Imagine you're studying for an exam and want to make notes, or you're teaching a class and need to share a passage of text with your students. You can't haul out your textbook every time. Instead, you can scan a book and get the digital copy of the document.
Here, we'll cover how you can scan documents to a digital format, so you can annotate textbooks, and much more. Read on to find out the best ways to scan a textbook with our useful guide.
There are many benefits of using book scanners. Below is an outline of some of the ways scanning a textbook can be beneficial to e-learners, teachers, and students.
There are two ways to scan documents to a digital format: destructive and non-destructive. Let’s look at both methods.
As its name suggests, destructive book scanning involves physically removing the book’s pages and scanning them one by one. This increases the overall scan precision, as you usually get a high resolution.
However, it can take a long time to do. If there are 300 pages in a book, scanning each of them separately can add up to a hefty length of time.
The non-destructive method involves scanning books without removing the pages. This preserves the integrity of the book, as it can be reused. This is useful for rare books and texts you’ve taken out from the library.
Some other ways to scan books include manual and automatic book scanners and textbook scanning services. Using the Adobe Scan app can help make the process much easier, as you can simply take a picture yourself to scan documents and they’ll be automatically converted to PDFs for you.
Once you’re done scanning a textbook, you’ll need to organise your PDF pages. You can do this quickly and easily by opening them with Adobe.
To organise pages from your PDF files using Adobe Acrobat , follow these simple steps:
With Adobe Acrobat online tools, you can also merge PDF pages and split pages easily to get the exact order you need.
Copyright law prevents unauthorised use of an author’s work, but there are some allowances for scanning a textbook without the copyright holder’s permission. Under fair use, you can use copyright materials for research, teaching, and scholarship. However, even then, the Copyright Act only permits you to copy one chapter or up to 5% of the work.
The quality of the scan will depend on a few factors, including if you’ve cleaned the scanner, as well as whether you’ve wiped away any dust/debris from the pages themselves. It will also vary based on the resolution you’ve chosen for the output of the scans.
This will depend on how you’re planning to use the scanned pages. For example, colour is often for those important professional documents. A colour printout will have a bigger size file. However, it may reduce the overall quality. A black and white printout may suffice for more informal occasions, such as making study notes.
Use Adobe’s Online tools to edit, merge, and order your scanned PDF pages quickly and easily.
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