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Bring paper to life on the Web! With Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Capture(R) 2.0 software, you can easily turn volumes of paper into searchable Portable Document Format (PDF) libraries. It's perfect for forms, manuals, specifications, books - any important document you need to make accessible on your Web site or intranet.

Information is your most important asset - and Adobe Acrobat Capture can revolutionize the way you manage it! Instead of storing business-critical documents in file drawers, use Adobe Acrobat Capture 2.0 software to publish them on Web sites and intranets.

• Convert scanned pages to Portable Document Format (PDF) - Acrobat Capture performs character, font and page recognition
• Anyone with free Acrobat Reader software can view your PDF files within their Web browsers
• PDF files are searchable with standard Web search engines
• Acrobat Capture works with all the most popular scanners
• In batch-processing mode, your system can convert thousands of pages (purchase additional Page Packs to convert more)  

Choose from a variety of scanning options

• Most popular desktop and high-volume scanners are supported through ISIS(R) and TWAIN drivers.
• Convert documents to PDF from common image formats, such as TIFF (including G3, G4, and LZW formats), PCX, BMP, PDF Image.
• Scan and convert pages up to 27" X 27."
• Scan and convert up to 20,000 pages in batch-processing mode. Contact Adobe to purchase the capability to process additional pages.

• Use Acrobat(R) Capture(R) to convert paper documents to your choice of formats:
• PDF Normal: for compact, searchable files   -   the ideal Web format
• PDF Image: for a cross-platform image of the entire scanned page
• PDF Image+Text: for an image of the entire scanned page with OCRed text hidden behind, creating a searchable bitmap   -   the ideal format for meeting legal requirements to preserve the original scanned image
• Other formats: HTML, ASCII, Rich Text Format (RTF), Microsoft(R) Word version 6 for Windows, and WordPerfect versions 5 and 6 for Windows
• Convert paper documents to black-and-white, grayscale, and color files.
• Take advantage of enhanced page layout recognition capability to convert forms, tables, and visually rich pages with lines and graphics to PDF.
• Recognize documents in eight languages: U.S. English, U.K. English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish.
• Schedule scanning and conversion at your convenience with delayed processing.

Use the Acrobat Reviewer to

• Replace bitmap words with "live" text.
• Change the fonts and colors of your electronic file's text.
• Import and place images in your document.
• Save time by reviewing batches of files at a time before creating output.
• Maximize searchability by placing hidden key words behind signatures, graphics, and illustrations.

• Acrobat(R) Capture(R) software lets you easily convert one scanned page or thousands to Portable Document Format (PDF), while preserving all the original fonts, formatting, and images. Acrobat Capture is compatible with all the leading scanners. You can use the new Software Development Kit (SDK) to customize Acrobat Capture for your own paper-to-PDF conversion system. Document capture vendors can help you automate big paper-to-PDF conversion projects.

View and enhance your electronic documents

• Use Acrobat Reader software (included with Acrobat Capture 2.0 and freely available on Adobe's Web site) to view converted PDF files.
• Make your intranet or Web libraries easily navigable with Acrobat 3.0 software (available separately) by adding hypertext links, page thumbnails, annotations, video and sound clips, and more.
• Edit and enhance pages scanned and converted to HTML using Adobe PageMill(TM) software (available separately).
• Edit word processing output in Microsoft Word or WordPerfect(R) by Corel(R).

• Create libraries of PDF and HTML documents on the Web, and search them using popular intranet search engines.
• Publish converted documents on CD-ROM or distribute attached to e-mail messages.
• Preserve your original paper documents' look and feel, complete with handwritten signatures and annotations, in PDF. Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX users can view and print them directly from within their Web browsers using free Acrobat Reader software.
• Use PDF files to comply with government regulations requiring exact electronic copies of documentation.

• Use the new Adobe Acrobat Capture Software Development Kit (SDK) included on the application CD and the application programming interface (API) to integrate Acrobat Capture software with your document workflow software, fax and e-mail applications, scanning software, and more. Create a completely automated system for converting images to compact, searchable, Web-ready PDF files. Find out more about Adobe SDKs and the Adobe Developer Association.

• Portable Document Format PDF Web libraries place volumes of important business information just a mouse click away. With free Acrobat(R) Reader software, users on any computing platform can navigate, scale, zoom in on, and print PDF files directly within their Web browsers. And PDF files can be indexed and searched with the leading intranet search tools. Experience high-quality printing on the Web with PDF! Because they aren't limited to 72 dpi resolution, PDF files will print at the maximum resolution of your black-and-white or color printer.

• Once you've converted paper documents to PDF, you can make them easily accessible in Web or intranet libraries - along with all of your other electronic content, including HTML and files converted to PDF from your favorite applications using Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) 3.0 software. Select document management, database, and search solutions, or contact a systems integrator to build a Web-based information management system that suits all of your needs.

• Once you've converted your paper documents to PDF using Acrobat(R) Capture(R) software, you can optimize your PDF files for online viewing using Acrobat 3.0 software. Since all the leading Web servers support standard HTTP byte serving extensions, users will be able to view even the longest documents online - thanks to page-at-a-time downloading and progressing rendering of PDF files.

• 486 or Pentium(R) processor-based personal computer
• Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0
• 16 MB of RAM for Windows 95 systems
• 24 MB of RAM for Windows NT systems
• CD-ROM drive
• Parallel port

• Pentium processor-based personal computer
• 32 MB of RAM