How do I deskew scanned documents?

[rankiniv]

I have a scanned document, a simple list of text. It's crooked, and I want to straighten it.

I know that the 'enhance PDF' will produce a list of options, one of which is 'deskew.' I've done that. It didn't help; the document is still crooked. Am I missing something? I just want to rotate the whole image by a small amount; I don't really care if it's automatic or I have to do it.

Acrobat Pro DC for Mac, Yosemite 10.10.5. The scan was with a cheap HP all-in-one, if that matters, but it shouldn't.

Thanks,

/s/ Rankin Johnson IV

rankin@briefwright.com

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Try running Text Recognition on the file. That should deskew it automatically.

[AadeshSingh]

Hi rankiniv,

You can refer to this link for help Acrobat Help | Scan documents to PDF.

Regards,

Aadesh