PDF Import to a User Tool

You can import a PDF file as a User Tool. Any PDF file created by you, exported from a word processor, or downloaded from the Internet can be imported to Accordance as long as it has searchable text and isn't a copy-protected document.

When importing a file, you can choose to create a new User Tool file or append the file's content to an already existing User Tool file. A PDF file is imported in the same manner as an ASCII file, except that you choose PDF from the Import pop-up menu in the Import to User Tool dialog box.

Note

Note: PDF imports consisting of only images will add a title item with the user-selected User Tool name at the start of the tool.
  1. On File menu, choose User Files>Import User Tool. The Import to User Tool dialog box appears.

  2. In the Import to User Tool dialog box, proceed as follows:
  3. On the Import pop-up menu, choose PDF.
  4. Choose one of the following:
  5. Create a new User Tool to import the file into a new User Tool.
  6. Import into a User Tool to append the file at the end of an already existing User Tool. In the Select User Tool area, select the User Tool to which you want to import the file.
  7. Click OK. The PDF File Import dialog box appears.
  8. Navigate to the desired PDF file, select it, and click OK. The Enter New User Tool File Name dialog box appears.
  9. In the User Tool File Name box, enter a name for the User Tool file and click OK. The file is imported to a new or existing User Tool.
  10. The new or existing User Tool automatically opens in a new User Tool tab.
  11. All valid Scripture references are automatically linked.
  12. The name you gave the file is also used as the first title of the User Tool.
  13. Headings are converted to titles and subtitles with the appropriate font size and styles to distinguish them from the Contents.
  14. Unicode characters that correspond to Accordance fonts are automatically converted to the appropriate Accordance font and characters.
  15. If you imported to an existing User Tool, the imported text is added at the end of the existing User Tool. If the resulting User Tool is too large for one file (due to memory limitations), the imported text is instead saved as a new User Tool. Its name will be based on the original text file.