Re: Converting a manual into a PDF

["brad" <mrbrad(remove)@ll.net>]

"Glenn Jones" <rg.jones@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> Martin Doherty wrote:
> >
http://www.chez.com/apple1/Apple2cDskArchive/Docs/FrManuals/AppleSoft.pdf
> >
> > Applesoft Basic Reference Manual
> >
> > Not that I know HOW it was done, but here is a beautiful example of
> > turning a paper manual into a PDF. Each logical page holds a 2-page
> > opening, very nicely formatted (not sure if it's preserved formatting
> > because I don't have the original to compare), and _selectable_text_
> > that you can copy and paste! Somebody took a lot of trouble.
> >
> > Pity it's all in French :(
> > unless you can read French :)
>
> My HP scanner has software that will let you scan and convert to PDF
> with selectable text if the source material is of sufficient quality.
> An example of that would be the Apple prototype card manual that I
> scanned and Wayne Stewart put up on his site.
>
> Glenn

how much did that put you back....? and what i really want is one that you
could
feed say 50 to 100 pages into it ...walk away and it is scanned i don't want
to scan 1 at
a time 2000 to 3000 pages of inventory items....i could do it but quite
frankly this project
of just cataloging everything will prob make me bonkers before then...

brad
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