that option when you click "save"?
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  • Spider7115Spider7115 Member Posts: 29,704 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Ditch-Runner
    I had to down load a pdf file reader do not remember which one to get my PC to do any thing with a PDF file

    Acrobat Reader https://get.adobe.com/reader/
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  • CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Spider7115
    My scanner has a drop-down menu so I can choose what type of file I want to save (.jpeg, .pdf, .doc, etc.). Are you sure yours doesn't have that option when you click "save"?


    This is the answer. You have to change the file type you want it to save. My brother has different settings for different docs. Pictures it saves as a JPG, text it can save as a PDF or perform OCR and save it as a text file or word doc.

    Try this....
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  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,633 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Got it. .pdf wasn't a must and a few other formats were OK. Yes, though the printer didn't have options when scanning, once scanned I had the option to do a "save as". I selected .jpeg and everything is now OK. You guys are the greatest!

    Thanks everyone,
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