The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format used to present documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. The TIFF format is widely supported by image-manipulation applications, by publishing and page layout applications, and by scanning, faxing, word processing, optical character recognition and other applications. TIFF is a computer file format for storing raster graphics images, popular among graphic artists, the publishing industry and photographers. This lets you share useful Actions with others.Application/pdf, application/x-pdf, application/x-bzpdf, application/x-gzpdf Note: Actions may be Exported and Imported via the "Edit Actions" dialog. (Not just "marketing hype" - I've done trials with these use-cases.) However, a programmatic "best-estimate" is often not so good for content having more complex layout and format. This has improved very much as new Acrobat versions have been released. Not tagged PDF content will be processed programmatically by Acrobat to "tag" the content. Poorly tagged PDF content will be reflected in the exported content present in the Word file. Word files will be in the "Save To" folder you designated.Īcrobat's export of PDF content to a Word file supports high fidelity migration of format/layout when the source PDF(s) are well-formed Tagged PDF. | From the "Export to" drop-down menu select the desired format. | Tick "Export File(s) to Alternate Format".
| The "Output Options" dialog presents itself. | Click the icon that lies at the right of "Save to". | For "Save to" select "A Folder on My Computer". (If, later, you need something here you can edit to add.) | Browse to and select the folder containing the PDF files. Select: Edit > Preferences > Convert From PDF > Rich Text Format- now, click on the "Edit Settings" button. Select: Edit > Preferences > Convert From PDF > Word Document - now, click on the "Edit Settings" button. Select: Edit > Preferences > Convert From PDF > Word 97 - 2003 Document - now, click on the "Edit Settings" button. There's much more that may be accomplished. Recognize Text > Open Options menu > select desired output style. If you desire a particular "Initial View" for the PDFs or have common metadata (Title | Author | Subject | Keywords) you can accomplish this.įor Initial View: Document Processing > Set Open Options then open the Options menu to configure.įor common metadata: Content > Add Document Description the open the Options menu to configure.Īre the TIFF files of textual content that wants OCR?Īdd OCR to "Steps".
PDFs will be in the "Save To" folder you designated. | Browse to and select the desired folder. | For "Save To" select "A Folder on My Computer". | Browse to and select the folder containing the TIFF files. | For "Start with" select "A Folder on My Computer". Next, select Tools > Action Wizard > Create New Action. Select: Edit > Preferences > Convert To PDF > TIFF - now, click on the "Edit Settings" button.