The Preview panel is one of the panels that appears on the left side of the Convert Assistant.
Click the Preview tool to display this panel. It displays the current page of the document selected in the file list.
Page information icons
The icon in the top-right corner of the Preview panel gives page information:
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Description |
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This page is image-only. No text layer was detected, or password protection prohibits access to the text layer. The program can generate editable text from this page, but must use its built-in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for this. |
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A text layer was detected for this page. It can be converted to editable text. |
Navigation tools
Use the Navigation tools under the Preview window to view desired pages of a source file to be converted or move among documents in the file list. From left to right: Go to first page of previous document; go to first page of current file; go to its previous page; go to a specified page; go to next page; go to last page and go to first page of next document in the list.
Page range
The Pages edit box lets you define a page range to be converted. By default all pages are converted. Use a hyphen and commas to separate instructions in the edit box, as for specifying pages to be printed.
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Example |
Pages to be converted |
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2 |
Page 2 only |
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3-7 |
Pages 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 |
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-5 |
Pages 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 |
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11- |
All pages from 11 to end of file |
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20-22, 15-18, - 3 |
Pages 1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 |
The buttons beside the Pages edit box serve also for specifying a page range.
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Buttons |
Button Name |
Results |
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In-Range / Out-of-Range toggle |
Exclude / include the currently displayed page for conversion. A tooltip shows what will happen if you click the button. When the button is clicked, it changes state. |
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All-in-Range |
Include all the pages of a selected file into the pages to be converted. |
Note
When you perform a one-click conversion without calling Convert Assistant, all pages in the source file are converted.
Tip
Double-click with the zoom cursor in the Preview panel to see an enlarged picture of the current page in a separate window. Click the Close button or press Esc to return to the original size.
