From: Keith_Nuttle@sbcglobal.net   
      
   On 2/4/2019 7:51 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
   > In message , Keith Nuttle   
   >  writes:   
   >> On 2/4/2019 10:01 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
   >>>  I didn't know you could use IV as a PDF "printer" - can you share how?   
   >>   
   >> Irfanview is one of my primary PDF tools.  Technically you can not   
   >> print to Irfanview as a printer,  However you can create multiple page   
   >> PDF files using Irfanview.   
   >>   
   >> Assume you have Irfanview with the plugins (I use V4.52 - 32 bit)   
   >>   
   >> Options, Multipage images, Create Multipage PDF.   
   >> Gives you a window where you can add images, rearrange them, and a   
   >> couple of other options.  There are some options on how each page is   
   >> handled during the PDF file creation.   
   >   
   > Ah, so you are creating PDFs _from images_ ...   
   >>   
   >> Once you have selected the pages and are happy with the arrangement   
   >> you can then select a folder, a file name, and save the PDF file when   
   >> it is created.   
   >>   
   >> I use Irfanview as my primary image processing program.  When I have   
   >   
   > (so do I)   
   >   
   >> created a image either scanned or downloaded.  I use text function of   
   >> Irfanview to add the citation data to the images.  Depending on the   
   >   
   > ... where the annotation text is added _as images of text_ (i. e. as   
   > pixels).   
   >   
   >> document, I use the Canvas resize option to add space to the side of   
   >> the image where I want the text.  I may resize the image if I feel it   
   >> is necessary.  For pure documents, I do not need much larger than a   
   >> 1920X 1080 image for readability.   If necessary I uses the drawing   
   >> tools to annotate the image.   
   >>   
   >> Once I have done the above to each page for the PDF document, I use   
   >> the Multipage PDF function above to create the PDF document.   
   >   
   > That would give PDFs from which text could not be copied (without OCR -   
   > though, granted, I think that's built-in to some versions of some PDF   
   > readers these days).   
   >>   
   >> One thing I recently accidentally discovered is the Irvanview can open   
   >> PDF document.   
   >>   
   >> While I have never used the function, I assume that you could use   
   >> Irfanview to combine PDF files since, Irvanview can open PDF and Save   
   >> them   
   >>   
   > Sounds plausible!   
   >>   
   That is something I learned a long time ago, that thare are PDF files   
   and then there are PDF files, and visual you may not be able to tell the   
   difference.  There are text based PDF's such as from email or a word   
   processor, these you can copy text from them and use all of the notation   
   functions.  There are image PDF's which as you say you need to OCR to   
   copy the text. Some time if the security on the text based document is   
   set correctly you may think it is an image document.  Then there is the   
   blended PDF, that is a scanned image with the OCR data in the PDF   
   document so it appears you are copying the text from the PDF   
      
   I place my citatation in the images as pixel.  When I need to cite the   
   citation, I use the camera to cut if from the PDF, and then OCR it in   
   Irvanview.   
      
      
      
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