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11. Make any other file save settings, and click OK. Epson Scan scans your document and 
displays the window below.
Note:
If you deselect the Show Add Page dialog after scanning check box in the File Save Settings 
window, this window does not appear and Epson Scan automatically saves your document.
12. Select one of the following options.
❏Add page: Click this button to scan the next page of your document. Replace the 
first page on the document table...

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13. You see the Editing Page window displaying thumbnail images of each scanned page.
Use the tools below the Editing Page window to select, rotate, reorder, and delete 
pages. 
If you want to include all the document pages in your PDF files as they currently look, 
click the  all pages icon to select all the pages, then go to step 14.
If you want to rotate pages, click the pages, or use the  odd pages,  even pages, 
or  all pages icon to select the...

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Scanning to a PDF File in Professional Mode
1. Place your document on the document table. See “Placing Documents or Photos” on 
page 16 for instructions.
2. Start Epson Scan using the aStart button or the Epson Scan icon. See “Using the Start 
Button” on page 20 or “Using the EPSON Scan Icon” on page 20 for instructions.
3. In the Professional Mode window, select the Document Type, Document Source, 
Auto Exposure Type, Image Type, and Resolution settings....

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8. Select PDF as the Type setting. The current Paper Size, Orientation, Margin, Page 
Number, and Compression Level settings are displayed below it.
9. Click Options. You see the EPSON PDF Plug-in Settings window. 

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To assign password settings to the PDF file, click the Security tab and select the 
password settings. 

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To specify the maximum number of pages that can be included in one PDF file, click the 
General tab, click Select number to make file, and adjust the number.
For other settings in the EPSON PDF Plug-in Settings window, see Epson Scan Help 
for details.
10. Select the settings that match your document and click OK. You return to the File Save 
Settings window. 

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11. Make any other file save settings, and click OK. Epson Scan scans your original and 
displays the window below.
Note:
If you deselect the Show Add Page dialog after scanning check box in the File Save Settings 
window, this window does not appear and Epson Scan automatically saves your document.
12. Select one of the following options.
❏Add page: Click this button to scan the next page of your document. Replace the 
first page on the document table...

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13. You see the Editing Page window displaying thumbnail images of each scanned page.
Use the tools below the Editing Page window to select, rotate, reorder, and delete 
pages.
If you want to include all the document pages in your PDF files as they currently look, 
click the  all pages icon to select all the pages, then go to step 14.
If you want to rotate pages, click the pages, or use the  odd pages,  even pages, 
or  all pages icon to select the pages,...

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Converting Scanned Documents Into Editable Text
You can scan a document and convert the text into a format data that you can edit with a 
word processing program. This process is called OCR (Optical Character Recognition). To 
scan and use OCR, you need to use an OCR program, such as the ABBYY FineReader 
program that came with your scanner. 
OCR software cannot recognize or has difficulties recognizing the following types of 
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Note for Mac OS X users:
If you do not see a Scan&Read icon, choose Select Scanner from the Scan&Read menu, 
select EPSON GT-20000, and click OK. Then select Scan&Read from the Scan&Read menu 
to start Epson Scan.
4. Change the scan mode to Office Mode. See “Changing the Scan Mode” on page 22 for 
instructions.
5. Select Color or Black&White as the Image Type setting.
Note:
If you select Black&White, you can also select an Image Option setting, as...