Prevent Redundant Scans

Prevent Redundant Scans in Adobe Acrobat — with a ready prompt for the moment it comes up. 1 real situation leads here.

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Stop duplicate digitization work by comparing newly scanned files to existing master files.

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Prevent wasted scanning time by making duplicate checks obvious to digitization staff: compare new…
Prevent wasted scanning time by making duplicate checks obvious to digitization staff: compare new scans against masters, highlight identical or near‑identical pages, add bates numbers if missing, generate a short report listing matches and differences, and route suspected duplicates to the [team=Collections team] for confirmation before re‑scanning.

Who does this, and with what

The same task is different work inside a different job.

Records ManagerAdobe Acrobat ProABBYY FineReaderSharePointalso: Detect Duplicate Digitizationsalso: Compare New Files to Masters

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