B. Scan to PDF with Adobe Acrobat
Note: Instructions were extracted from Adobe On-line Reference at help.adobe.com for Adobe Acrobat
9.0. Please see sections highlighted in RED for e-filing recommendations.
Scan a paper document to PDF
You can create a PDF file directly from a paper document, using your scanner and Acrobat. In Windows
XP and Windows Vista, Acrobat supports TWAIN scanner drivers and Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
drivers. You can also scan paper forms in a way that converts them into interactive PDF forms.
In Windows, when you create a PDF from a scanner, you can choose a scanning preset that best
matches the type of document you are scanning. (The available presets are Black & White Document,
Grayscale Document, Color Document, and Color Image). You can also scan using custom settings, and
you can adjust the settings in the scanning presets.
Note: Preset scanning is available only for scanner drivers that support Hide Scanner’s Native Interface
mode. The scanning presets are not available in Mac OS.
In Windows, if a WIA driver is installed for your scanner, you can use the Scan button on your scanner to
create a PDF. Press the Scan button, and then in Windows, choose Adobe Acrobat from the list of
registered applications. Then, in the Acrobat Scan dialog box, select a scanner and a document preset or
Custom Scan.
Scan a paper document to PDF using a preset (Windows)
1. Choose File > Create PDF > From Scanner > [document preset].
2. If prompted to scan more pages, select Scan More Pages or Scan Is Complete, and click OK.
Scan a paper document to PDF without presets
1. In Acrobat, do one of the following:
o (Windows) Choose File > Create PDF > From Scanner > Custom Scan.
o (Mac OS) Choose File > Create PDF > From Scanner.
2. Select scanning options in the Scan dialog box, as needed, and then click Scan.
Note: If you specify that you want to use the native scanner user interface instead of the Acrobat
user interface, other windows or dialog boxes appear. Consult the scanner documentation
information on available options. In Mac OS, the scanner user interface is always shown.
3. If prompted to scan more pages, select Scan More Pages or Scan Is Complete, and click OK.
Optimize a scanned PDF
1. Open a PDF created from a scanned document.
2. Choose Document > Optimize Scanned PDF.
3. Select options in the dialog box, and click OK.
The options available in the Optimized Scanned PDF dialog box also appear in the Optimization Options
dialog box, which are described in detail under that heading in this topic.
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