


At this point you should have two sets of image files that are identical. Copy all the image files and paste them into a new folder, such as "temp2".Each page will have one image named by page number. You might do this to a new folder, such as "temp1". Optional (but it saves a lot of effort): if you have multiple columns on a single page, the OCR will come out better if you separate the two columns (or pages, such as when you scan a journal or book).If you need to, rotate all the pages in the document counterclockwise 90 degrees from the Document menu.Log in, plug in your memory device, and open the PDF file you just scanned using Adobe Acrobat Pro.They are situated behind the three Macs with Accordance. Go to one of the Windows computers in the back of the computer lab.Run Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the document.Remove the memory device when the scanner says it can be removed. For best results set the scan settings to scan at 600 DPI.Instead of choosing your email address choose Store Copy and then Memory Device.Bring a USB memory device and plug it in.Use the scanner on the main level in Buswell.It looks long and difficult, but once you do it once it is pretty intuitive. I am doing this from memory, so if I miss something feel free to edit this page. There are three basic steps, which are detailed below. Here is how to move from the printed page to a (very) rough translation. So you have a German or French article and don't want to slog through hours of laborious translating.
