editing a scaned document

[Guest]

Hi Can someone help me out,I need to scan a document but add some numerical
text to it but I cant quite figure out how.All I get is a read only
document.Help!!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You need to install a OCR program. Example:
http://www.irislink.com/c2-480/Readiris-Pro-11-OCR-software.aspx

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| Hi Can someone help me out,I need to scan a document but add some numerical
| text to it but I cant quite figure out how.All I get is a read only
| document.Help!!

 

[Guest]

You can overlay text to a scanned/saved document by using a graphics
program with a text editor. But as Carey states, to edit within a scanned
document you'll need OCR (Optical Character Reader).
Here's a freebie: SimpleOCR - the only royalty free OCR engine!
http://www.simpleocr.com/Download/SimpleOCR.exe