I have a PDF that contains a scan image of a document. I want to save the contents of this PDF as an image so that I can then run it through an OCR program that only accepts.jpg,.png, and.gif type files.
You can save your changes to an Adobe PDF or PDF Portfolio in the original PDF or in a copy of the PDF. You can also save individual PDFs to other file formats, including text, XML, HTML, and Microsoft Word. Saving a PDF in text format allows you to use the content with a screen reader, screen magnifier, or other assistive technology.
If you don’t have access to the source files that created an Adobe PDF, you can still copy images and text from the PDF to use elsewhere. You can also export the PDF to a reusable format, or export images in a PDF to another format.
Adobe Acrobat Reader users can save a copy of a PDF or PDF Portfolio if the creator of the document has enabled usage rights. If a document has additional or restricted usage rights, the document message bar under the toolbar area describes the assigned restrictions or privileges.
Usethis method to save PDFs, including PDF Portfolios,and PDFs in which you have added comments, form field entries, anddigital signatures.
Note:
Saving a digitally signed PDF invalidates the signature.
- To save changes to the current file, choose File > Save.
- To save a copy of a PDF, choose File > Save As.
- In Acrobat Reader, choose File > Save As or File > Save As Other > Text.
- To save a copy of a PDF Portfolio, choose File >Save As Other > PDF Portfolio.
Note:If you are viewing a PDF in a web browser, the Acrobat File menu is not available. Use the Save A Copy button in the Acrobat toolbar to save the PDF.
The Autosave feature guardsagainst losing your work in case of a power failure by incrementally,and at regular intervals, saving file changes to a specified location.The original file is not modified. Instead, Acrobat createsan autosave file of changes, which includes all the changes youmade to the open file since the last automatic save. The amountof new information that the autosave file contains depends on howfrequently Acrobat saves the autosavefile. If you set the autosave interval to 15 minutes, you couldlose the last 14 minutes of your work if a problem occurs. Frequentautomatic saving prevents loss of data, and is especially usefulif you make extensive changes to a document, such as by adding comments.
You can apply autosave changes to the original files when yourestart Acrobat. When you close, savemanually, or revert to the last-saved version of a file, the autosavefile is deleted.
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If you use assistive technology, such as a screen reader,you may want to disable the Autosave feature so that you don’t loseyour place when the file is reloaded.
The Autosave feature won’t work in the following cases:
- A document that has its security changed. You must save the document to re-enable automatic saving of document changes.
- A document created using the Web Capture feature or extracted from a larger PDF (Tools > Organize Pages > Extract). You must save the document to enable automatic saving of changes.
- A document displayed in a web browser or incorporated into a container document that supports Object Linking and Embedding (OLE). This document appears outside the default file system and cannot support automatic saving.
Toprevent lost changes after an unexpected interruption, enable theAutosave feature, which is the default setting.
- In the Preferences dialog box underCategories, select Documents.
- Select Automatically Save Document Changes To TemporaryFile Every xx Minutes (1-99), and specify the number of minutes.
Recover lost changes after an unexpectedshutdown
- Start Acrobat oropen the file you were working on last.
- When prompted, click Yes to open the autosave file orfiles. If multiple files were open, Acrobat opensall of the files for you.
- Save the file or files with the same names as the filesyou were originally working on.
Youcan sometimes reduce the file size of a PDF simply by using the SaveAs Other command. Reducing the size of PDFs improvestheir performance—particularly when they’re being opened on theweb—without altering their appearance.
TheReduce File Size command resamples and recompressesimages, removes embedded Base-14 fonts, and subset-embeds fontsthat were left embedded. It also compresses document structure andcleans up elements such as invalid bookmarks. If the file size isalready as small as possible, this command has no effect.
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Reducing the file size of a digitally signed document removes the signature.
- Open a single PDF, or select one or more PDFsin a PDF Portfolio.
- If you’re certain that all your users use Acrobat or Adobe Acrobat Reader, limiting compatibility to the latest version can further reduce file size.
- (Optional) To apply the same settings to multiple files, click Apply To Multiple, and add the files. Click OK, then in the Output Options dialog box, specify your folder and filename preferences.Note:The Apply To Multiple buttonis not available inPDF Portfolios.
To control changes and quality trade-offs, use PDF Optimizer in Acrobat Pro, which makes more options available.
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Easily export or convert one or more PDFs to different file formats, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The available formats include both text and image formats. (For a full list of conversion options, see File format options.)
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This document provides instructions for Acrobat DC and Acrobat 2017. If you're using Acrobat XI, see Acrobat XI Help.
Convert PDFs to Word, RTF, spreadsheets,PowerPoint, or other formats
Note:
You cannot export PDF Portfolios, or PDFs within them, to other file formats.
- Open the PDF in Acrobat, and then choose Tools > Export PDF.The various formats to which you can export the PDF file are displayed.Choose the format to which you want to export your PDF.Note:You can also choose File > Export To > [File Type] to export the PDF file to a desired format.
- Select the file format to which you want to export the PDF file and a version (or format), if available. For example, if you choose to export the PDF file to Word format, you will get an option to export the PDF into Word Document (.docx) or Word 97-2003 Document (.doc) version.Note:You can configure the conversion settings by clicking the gear icon adjacent to the selected file format. Conversion settings can also be edited by selecting the Convert From PDF category in the Preferences dialog box.
- Export your PDF document to a local folder or Adobe Document Cloud.
- In the Export dialog box, select a location where you want to save the file.
- Click Save to export the PDF to the selected file format.Bydefault, the source filename is used with the new extension, andthe exported file is saved in the same folder as the source file.Note:When you save a PDF in an image format, each page is saved as a separate file, and each filename is appended with the page number.
You can configure conversion options before you save the file. By default, the conversion options specified under Preferences are used.
- Choose Edit > Preferences > Convert From PDF.
- Choose a format from the Converting From PDF list, and then click Edit Settings.
- Choose the conversion settings, and then click OK.
In addition to saving every page (all text, images, and vector objects on a page) to an image format using the File > Export To > Image > [Image Type] command, you can export each image in a PDF to a separate image file.
Note:
You can export raster images, but notvector objects.
- Open the PDF in Acrobat, and then choose Tools > Export PDF.The various formats to which you can export the PDF file are displayed.
- Click Image and then choose the image file format that you want to save the images in.Choose the format that you want to save the exported images in.
- To configure the conversion settings for the selected file format, click the gear icon .
- In the Export All Images As [selected file format] Settings dialog box, specify the File Settings, Color Management, Conversion, and Extraction settings for the file type.
- In the Extraction settings, for Exclude Images Smaller Than, select the smallest size of image to be extracted. Select No Limit to extract all images.
- Click OK to return to the return to the Export Your PDF To Any Format screen.
- Select the Export All Images option to extract and save only the images from the PDF file.Note:If you do not select the Export All Images option, all pages within the PDF are saved in the selected image file format.
- In the Export dialog box, select a location where you want to save the file.
- Click Save to save only the images from the PDF to the selected file format.
If you need just a part of the PDF file in another format, you don’t need to convert the entire file and then extract the relevant content. You can select text in a PDF file and save it in one of the supported formats: DOCX, DOC, XLSX, RTF, XML, HTML, or CSV.
- Right-click the selected text and choose Export Selection As.Right-click the selected text, and choose Export Selection As from the pop-up menu.
- Select a format from the Save As Type list and click Save.
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