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PDF-Overlay project description and documentation.
PDF-Overlay is a utility program for merging FineReader OCR output with original high resolution PDFs.
==STATUS==
'''''Current Status: pre-Alpha, FOR TESTING ONLY'''''
''Know Issues''
* Page size default to US Letter
* PDF Meta-data is lost
* Underlying text position is slightly offset
==Motivation==
FineReader can produce output with text under the scanned image. However the resulting PDF has only a FAX
quality image of the original scanned page - this is unacceptable for archiving documents. PDF-Overlay
solves this problem by overlaying the original high-resolution scan on top of FineReader's output.
=Download and Source Code=
[http://www.magnet.neuro.fsu.edu/LabDisk/CEHoupt/Auto%20Builds/PDF-Overlay/ PDF-Overlay Auto Build]
[http://www.magnet.neuro.fsu.edu/xtechops/websvn/listing.php?repname=Houpt+Lab+Source+Code&path=%2FPDF-Overlay%2F#_PDF-Overlay_ PDF-Overlay Source]
=PDF-Overlay Usage=
To operate, drag and drop the original high-resolution PDF onto PDF-Overlay.app.
The FineReader output must be in the same folder as the original, and named with FineReader's default naming scheme (i.e. "xxx processed by FineReader.pdf").
PDF-Overlay ignores FineReader and its own output PDFs, so it is safe to simply select-all PDFs and drop them on PDF-Overlay. Only PDFs with matching FineReader output will be processed. PDF-Overlay always overwrites the merged PDF.
==Example File Naming==
Input Files:
* 2008-05-27.pdf
* 2008-05-27 processed by FineReader.pdf
Output File:
* 2008-05-27 merged by PDF-Overlay.pdf
==Recommended FineReader Settings==
Since PDF-Overlay over-writes (over-paints really) the FineReader PDF,
it is best to setup FineReader to produce small, mainly-text documents
with light-weight images. This will minimize the size of the merged PDF.
* Saving mode: text and pictures only
* Ask for name before saving: off
* Picture Quality: Low (for Web)
* Picture Format: Black and White (CCIT Group 4)
==STATUS==
'''''Current Status: pre-Alpha, FOR TESTING ONLY'''''
''Know Issues''
* Page size default to US Letter
* PDF Meta-data is lost
* Underlying text position is slightly offset
==Motivation==
FineReader can produce output with text under the scanned image. However the resulting PDF has only a FAX
quality image of the original scanned page - this is unacceptable for archiving documents. PDF-Overlay
solves this problem by overlaying the original high-resolution scan on top of FineReader's output.
=Download and Source Code=
[http://www.magnet.neuro.fsu.edu/LabDisk/CEHoupt/Auto%20Builds/PDF-Overlay/ PDF-Overlay Auto Build]
[http://www.magnet.neuro.fsu.edu/xtechops/websvn/listing.php?repname=Houpt+Lab+Source+Code&path=%2FPDF-Overlay%2F#_PDF-Overlay_ PDF-Overlay Source]
=PDF-Overlay Usage=
To operate, drag and drop the original high-resolution PDF onto PDF-Overlay.app.
The FineReader output must be in the same folder as the original, and named with FineReader's default naming scheme (i.e. "xxx processed by FineReader.pdf").
PDF-Overlay ignores FineReader and its own output PDFs, so it is safe to simply select-all PDFs and drop them on PDF-Overlay. Only PDFs with matching FineReader output will be processed. PDF-Overlay always overwrites the merged PDF.
==Example File Naming==
Input Files:
* 2008-05-27.pdf
* 2008-05-27 processed by FineReader.pdf
Output File:
* 2008-05-27 merged by PDF-Overlay.pdf
==Recommended FineReader Settings==
Since PDF-Overlay over-writes (over-paints really) the FineReader PDF,
it is best to setup FineReader to produce small, mainly-text documents
with light-weight images. This will minimize the size of the merged PDF.
* Saving mode: text and pictures only
* Ask for name before saving: off
* Picture Quality: Low (for Web)
* Picture Format: Black and White (CCIT Group 4)