Question about Adobe Acrobat..

Kevin · 08-13-2002, 10:40 PM

My fraternity has a huge box of all sorts of exams from various classes. I'd like to digitize them and "file" them online. Adobe Acrobat is the software that will let me scan them and save them as PDF files right? Is there a cheaper way?
-Kevin

Heavy_Equipment · 08-17-2002, 09:33 AM

You could always "find" a copy.

Kevin · 08-17-2002, 02:15 PM

Yeah haha I know.Actually the fraternity will pay for the software. I'm just makingsure Adobe Acrobat will actually do that before I buy it. That's what the software does.... right?
-Kev

iceheart · 08-17-2002, 08:33 PM

Adobe Acrobat includes a handy program called the "Acrobat Distiller", which acts as a printer for any windows app, so if you can make something and print it, you can have it as a PDF. So you'd scan everything and paste the images into a word document and distill it into a PDF (which you can edit in Acrobat).

iceheart · 08-17-2002, 08:40 PM

Look what a great job it did with this page: (only thing it failed with is transparent gifs):

http://www.procooling.com/~iceheart/Forum.pdf

iceheart · 08-17-2002, 08:47 PM

If it's in handwriting, this is the way to go, if they are computer printed an OCR program would probably be the better way to go.

Balerion · 08-17-2002, 08:48 PM

Why waste your fraternity's money, when you can just go swimming into the dark underbelly of the internet, and _find_ a copy lying in a dark pool of filth.

Kevin · 08-18-2002, 09:09 PM

Thanks for all the info, guys. Whether I find one or aquire one with money, I see how it will work. Do you know if the distiller is in the older versions of Adobe Acrobat?
-Kevin

Heavy_Equipment · 08-19-2002, 12:51 AM

I can answer this one...
You can get the distiller from ZDnet.

08-13-2002, 10:40 PM	#1
Kevin Slacking more than your weird uncle Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: San Diego, CA (UCSD) / Los Angeles, CA (home) Posts: 1,605	Question about Adobe Acrobat.. My fraternity has a huge box of all sorts of exams from various classes. I'd like to digitize them and "file" them online. Adobe Acrobat is the software that will let me scan them and save them as PDF files right? Is there a cheaper way? -Kevin __________________ I used to throw hot coffee all over the ass of the horse there, then whip him while he was kickin' at me. Those f***in things are crazy.

08-17-2002, 02:15 PM	#3
Kevin Slacking more than your weird uncle Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: San Diego, CA (UCSD) / Los Angeles, CA (home) Posts: 1,605	Yeah haha I know.Actually the fraternity will pay for the software. I'm just makingsure Adobe Acrobat will actually do that before I buy it. That's what the software does.... right? -Kev __________________ I used to throw hot coffee all over the ass of the horse there, then whip him while he was kickin' at me. Those f***in things are crazy.

08-17-2002, 08:33 PM	#4
iceheart Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Yonder Posts: 318	Adobe Acrobat includes a handy program called the "Acrobat Distiller", which acts as a printer for any windows app, so if you can make something and print it, you can have it as a PDF. So you'd scan everything and paste the images into a word document and distill it into a PDF (which you can edit in Acrobat). __________________ "If the majority is smarter than you, does that make everyone else a geek, or does it make you retarded?" - pHaestus

08-17-2002, 08:40 PM	#5
iceheart Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Yonder Posts: 318	Look what a great job it did with this page: (only thing it failed with is transparent gifs): http://www.procooling.com/~iceheart/Forum.pdf __________________ "If the majority is smarter than you, does that make everyone else a geek, or does it make you retarded?" - pHaestus

08-17-2002, 08:47 PM	#6
iceheart Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Yonder Posts: 318	If it's in handwriting, this is the way to go, if they are computer printed an OCR program would probably be the better way to go. __________________ "If the majority is smarter than you, does that make everyone else a geek, or does it make you retarded?" - pHaestus

08-17-2002, 09:33 AM	#2
Heavy_Equipment Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada Posts: 282	You could always "find" a copy.

08-17-2002, 08:48 PM	#7
Balerion Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Traverse City, MI Posts: 10	Why waste your fraternity's money, when you can just go swimming into the dark underbelly of the internet, and _find_ a copy lying in a dark pool of filth.

08-18-2002, 09:09 PM	#8
Kevin Slacking more than your weird uncle Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: San Diego, CA (UCSD) / Los Angeles, CA (home) Posts: 1,605	Thanks for all the info, guys. Whether I find one or aquire one with money, I see how it will work. Do you know if the distiller is in the older versions of Adobe Acrobat? -Kevin __________________ I used to throw hot coffee all over the ass of the horse there, then whip him while he was kickin' at me. Those f***in things are crazy.

08-19-2002, 12:51 AM	#9
Heavy_Equipment Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada Posts: 282	I can answer this one... You can get the distiller from ZDnet.

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