Changing a PDF that enables Commenting and Markup

ChangingaPDFthatenablesCommentingandMarkup

ManyPDFdocumentsarescannedimagesofatextdocument.Ifyoudonothingthenalltheusercandoisreadand

printthePDF.Ifyoufollowthestepslistedbelowyoucanchangetheimagetobeatextsearchableandenable

comments.

FromMSWord:Ifyou

createthePDFfromaWorddocument,thefinalPDFwillopenAcrobatProfessional.The

documentpreferencesaregenerousanddonotblockcomments.AdobeReaderusersjustopenthedocumentplace

commentsandresave.

Fromascannedimage:Whenyouscanandarticle,bookpagesoropenaPDF

fromtheweb,youcantellitisascanned

image,ifyouseegrayorblackareaslikeabookbinding,ifyouseehandwrittennotes,ifthedocumentlookslikeitwas

Xeroxed,ifthepageisnotstraight, ifthepageisrotatedandyoucan

onlyreaditifyouprintit.Thesedocumentscanbe

changedtoallowsearchingandmarkup.

1. OpenthePDFinAdobeAcrobatProandnotReader.

2. Rotatethedocumentisnecessary.

a. FromtheViewMenu,selectRotatetheView

b. Selecteitherclockwiseorcounter‐clockwise.

c. Savethedocument

3. ScanforOpticalCharacterRecognition

a. FromtheDocumentMenu,select“OCRTextRecognition,RecognizeTextUsingOCR”

b. Inthedialogboxthatappearsthesettingspaneislettingyouknowthattheoutputwillbesearchable.

JustclickOK,thesettingareperfect.

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c. Youwillseeafewthingshappen,astatuslinewillappearthattellsyouwhatitisdoingandthe

documentshakesatitgetsstraightenedout.

d. WhenitiscompleteSavethedocument.

4. ApplyingMarkupability

a. Therearetwowaystoapply

EnabledComments

b. FromtheCommentsMenuselectEnableforCommentingandAnalysisinAdobeReaderorAdvanced

Menu,ExtendedFeaturesinAdobeReader.

Note:theonlythingIseedifferentisonetakesyouimmediatelytoasavescreentheothergivesyoua

dialogboxthatexplainswhatis

happeninginthebackgroundsave.Savethefile.

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NowAcrobatandorAdobeReaderuserscancommentandmarkup thisdocument.