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- | ====== Copier Scanning Instructions ====== | + | ====== Copier Scanning, Formatting for Optical Character Recognition ====== |
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+ | ===== Copier Scanning Instructions ===== | ||
You can scan documents at both copiers in IRM. Here's how: | You can scan documents at both copiers in IRM. Here's how: | ||
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* Hit “Start”, the keypad will show “Processing”, then “Transferring” | * Hit “Start”, the keypad will show “Processing”, then “Transferring” | ||
- | To scan a document with Optical Character RecognitionOCR (Xerox model 5865): | + | To scan a document with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) (Xerox model 5865): |
* Select "Workflow Scanning" | * Select "Workflow Scanning" | ||
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Open the file with the .pdf file extension, and save the file with a name and folder location that makes sense to you. Then, **please** go back to the coll_management - R|S:\scans folder and delete the generic .pdf of your file. This will prevent bloat and mayhem in the \scans folder. | Open the file with the .pdf file extension, and save the file with a name and folder location that makes sense to you. Then, **please** go back to the coll_management - R|S:\scans folder and delete the generic .pdf of your file. This will prevent bloat and mayhem in the \scans folder. | ||
- | ====== Converting PDFs to Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Enabled or Text Searchable ====== | + | ===== Converting PDFs to OCR-Enabled or Text Searchable ===== |
* Open Adobe Acrobat | * Open Adobe Acrobat | ||
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Doing large batches takes a while, over an hour for 514 files for example. If several files of docs are selected - remove docs that are not PDFs and any PDFs that have problems (they will be marked). | Doing large batches takes a while, over an hour for 514 files for example. If several files of docs are selected - remove docs that are not PDFs and any PDFs that have problems (they will be marked). | ||
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+ | --- //[[cturner@library.umass.edu|Primary contact: Christine Turner]]// |