http://pcsar.dyndns.org:8080/mediawiki/index.php?title=General_computer_skills/Scanning_printed_pages&feed=atom&action=historyGeneral computer skills/Scanning printed pages - Revision history2024-03-29T02:36:38ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.12.0http://pcsar.dyndns.org:8080/mediawiki/index.php?title=General_computer_skills/Scanning_printed_pages&diff=39809&oldid=prevBrett Wuth at 19:04, 3 May 20162016-05-03T19:04:40Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>by <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''never'' </del>scanning a page that you've printed. There's a much faster</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>by <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">not </ins>scanning a page that you've printed. There's a much faster</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* when you don't have the original computer file. E.g. someone gave you only the printed copy</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* when you don't have the original computer file. E.g. someone gave you only the printed copy<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Perhaps you can ask them if a PDF is available</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Brett Wuthhttp://pcsar.dyndns.org:8080/mediawiki/index.php?title=General_computer_skills/Scanning_printed_pages&diff=39796&oldid=prevBrett Wuth: New page: You can save yourself a lot of time by ''never'' scanning a page that you've printed. There's a much faster and higher quality way of doing the same thing. When you scan a page what you'...2016-05-03T17:19:47Z<p>New page: You can save yourself a lot of time by ''never'' scanning a page that you've printed. There's a much faster and higher quality way of doing the same thing. When you scan a page what you'...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>You can save yourself a lot of time<br />
by ''never'' scanning a page that you've printed. There's a much faster<br />
and higher quality way of doing the same thing.<br />
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When you scan a page what you're wanting to end up with is a PDF of that<br />
page. Your computer can create the PDF without printing it to paper<br />
first.<br />
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Most programs (e.g. your wordprocessor) have a menu option to create a<br />
PDF. This is usually something like "File > Export ..." and then choose "as<br />
PDF". This will create a PDF file on your computer which you can then<br />
upload to the wiki. You skip the printing and scanning entirely.<br />
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For those programs that don't have a PDF option, you can generally<br />
choose "File > Print ..." and then set your printer to "Print to PDF".<br />
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Avoiding the scanning step will have these advantages:<br />
* it's faster<br />
* it saves paper<br />
* the PDF is more readable<br />
* you can copy text from the PDF<br />
* the PDF is thousands of times smaller<br />
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The only times you should want to scan a page that originally came from<br />
a computer are:<br />
* when you don't have the original computer file. E.g. someone gave you only the printed copy<br />
* when there's stuff on the printed page that's not on the computer file. E.g. a signature</div>Brett Wuth