Scanning40 DocuMate 515 Scanner User’s GuideThe PDF format is often used to create images of text pages. You maywant to select PDF as the format when scanning text pages that do notrequire OCR processing or other processing. The PDF format is alsoused to put multi-page documents on web sites as pdf-readable files. Aswith the JPEG option, the PDF format can be reduced in size or quality.To select a JPEG or PDF file size:1. Select JPG or PDF as the format.2. Right-click on the JPG or PDF icon.3. Choose the file size/image quality option for your scanned images.Minimize Size—Smallest file size, lowest image quality.Normal—Medium file size, some loss of image quality.Maximize Quality—Largest file size, no loss of image quality.Your selection pertains only to the button currently selected on theOne Touch Properties window. Other buttons that have JPG or PDFselected as the Format are not affected.4. Click OK or Apply on the One Touch Properties window.Text FormatsSelecting the text format option also selects OCR processing as anautomatic step for scanning. When you scan a document with a textformat selected, the text portions of the document are automaticallyconverted to editable text. See “Scanning with Optical CharacterRecognition (OCR)” on page 49.As you select Destination Applications that are text applications, the textformat icon changes to match the file type of the application. In somecases, the Destination Application supports several file types, and youcan right-click on the icon to choose the particular file type for thatapplication.The specific text format; thisexample is for Microsoft Wordformat (.doc).
