Hi! Does this item create a SEARCHABLE PDF ?
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It does not. Creates a pdf you can rename so it can be saved but not searchable so to speak
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Yes it does create a searchable pdf. You can use the handheld scanner and or have it hooked directly to computer. When hooked up, look under start on your screen, go to computer and it will show up under one of the disk drive ports. Then you can save it to documents or desktop or whatever.
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Here's my method: I have set the scanning to FULLY searchable. I then use Acrobat Pro to find the documents with simple keywords off of my network drive. I do not need binders and directories anymore (not feasible with 9400 pdf's) and find this to be efficient and simplistic. You can also use a host of library tools (like Mendeley for Mac or Linux or Windows) to easily search large libraries of searchable & indexed PDF's. I tried these virtual document management tools like rack2file and idocuments (mac) and once you get past the initial glossy interfaces you start to realize they are terribly inefficient and take lots of time in prepping docs. Now I have settled for the solution in paragraph 1 and am happy. I have evolved into DevonTHINK pro office and am loving it. Much better than what i had before.
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I can only answer number one as yes. I really have only used it for data files such as word and excel. I have viewed PDFs and they look fine on my iPad and iPhone.
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This little scanner is a simple yet quick scanner. While it can scan TO a searchable PDF file it cannot "create" one. Being able to search a document is dependent on the software you are using to save the scanned document to.
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i have the exact same problem! no 'scan to pdf' on this model? if not, the manual is very much incorrect.
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The notes are all stored as pdfs. There is no OCR (optical character recognition) carried out, so you can't search on the text.
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No idea! Great product. I've hammered it with pdf production & am looking forward to their next generation.akes my life better :)))
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Yes, I have scanned documents with it as well. It does not convert them to a PDF file though.
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And it works to search contents within a pdf file? That's usually the holdup...
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To make it searchable text you need to have OCR. Which you have to pay an extra monthly fee for everywhere I've looked.
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You can easily scan a mufti-page document to PDF using the ADF (automatic document feeder) and included software. I prefer to use Adobe Acrobat professional to do the task (Create PDF with scanner) as it works best in my workflow. Tip: the Paperport software included really sucks and uses non-standard formats for saving documents. There is an option on installing the drivers to skip it. I recommend you do as it adds startup overhead for software you will never use.
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Using the Epson scan program, you can do this. This program is surprisingly good, at least compared to what I'm used to (I had a Canon scanner previously). There is an option when you first start a scan telling it to ask for a prompt for more pages. You continue to add pages until you're done, then click on save, and it saves to multi-page PDF. Pretty easy, in my opinion.
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Did you find one? I have one and would be glad to scan it for you.kealy @ telus.net (Remove spaces)
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Yes, I have scanned 20-25 pages of different sizes into a single PDF. Need to be carefull with placement of pages in feeder to avoid jams.
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My first response was "I don't know", but it got me curious. You can create a report in .pdf format and then do a "save as other" as a .txt file.
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Nope, the file needs to be indexed during your initial scan or use other software to index your pdfs
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Yes, it comes with an application that is very versatile. You can scan several pages into a single document, reorder the pages, delete some of them and insert pages from other PDF documents.