Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/21

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: Re: Re: [Leica] Free Leica R6.2 Instruction Manual
From: Joe Chan <leicauser@ntlworld.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 6:12:40 +0000

Hi Martin,

I scan the manuals into my PC, then use ABBYFineReader to OCR the text. The text and pictures are then pasted into Microsoft Word to do the formatting and finally I output to JAWS PDF Creator.

It all takes a while which is why the manuals only appear every couple of months.

Joe Chan

> 
> From: Martin Howard <mvhoward@mac.com>
> Date: 2003/08/21 Thu PM 08:44:09 GMT
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Free Leica R6.2 Instruction Manual
> 
> Joe Chan wrote:
> 
> > Finally, I have scanned and converted my Leica R6.2 instruction manual 
> > into a PDF file. As with my other Leica manuals, it is available for 
> > free download from my website at:
> >
> > http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals
> 
> Hey, these are cool because the text is searchable and selectable (not 
> just a copied image).  How did you make them?
> 
> M.
> 
> --
> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html
> 

- -----------------------------------------
Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/


- --
To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html

Replies: Reply from "Gerry Walden" <gwpics@aol.com> (Re: Re: [Leica] Free Leica R6.2 Instruction Manual)