Changing scanned texted documents into word doc ready for translat

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once a document is scanned, how can I use it as a word document and edit it?

 

[Jay Freedman]

once a document is scanned, how can I use it as a word document and edit it?

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).

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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