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September 29, 2017
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How do I straighten scanned pages in Adobe Acrobat DC?

  • September 29, 2017
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How can I straighten scanned PDF pages in Adobe Acrobat DC?

Correct answer marie_4276

The pages I just edited are skewed a little - I couldn't scan them myself because the place where I scan is closed for Covid, so a friend did it for me, and I didn't want to be too fussy. I rotated them 90 degrees, cropped them, removed the specks, put the single pages into one 42-page file, and posted it on the website. Some day, when this pandemic is over, I will scan it myself and be very, very careful to get it perfectly straight, and do the rest over again. If I had seen this page before it was all done, yes I would have tried deskewing it too, but when I have done that in photo programs - even very good ones - the type has always lost some quality, and it is probably more important to have it sharp and clear than completely straight.


Eureka! That was the solution!

AAPro DC contains the "Scan & OCR" tool in the TOOLS bar. It is green and looks like a printer. I had to play with it a little to get the results I needed; here is what worked to deskew my badly skewed document:

- Tools/Scan & OCR

- Enhance

- Scanned document

Voila!  Thank you so much!

 

12 replies

terrim94955965
Participant
March 7, 2018

I have the same problem. I have the correct settings but I get zero results when using the enhance scan function.

Participant
September 15, 2020

I experienced the same problem, deskew did not work and I had a full page of text.

Direct Patient Care StL
Participant
February 15, 2021

Me three -- same problem I'm having. The deskew doesn't change the scanned image, even when it is a full-page text document.

Karl Heinz  Kremer
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 29, 2017

Use the "Enhance Scans" function (just search for "scan" in Acrobat's tool search). You then have to select that you want to enhance a scanned document:

And then select to edit the Settings:

Now you can adjust the filters. One of the available filters is "Deskew", which will straighten the scanned pages.

micha-elv83533859
Participant
March 1, 2018

Dear Karl Heinz,

Can you help me out, as this solution does not work. I am using Acrobat Pro DC

Yes the option to deskew is there, but nothing happens.

Please see below example

Before:

settings:

After:

Page is still skewed, text is recognized (even when this was specifically ticked-off)...

And it absolutely destroyed the page?

Am I doing something wrong?

Please advise..

Karl Heinz  Kremer
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 1, 2018

Without access to the file in question, it's impossible to say why it is not working. I know that it worked for me yesterday, when I straightened a skewed scan. The skew angle was similar to what's in your document. Maybe there is not enough text on your page?