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add a function to scan a document directly into a pdf, straight from the app

Currently, to create a pdf document from a paper document, you need to scan it into a picture using any relevant external application, and then use the OCR function to convert that picture into a pdf file.

I would very much like create a pdf from onlyoffice the same way I do it from Adobe Acrobat Pro until now: click on a "create from scanner" button, then confirm, and done!

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  • anotherJohn commented  ·   ·  Report

    Great suggestion.

    Prior to having found this suggestion, I had already filed a request for support on the matter pasted here below with the related attached screenshot files.

    The related support request;

    Dear ONLYOFFICE Support Team,

    My HP Multifunctional Printer is connected to my x64-bit Windows Pro 10 Desktop computer, and I want to use its flatbed scanner with the ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors app (version 9.1.0.167). Within the app I did not find a feature nor a way to scan a document from the flatbed scanner, while a competitive app like TextMaker (from SoftMaker Office) does have such a feature. And also a PDF processing competitor like PDFgear has such a feature, please see both attached screenshot files.

    Therefore I would like to know whether the ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors app supports the scanning of paper documents from a connected peripheral scanner device and if so, how to that from within the ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors app?

    Best Regards,
    John

  • Jason commented  ·   ·  Report

    Can I ask for this to be reconsidered as others have shown an interest. Being able to take a picture of a document, single or multi-page, from within the Documents app and uploaded directly into DocSpace as a searchable pdf removes the need for a third party app to do the same.

    I dont use Adobe but happy to contribute to any process questions.

  • AdminConstantine (Admin, ONLYOFFICE) commented  ·   ·  Report

    Just as a reference: may I ask you to record whole process on a video for better understanding of all steps? There is no need to capture the work of a scanner, only the steps from the app interface.

  • Cedric Montiel commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes, the file is processed with the scanner and the resulting PDF is opened right away as an untitled file

  • AdminConstantine (Admin, ONLYOFFICE) commented  ·   ·  Report

    Thanks for the info. May I know what happens right after hitting that "Scan" button? Does it process the file with scanner and open resulting PDF right away?

  • AdminConstantine (Admin, ONLYOFFICE) commented  ·   ·  Report

    Can you reference a documentation that describes how named processor scans a document to a PDF? From what I was able to find, even though it creates a PDF, the content inside is still a picture and it requires OCR to get the text from the PDF.