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The process of converting image files to a linked, searchable PDF file is described in detail in the following tutorial.

Preparation
1.Create a directory on your hard drive called "tutorial".  
 
2.Copy a set of test images to the tutorial directory. The images should meet the following criteria:  
     
·Be a continuous series of pages from the same document  
·Include a front cover, table of contents, list of illustrations, and body pages  
·Be monochrome  
·Measure 8.5 x 11 inches  
·Use portrait orientation  
3.From the Windows desktop, click the PPP icon-ppp-desktop icon. The PPP window opens. In order for the images to be processed properly during the tutorial, the PPP settings need to be configured. Step through the Page Setup, Margin Setup, Cleanup, and Resize tabs and make the following selections:  
 
a.Page Setup Page  
·Page Content Detection: Checked  
·Maximum Subimage Size; Width: 6.5", Height: 9"  
·Page Rotation  
·Turn Image First: Unchecked  
·Detected Image Size  
·Inches: Checked  
·Output Canvas  
·Keep Original Image Size: Checked  
·Keep Contents Outside Detected Subimage: Unchecked.  
 
b.Margin Setup Page  
·Margins: Simple  
·Top: 1"  
·Set Left: 1"  
·Set Right: 1"  
·Check Bottom: 1"  
·Check Horizontal Alignment: To Margin  
·Vertical Alignment: To Margin  
 
c.Cleanup Page  
·Despeckle  
·Single Speckle Removal: Checked  
·Edge Cleanup  
·Remove Everything Within: Checked  
·After Deskew: Checked  
·Top: 0.1"  
·Left: 0.1"  
·Right: 0.1"  
·Bottom: 0.1"  
·Punch Hole Removal  
i. Remove Punch Holes Within: Checked  
ii. Top: 0.5"  
iii. Left: 0.5"  
iv. Right: 0.5"  
v. Bottom: 0.5"  
·Report In Exception List If Subimage is Less Than: Unchecked  
·Deskew: Checked  
·Skew Detection Options  
i. Fast Skew Detection: Checked  
·Skew Constraints  
i. Min. Skew: 0.005  
ii. Max. Skew: 3  
·Resize Page  
·Resize Subimage: Unchecked  
 
4. Close the PPP window.  
5.   In the Job Changed dialog box, click No.      
 
Start TMC  
1.From the Windows desktop, click the ETMC icon-start icon.  
2.Locate Job Directory  
3.The TMC Main window opens.  
4.If the Tree is not in Browse mode, click Browse Mode icon-main-browse on the toolbar.  
5.If the Confirm dialog box appears, click Yes.  
6.Use the top portion of the Tree to locate and select the job directory (\tutorial).  
   
Create Image Separation Rules
1.From the toolbar, click Setup Rules icon-main-setup-rules.  
2.The PPP Rules dialog box appears. This dialog box is used to add, modify, and delete rules for separating images based on their size and color depth. The TMC software comes from the factory with two default PPP rules (A and Foldout).  
3.Accept the current settings by clicking OK.  
   
Separate Images
1.From the toolbar, click Separate Images icon-main-separate-images.  
2.In the Confirm dialog box, click Yes.  
3.In the Done dialog box, click OK.  
 
Process Images in PPP
1.From the toolbar, select Run PPP icon-main-run-ppp.  
2.The PPP window opens.  
3.From the File menu, select New Job.  
4.Go to the Job Setup tab.  
5.Click Current Folder icon-ppp-current-folder to the right of the Look In field.  
6.The Browse for Folder dialog box appears.  
7.When images are separated, they are placed in separate subdirectories according to their size and color depth. Since all of the images used in this tutorial are 8.5 x 11-inch monochrome, they met the criteria of image separation rule A and were placed in an image subdirectory of the same name.  
8.In the Browse for Folder dialog box, locate and select the \tutorial\A subdirectory.  

Note: Each image subdirectory is named after its corresponding image separation rule. If none of the images meet a rule's size and color depth criteria, a subdirectory for the rule will not be created.

9.Click OK.  
10.Press the Shift key while you use the mouse to select all of the images in the Look In pane for processing.  
11.Click Add.  
12.From the PPP window Job menu, select Process Images.  
13.The Save As dialog box appears. It is used to specify a name and location for the PPP job. Use the default name A.JOB.  
14.Click Save.  
15.The images are processed.  
16.The Report of Processing dialog box opens.  
17.Click OK.  
18.For each image in the Exception List window, note the description of the problem, double-click on the image, correct the problem, and click Reprocess Now.  
19.Repeat this process until all of the files have been cleared from the exception list.  
20.Close the Exception List window.  
21.Close the Good Files List window.  
22.For jobs that contain images of different sizes and color depth, multiple image subdirectories would be created.  
23.The images in each subdirectory should be processed using the previous steps. At this point all of the images for the current job have been processed.  
24.In the PPP File menu, select Exit.  
 
Merge Directories
1.Use the top portion of the Tree to locate and select the current job directory (\tutorial).  
2.From the toolbar, click Merge Directories icon-main-merge-directories.  
3.The Final Merge Job dialog box appears. Click Yes.  
4.The Done dialog box appears. Click OK.  
5.Create TMC Job.  
6.Use the top portion of the Tree to locate and select the PPP subdirectory within the current job directory (\tutorial\PPP).  
7.From the Job menu, select New Job.  
8.The New Job dialog box appears.  
9.Verify that the following entries are present in the Job Settings tab:  
·Directory for Image Files: <drive>:\tutorial\PPP  
·Directory for PDF Files:<drive>:\tutorial\PPP\Output  
10.Click OK.  

