I work in the legal department and we provide a contract analysis service to our members. These contracts are received via USPS mail or fax. The clients do not have these electronically to send. These contracts are then scanned on the copier converting them to a PDF. There is a need to insert text comments - sometimes numerous lines of text - between the contract paragraphs on the PDF. Because these PDFs are created from a scanned image, they are turned into a picture image, making the addition of text impossible - at least as far as I can tell. My work-around is to use the Adobe snapshot tool and paste the text from the contract into a Word document and then insert the analysis comments after each paragraph. It is time consuming and creates alot of redundant work. The inserting of a text/comment box does not work as it does allow for lengthy comments nor does it produce the formating desired. I have tried using the OCR (optical character recognition) and it scrambles up some of the text and formatting, creating work to properly format it back like it should be. Does anyone know of a better way to do this - preferrably a way to insert text directly on the scanned PDF?
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I've just recently renewed my membership with AEAP, so I am just now reading this post. If you are still looking for ideas and suggestions and your company doesn't want to go with Adobe Acrobat Professional 7, then you can always try PrimoPDF or NitroPDF Professional found at http://www.primopdf.com. One of my bosses here at work turned me on to it. I think NitroPDF Professional may provide what you're looking for.
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Rene Rivers on
9/9/2008 12:36:49 PM
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Hi! I work for the Real Estate Services Division of the Engineering Department at a City in Florida. We have a program called eCopy. You can scan with that program, add text and some other markups and then you can export it into PDF format or rich text (I think). I can't remember the company that makes it but you might try looking into that program.
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AEAP on
3/24/2008 10:12:07 AM
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If you are able to invest in the full version of Adobe that includes Adobe Writer, you can easily mark a document with comments.
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Anonymous on
3/13/2008 4:14:12 PM
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Invest in a copy of Adobe Acrobat 8.0. Use it to convert the .pdf document into a form where you can insert text boxes where you want to put the comments. Then "distribute" the form leaving all of the distribution entries blank or default. This will allow you to save the form w/ data under a different file name.
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Anonymous on
3/11/2008 1:57:35 PM
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It is very difficult to edit and/or add comments to a PDF document. However, if you go into Google and search under “Edit PDF Document”, you will find several offers for software that is capable of editing PDF documents. The software makes a difficult task easier but it is still a bit complicated. Hope this helps. Good Luck!
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AEAP on
3/11/2008 12:22:12 PM
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There is a program called "snag-it" which is really good and would work great for you. It is made by TechSmith.
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Janet Stalowski on
3/11/2008 12:12:47 PM
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THere is a software by ScanSoft that is called PDF Converter 4, that turns PDF files into editable documents, forms, and spreadsheets including text, columns, tables and graphics.
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Sheilda Bryner on
3/11/2008 12:10:16 PM
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Hi Kim,
There is a tool that I use in Microsoft Word called ABBYY PDF Transformer 1.0. It will turn a scanned image into a Word document for easier editting. My experience with it has been that it's a very easy and helpful tool to use with a basic text document. It doesn't transform pictures, charts, and images very well. I believe it's reasonably cheap for the purachse and installation of the package.
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Mary Johnson on
3/11/2008 12:00:52 PM
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You need a software called Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional Software(full version). It allows you to create pdf but also to edit them like a word doc. And since it is Adobe, you can save as pdf for read only access. It will also allow you to convert pdf docs to word docs and visa versa. You can enter, text, pictures, drawings, etc. There are several components to this software so make sure it is the one that allows edits & conversion.
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Yolanda Thomas on
3/11/2008 11:49:08 AM
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