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Hi, I'm looking for suggestions on how to do the following as an automated process:
Basically I'm looking to make a very time consuming manual process a little bit easier to manage.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
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All is possible, but you are looking for a highly automated process that needs extensive programming. It's probably worth to investigate, if you have a lot (not a thousand, but thousands) of documents to work on. And it won't be a cheap solution…
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I would not split the file as the first step. Instead, OCR the entire file, then run a script on the individual pages in it searching for reference number, and when found extract that page as a new file. This will make it easier to generate the output CSV file and will also save you a couple of steps along the file.
The script to do it would have to be custom-made, and will be quite complex, though.
If you're interested in hiring someone to create it for you (for a fee, of course) feel free to contact me privately via [try6767 at gmail.com] to discuss it further.
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We use Adobe Acrobat DC with the Evermap AutoSplit Pro plugin. Does exactly what you need, but there is a cost for Acrobat and the plugin.
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Many thanks, this looks like the route I will take, much appreciated!
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