Waterville Library
How to use Adobe Reader version 8 with the Telegraph newspaper.
SEARCHING
Click Edit/Search
Click the circle to the left of "All PDF Documents in"
The directory below this line should read "C:\My Documents\WatervilleLibrary" (this will be changed depending on the installation)
Enter the word or phrase you want to search for in the box below "What word or phrase would you like to search for?"
Click Search or simply press enter
All the roll dates that find a search will appear.
When you click on a search result the page will appear with a small square.
Click on the square and that area of the newspaper will appear
Go back to the Search window and click New Search for more searches or to look at another found entry
PASTING TEXT INTO A DOCUMENT
While viewing the item you want to paste from click Tools along the top of the Adobe Reader window.
Position over Select&Zoom and click Select Tool, this tool may already be selected which is indicated by a check mark beside the Select Tool
Position the cursor to the beginning of the paragraph you wish to paste from.
Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse to the end of the area you wish to paste.
Right mouse over the selected area and click copy.
Open Notepad or Word
Click Edit/Paste and the pasted section should appear in the document.
PRINTING AN AREA OF THE NEWSPAPER
Click Tools/Select & Zoom/ Snapshot Tool
Display the area you want to print.
Position the cursor to the upper-left corner of the area.
Hold down the left mouse button and drag to the lower-right corner of the area to print.
Release the mouse button.
Click File/Print and click OK.
PASTING GRAPHICS INTO A DOCUMENT
Repeat the same procedure as printing an area except stop at the point where you click File/Print
Open a Word document
Position the cursor at the location you want to put the graphics.
Click Edit/Paste.
SAMPLE PDF
Here is the sample PDF that was scanned from the 1901 newspaper.
SEARCH LIMITATIONS
All letters are not going to correctly be decoded into the actual character. This is due to the quality of the newspaper. Sometimes lines or dark areas may have a problem converting to the correct characters. Also varying character sizes are sometime hard to decode, like the ones that appear in an advertisement. Large headlines appear to be scanning when the font sizes are the same but will be limited depending on the quality of the newspaper.
Last Updated: 12/28/2012