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Everything You Need To Know About Converting Scanned PDFs

scanned documents

Since moving towards the “paperless” business concept, industries and companies are scanning both printed and handwritten material on a daily basis.

It isn’t uncommon to want to digitize every hard copy file your company has in order to keep pace with technology. Doing so streamlines document management processes and provides easier access to crucial records.

Yet, though scanned documents can help many businesses transform and improve their performance, scanned documents still have a few setbacks.

More often than not, those scanned documents are saved in the PDF format, making it hard to interact with the content as needed. Since a scanned document is just a photo, the text or handwriting within the file can’t be edited nor searched, which presents a problem in many situations. For example, if you wish to create a financial report in Excel by using some scanned receipts and documents, there aren’t many ways to do this.

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How To Perform A PDF Batch Conversion

Guide on performing Batch PDF Conversion

If you want to increase your productivity in the office, the first thing that usually comes to mind is constructing a better, more streamlined document management strategy. And in today’s data-intensive world, PDF files that create bottlenecks will be your first target.

Because it’s so compact, secure and portable, the PDF is perfect for viewing, storing and sharing any content within your company.

Nevertheless, this can cause serious problems when you need to repurpose, analyze or edit the content trapped within the PDF file format.

If you know how difficult it is to work with one PDF document, then you can imagine what it’d be like to work with five, ten or even twenty PDFs at a time.

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6 PDF To Excel Tips That Will Make You Look Like A Data Expert

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Dealing with a lot of work related documents can be stressful and overwhelming. Amidst the digital evolution, we often find ourselves stuck with a crazy amount of data stuck in PDFs that it’s hard to keep up.

It’s hard to imagine a day in the office without at least one productivity tool to help you overcome the most overwhelming of workloads and bottlenecks.

It can get stressful, but if you’re a professional who constantly deals with that much information, then you know a trick or two to better organize your work.

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How To Write Better Research Papers In Microsoft Word

Being a student isn’t easy. When you’re writing academic papers and theses, help in any shape or form, is highly welcome, especially if you hate writing.

That’s why being familiar with new tools and just keeping up to date with current tech trends, will make the writing process much easier.

As a student, you‘re no doubt familiar with Microsoft Word’s spelling and grammar checker that helps you polish your writing. But do you ever go beyond those two features when drafting your documents?

In case you didn’t know, Microsoft comes with Editor and Researcher tools to complement the ones you commonly use and have at your disposal.

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How To Change PDF Paper Sizes

The beauty about PDF conversion is that it makes working with your digital content in any number of ways easy. Yet while the PDF is meant to preserve your content, there are cases where you may need to make some adjustments to the document, such as changing the paper size.

When you print a PDF document, it’s completely possible to print that document on paper other than the standard 8.5 x 11 Letter size you work with in MS Word for basic documents– essays, reports, and forms.

However, depending on what your PDF content is intended for, you may need those PDF pages to print to a different PDF paper size. Often times, professionals will be very specific when it comes to turning PDF files into a physical copy.

In fact, there are many different paper sizes that are used across different industries for different purposes. For instance, tabloid and ledger paper sizes (11 x 17 inches) are of the same dimensions, but have different orientation. These two sizes are used commonly for print publications like magazines and newspapers and for keeping records and business ledgers. In such cases, it becomes essential to have your page resized and customized for such purposes.

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To resize digital proofs, official content, and data into physical final drafts accurately, may seem difficult. But you can easily do so just before the conversion process. All you have to do is adjust the Page size for the conversion output.

As part of its roster of editing features, Able2Extract Pro can help you customize the output conversion for content specifically intended for print. Able2Extract comes supports some of the most common paper sizes that are compatible with ANSI, ISO, and Arch specifications.

Customizing Paper Sizes In Able2Extract

To access this option in Able2Extract Professional, go to Edit Document>Resize Pages:

To change your PDF conversion size, click on the drop down arrow and select your desired paper size:

Finally, click on the Resize button and you’re all set to continue your conversion.

So whether you need to change the format from an A series to an ISO standard size, Able2Extract Professional can make it work. To try this feature and see what paper sizes you can convert to, download a free trial for 7 days.