Flattened PDFs
Finished files without accessible production structure or usable source elements.
Document reconstruction
Reconstruction from an unusable original.
When a source file is missing, flattened, damaged or poorly scanned, the document can be rebuilt as a complete visual and textual composition.
The document includes more than its words.
Page dimensions, text blocks, reading order, tables, fields, numbering, typography, spacing and images form one controlled whole. Merely extracting text or converting a PDF does not recreate that document.
Scans and images
Image-based pages assessed individually for legibility, damage and feasible reconstruction.
Damaged or legacy files
Materials that can no longer be edited, updated or reliably reused in their present form.
Complex structures
Forms, tables, columns, labels, positioned elements and recurring page systems.
Mixed-direction content
Documents combining right-to-left and left-to-right scripts within the same page.
Multi-page consistency
Recurring styles, numbering and structural relationships controlled across the complete set.
Reconstruction, not conversion
The test is the finished page.
Conversion may produce editable text while losing spacing, hierarchy, table relationships, typography and positioned elements. Reconstruction is accepted only where the required content and visual structure can be reproduced and reviewed to an agreed standard.
This may be performed in the original language. Translation is a separate operation and is added only when the required result includes a new-language version.
Possible outcomes.
- Faithful reproduction in the original language
- Corrected version of an existing document
- Adapted version for another purpose or market
- Translated version in a new language
- Combined reconstruction, translation and editing
Feasibility before commitment.
Legibility, missing areas, page complexity, source condition and intended use are assessed before a quotation. Some files can be reconstructed fully, some only within a limited scope, and some cannot be accepted reliably.
Reconstruction does not certify authenticity and is not used to alter signatures, seals, security features or legally significant authentication elements.
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