These settings will be used when command is executed. Step 5 - Configure the Tool/Command Configure all settingsĪs required and press OK button. When executed) and press 'Specify Settings' button: User' option (otherwise this command would always display a settings dialog Step 4 Now the selected command will be added to the list of processing steps. Step 3 - Add Command Click on command ('Recognize Text using OCR' in this example) and then press + button To the action and configure what documents to use as the input. Step 2 - Choose Tool/Command to Add The 'Create New Action' dialog appears on the screen. Panel and select 'Action Wizard' from a pull down list. If you do not see 'Action Wizard' in the list of theĪvailable toolbars, click on a small icon in the upper-right corner of the 'Tools' Open 'Action Wizard' toolbar by expanding 'Tools' panel located on the right-hand Step 1 - Start Action Wizard Select 'File > Action Wizard' from the menu to access and manage the actions. OCR (Optical character recognition) batch command on a folder of PDF files. This example shows how to create an action that executes

The instructions below explain how to start using 'Action Wizard' and define your own PDF processing 'action'.

It can be executed either manually from the toolbar or from a command-line batch file using AutoBatch plug-in. It allows to define a series of PDF document processing commands (called 'actions') with specific settings and in a specific order.Īctions can be applied to one or more files, or to an entire content of the folder. It is also known as “Batch Processing” in previous versions of Adobe Acrobat (prior to version X). This functionality is called “Action Wizard”. The Adobe Acrobat Professional XI offers a powerful way for automating repetitive tasks on the number of documents at once. Creating Actions using 'Action Wizard' in Adobe Acrobat® XI

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