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When the Convert tab is selected, the following options are available:

 

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Figure 1. Convert Tab

 

The options in the Convert tab are used to convert content into different formats. There are four groups in the Convert tab:

 

Tools

 

The Tools group contains shortcuts to tools and other features:

 

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The Hand Tool is used as a basic scrolling device and navigation aid when browsing through documents. Click to enable the Hand Tool, then click and drag the page in the desired scrolling direction in order to browse through documents.

The Select Text Tool is used to select base-content text. Click to enable the Select Text Tool, then click and drag the pointer to select text. Double-click to select words, triple-click to select paragraphs and quadruple-click to select all text on the current page. Right-click selections for editing options, as detailed here.

Click the Other Tools dropdown menu to view/select additional tool options:

The Select Comments Tool is used to select and edit comments. Click to enable the Select Comments Tool, then click to select comments. Click and drag to select multiple comments. Selected comments can be edited, as detailed here.

The Snapshot Tool is used to take screenshots of pages/selected page content. Click to enable the Snapshot Tool, then click or click and drag to take snapshots. Further information about this tool is available here.

The options in the Clipboard dropdown menu is used to interact with the current content of the clipboard. Click the dropdown menu to cut/copy/paste clipboard content.

The Find feature is used to Find or Search text, or to search the internet for text selected in the current document.

 

Create

 

The Create group contains options for creating new documents:

 

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Click Scan to create a new document from the local scanner, as detailed here. Click the Scan dropdown menu to view/select/configure preset scanning modes.

Click the From Files dropdown menu to view options for creating new document from existing files:

Click Combine Files into a Single PDF to combine existing files into a new document, as detailed here.

Click From Text Files to create a new document from text files, as detailed here.

Click From Rich Text Format (RTF) Files to create a new document from RTF files, as detailed here.

Click From Image Files to create a new document from image files, a detailed here.

Click Blank to create a new empty document.

 

Export

 

The Export group contains options for exporting the current document to different formats:

 

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Click Export to Images to export documents to image format, as detailed here.

Click To MS-Word to export documents to MS Word format. Note that files exported to this format are compatible with MS Word 2010 and later.

Click To MS-Excel to export documents to MS Excel format.

Click To MS-PowerPoint to export documents to MS Powerpoint format.

 

OCR

 

The OCR group contains options for interacting with scanned content:

 

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Click OCR Pages to perform OCR on documents, as detailed here.

Click Enhance Scanned Pages to enhance the quality of scanned pages, as detailed here.