Well, I'm a bit lost. I don't even own a current version of acrobat (I think). Let me explain a little more.
My family owns a machine shop and we get a ton of scanned prints (of parts to machine, pdf format) which are dimensioned and toleranced in metric units. We use imperial units out on the shop floor. Currently, we have one of the girls in the office convert every dimension on the print to imperial and write it on a paper copy. If a part is complex, it can be time consuming and a little risky. One mistake could mess up everything so the guys on the floor tend to double check, which adds even more time. We still get imperial units on most of the prints we receive, so no use in changing the shop to metric.
These are not CAD files or anything that gets directly put into the machine. These dimensions get input into machines by hand typing, so it's nothing more then converting some numbers on a pdf. Problem is I'm a machinist and not really up to date with computer software.
Obviously I would like to automate this, yet I'm not sure if it's even possible. It's certainly worth buying some software if time can be saved. Not to mention the folks in the office would really appreciate the task being less tedious.
I understand, it might not be two clicks and done. Maybe highlight a dimension, skip badly scanned prints, usual trouble spots. But something has got to be better then hand writing conversions.
I'll be listening. I don't expect a full rundown of how to do it, though I won't say no. I would just like a point in the right direction. Thanks.