Re: Manuals and such

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

Frank Hahn wrote:

> I take it the pict files that you mentioned are some sort of graphics
> format.

Yes, well the OCR software I'm using will accept pict or tiff format but
for no particular reason I'm using PICT.

> You run these pict files through your OCR software and then load these
> in a word processor.  What happens to the graphics that are a part of
> the image?  Do you add them back in some way or does the OCR software
> just bypass them?

I have the OCR software set to lose the graphics since it often enough
got
confused when I had it place the graphics in the document. So I add the
graphics to the WP document

> Are you using some Adobe software to generate the PDF file or is it
> something else, commercial or free?

I'm using the full version of Acrobat.

> I have some Apple manuals that I would like to do something with but
> not sure I want to invest the time you have for this.  The jpegs get
> to be quite large for storage.

Do one manual as a WP document, I'll convert it to PDF and send it back
to you for proof reading and if you're happy with it we can post it.

I don't try to do a lot at once. I try for about 3 pages a day. Doesn't
take a
lot of time at once but it builds up. I've been eying my PC Transporter
manual
but I'll probably leave that a while as it's pretty big

    Wayne