I scan many files into .tif format bacause I use Microsoft document imaging for OCR tasks. However it is a tedious task to add pages to a .tif file via Microsoft document imaging program as you can only add one file at a time. Although other OCD programs can do it very easily, Microsoft Document Imaging has just the perfect interface for the task I have to do. I have tried a few programs to merge many .tif file into one file, but they always reduce the DPI which is vital for OCR task. No matter how I set it, all the programs automatically reduce the DPI. Is there any prorams that I can use to merge .tif files into one without loss of DPI, resolution and size.

u wan to merge them into a what file? picture or ...

Merge them into one .tif file. Because tif file supports multiple pages, just like PDF.

how about make it to pdf? .... that can be done though acrobat pro ...

This post has been edited by alvin1378: Jun 5 2006, 06:58 PM

I can make it into a PDF, but that is not an prtion as I want to use Microsoft Office Documnet Imaging program to do the OCR and transfer text. all other OCR can regconise Malay as well as this one and they are too automatic.

what i mean was ...

ur tif from Microsoft Office Document Imaging ...

combine them (multiple tif into one pdf) using the acrobat pro or any equivalent program ...

then i can have the text though this way ... see the picture below

1. first they are picture, right click to use the Recognize Text Using OCR
2. i convert them into word
3. i have text now in my pdf file instead of image

ps. i think it (part 1 recognize text using ocr) is the plugin form one of my printer program ScanSoft OmniPage SE 2.0 come with my Canon mp150 ...







This post has been edited by alvin1378: Jun 5 2006, 10:47 PM

or u might want to try this ....

http://www.cvisiontech.com/pdf_compression.html

PDF OCR is much worse the Ms Document Imaging in recognising Malay. And I really need the feature in Ms Document Imaging to select the are I want to copy the text from. It is really convenient as I get to see what part of the scanned picture I am copying.

used to be able to do it with microsoft imagnig (win2k).. but now using XP and office2k3, new microsoft document imaging is unable to do so..
so if u find out, i'd like to know also...