Create TOC and Lists
1.Step through the images in the Tree and locate the first and last pages of the table of contents.  
2.Simultaneously press the Shift key and use the left mouse button to select the first and last pages to be used to create the TOC.  
3.The page range is highlighted.  
4.From the toolbar, click TOC Builder icon-main-run-toc-builder.  
5.The Launch TOC Builder dialog box appears.  
6.Accept the default settings by clicking OK.  
7.The TOC Builder window opens.  
8.Press the left mouse button and enclose the table of contents on displayed image within the box.  
9.OCR is performed and a hierarchy is displayed in the TOC pane.  
10.Add, modify, and delete the TOC entries as needed.  
11.To add, move, or delete an entry, highlight it and use the icons at the top of the TOC pane.  
12.To modify an entry, place the cursor over it, double-click the left mouse button, and make the necessary changes.  
13.Click Next Page icon-toc-next-page and repeat previous steps for each table of contents page.  
14.Click Auto Page Match icon-toc-auto-page-match.  
15.From the File menu, select Save.  
16.In the Save As dialog box, use the file name provided (TableOfContents.tcf) and click Save.  
17.From the File menu, select Exit.  
18.Step through the images in the Tree and locate the first and last pages of the list of illustrations.  
19.Simultaneously press the Shift key and use the left mouse button to select the first and last pages to be used to create the list.  
20.The page range is highlighted.  
21.From the toolbar, click TOC Builder icon-main-run-toc-builder.  
22.The Launch TOC Builder dialog box appears.  
23.Accept the default settings by clicking OK.  
24.The TOC Builder window opens.  
25.Press the left mouse button and enclose the list of illustrations on the displayed image within the box.  
26.OCR is performed and a hierarchy is displayed in the TOC pane.  
27.From the Current Item Type combo box (in the upper left portion of the window) select Illustrations.  
28.The TOC Builder dialog box appears.  
29.Click Yes.  
30.Add, modify, and delete the list entries as needed.  
31.To add, move, or delete an entry, highlight it and use the icons at the top of the TOC pane.  
32.To modify an entry, place the cursor over it, double-click the left mouse button, and make the necessary changes.  
33.Click Next Page icon-toc-next-page and repeat the previous steps for each list of illustrations page.  
34.Click Auto Page Match icon-toc-auto-page-match.  
35.From the File menu, select Save.  
36.In the Save As dialog box, rename the list of illustrations file LOI.tcf and click Save.  
37.From the File menu, select Exit.  

Import Bookmarks
1.Bookmarks consist of table of contents, list of figures, list of illustrations, and similar information.  
2.The first bookmarks to be imported are from the TOC file.  
3.From the toolbar, click Insert Bookmarks from File icon-main-insert-bookmarks.  
4.In the Open dialog box, navigate to \tutorial\PPP\TocImg_01 and select the TableOfContents.tcf file.  
5.Click Open.  
6.In the Insert TOC dialog box, click OK.  
7.The TOC bookmarks are added to the document hierarchy.  
8.Next, the bookmarks from the list of illustrations file are imported.  
9.From the toolbar, click Insert Bookmarks from File icon-main-insert-bookmarks.  
10.In the Open dialog box, navigate to \tutorial\PPP\TocImg_02 and select the LOI.tcf file.  
11.Click Open.  
12.In the Insert TOC dialog box, click OK.  
13.The list of figures bookmarks are added to the document hierarchy.  

QC/Validate Bookmarks
1.Use the Tree to examine the imported bookmarks.  
2.If the bookmarks look correct, proceed to the next step. Otherwise, repeat steps to import bookmarks.  

Discover Links
1.From the toolbar, click Run Link Builder icon-link-builder.  
2.In the Confirm dialog box, click Yes.  
3.The Link Builder window opens.  
4.From the Job menu, select Open Job.  
5.In the Open dialog box, navigate to \tutorial\PPP and select the tree.org file.  
6.Click Open.  
7.At this point in the process, it is sometimes necessary to specify the list type, section start page, and section stop page at the top of the Page List pane.  
8.Accept the defaults and proceed to the next step.  
9.From the toolbar, click Discover Links icon-link-builder-discover-links.  
10.In the Link Discovery dialog box, click Process.  
11.When the link discovery process is complete, click Close.  
12.Examine the links listed in the Page List pane.  
13.Add, modify, and delete links as needed.  
14.To add, move, or delete a link, highlight the link and use the icons at the top of the Page List pane. To modify a link, place the cursor over the link entry, double-click the left mouse button, and make the necessary changes.  
15.From the Job menu, select Save Job.  
16.In the Confirm dialog box, click Yes.  
17.From the Job menu, select Exit.  
18.In the Confirm dialog box, click Yes.  

Set PDF Conversion Options
1.From the toolbar, click Settings icon-main-job-settings.  
2.In the dialog box, click the Conversion Settings tab. This tab allows you to select various options for the conversion to PDF.  
3.Accept the current settings by clicking OK.  
 
Convert to PDF
1.From the toolbar, click Convert to PDF icon-main-convert-to-pdf.  
2.In the Conversion 2 PDF dialog box, click Process.  
3.Wait for the conversion to finish. Then click Close.  
4.Wait for the PDF Viewer to open and display the document.  
5.Verify that the document was converted properly.  

Close Job
1.From the Job menu, select Close Job.  
2.In the Confirm dialog box, click Yes.  

Exit TMC
1.From the toolbar, click Exit icon-main-exit.  
     
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