Create Searchable PDF (ABBYY) activity

This activity converts all JPEG and TIFF media to multi-page PDF files, which can be exported (using one of the "Export Documents" activities) as searchable PDF files.

The Create Searchable PDF (ABBYY) activity is applied recursively to the sub-documents.

Note: This activity must be assigned to an Activities Service in order to run.

If for some reason you need to add this activity to the Process Designer, the file to add is xboundActImageCreatePDF.dll.

The following settings are available when configuring a process step of this activity type.

Create PDF per

Select whether you want to have a PDF created for each image or for each document.

Fast mode

Select to accelerate character recognition. Note: The error rate is higher using this option.

Work on empty pages

Select if the processing is applied to media whose Empty flag is set.

Use OCR on

Select TIFF if TIFF media are to be processed, JPEG for JPEG media, or AUTO for both types.

PDF/A compatibility

Select the desired PDF/A compatibility.

Use JPEG for PDF export

Select this option to create the visible content of the PDF in JPEG format (in color). If you do not select this option, the visible content is created in TIFF format (fax G4), which is black and white.

Autorotate

Automatically deskews (straightens) images during the process.

Only documents with name

If only documents with a certain name or names are to be processed, select this option and then type a regular expression for the name(s).

Only media with additional information

If only media with a specific value in the "Additional Information" field are to be processed, select this option and then type a regular expression that describes the content of that field.

Additional medium information

Type a value to save in the image properties. (This text will not be visible on the image.) If additional information already exists there, what you enter here will be separated by a semicolon from the existing information. Example:

Before:  ExistingInfo

After:  ExistingInfo;NewInfo

Choose languages to recognize

Select the languages to be used in the PDF document. This affects which characters are used, for example.

These settings are also available:

Import button

Imports settings from an XML file that was previously created using Export.

Export button

Exports the settings to an XML file. Specify the file name and location. You can then import the XML file to get the same settings. See Exporting and importing process step settings.

Check regular expression link

Opens a test form, where you can (when applicable) check a regular expression.

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