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Prepare photographed folios for the online catalogue: crop each PDF page to the folio edges and rotate pages so text s…

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AExecute — “help me do it”Prepare photographed folios for the online catalogue: crop each PDF page to the folio edges and…+
Prepare photographed folios for the online catalogue: crop each PDF page to the folio edges and rotate pages so text sits upright, save the corrected file as '[filename=Folios_1872_corrected.pdf]' and upload to the [folder=catalogue staging folder].
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.
BImprove — “do it better”Make images display correctly to catalogue users and reduce back-and-forth: apply consistent…+
Make images display correctly to catalogue users and reduce back-and-forth: apply consistent crop margins to all folios, rotate any pages where the top is not at the top, visually inspect a sample for lost marginalia, and add a comment listing pages altered and why before uploading to [folder=staging].
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

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Trim and rotate photographed folios so they appear correctly in the online catalogue.

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Because you rarely think 'I want the redaction tool'. You think 'I have to share this without leaking the client's details'. Start from the need, and the feature finds you.

Real. Every job here was drawn from what people in real roles were actually seen doing in Acrobat — not a feature checklist.

No. Each page gives you a ready prompt you can paste into an AI assistant, plus the plain steps to do it yourself. Start with either — the goal is the finished job, not the tool.