J Jay Freedman Aug 21, 2007 #2 once a document is scanned, how can I use it as a word document and edit it? Click to expand... Use an optical character recognition (OCR) program. Most scanner hardware is sold with a bundle of software that includes some form of OCR. Depending on the version of Office you have, you might have Microsoft Office Document Imaging -- read http://webserver.computoredge.com/editorial/2409/basics.htm for a quick intro. Or you can buy a commercial OCR program (http://www.abbyy.com/finereader_ocr and http://www.nuance.com/omnipage are the major players). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
once a document is scanned, how can I use it as a word document and edit it? Click to expand... Use an optical character recognition (OCR) program. Most scanner hardware is sold with a bundle of software that includes some form of OCR. Depending on the version of Office you have, you might have Microsoft Office Document Imaging -- read http://webserver.computoredge.com/editorial/2409/basics.htm for a quick intro. Or you can buy a commercial OCR program (http://www.abbyy.com/finereader_ocr and http://www.nuance.com/omnipage are the major players). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
