5Capture PDF Documents

HOW TO…

• Capture searchable PDF documents with your scanner

• Capture web pages

• Append web pages

You create most of your PDF documents in authoring applications and then convert them to PDF files from within the authoring application (if supported) or by using Adobe PDF to print the documents in PDF format. You can also create PDF files by using Acrobat Distiller to convert a PostScript file (*EPS or *PS) to PDF format. Both of these techniques are covered in Chapters 3 and 4. However, you can use other methods to create PDF documents.

PDF documents can also be created with your scanner or by capturing pages from websites. Either method is an excellent way to build an information library. You can scan magazine articles ...

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