Scanned (portrait) page to PDF appears in landscape with a lot of white space

[nashpopovic]

Hi,

When I use a handheld scanner (skypix) to scan a book page (portrait) a landscape PDF document is created with a half of the page (on the right) being just a white space (which I, of course, haven't scanned). How can I get PDF document in portrait orientation? Just to clarify, I cannot make this change in the scanner itself.

Thank you

[Barb Binder]

Just to clarify, I cannot make this change in the scanner itself.

Does the scanner have software to refine the results post-scan? If not, the only alternative that I know of is to use Adobe Acrobat (not the free Adobe Reader) to crop the page to the correct size and orientation after you finish the scan.

[nashpopovic]

Thanks BarbBinder for responding. It is handheld scanner that does not have a software to make changes post-scan. However, if I use a JPEG option, the orientation is  correct, as in the original (portrait). Only if I use a PDF option the orientation is changed to landscape (and the text shrinks to fit half of the page).