How to identify OCR converted word documents?

[Guest]

Hi

Can anyone tell me about the technical issues/points that I should look for in a word document that has been created using an OCR application. I know, for example, that many OCR applications insert hidden symbols like optional hyphens, em & en dashes, and some other symbols that are not visible in normal mode, but when show/hide button is activated, they become visible. Are there any hidden or technical features that are also embedded or included in converted documents? I would greatly appreciate any help in this regard. Thanks

-Anu

 

[Graham Mayor]

Convert it to plain text and there won't be any formatting horrors. OCR
applications generally make a dog's breakfast of formatting Word documents -
arguably the best is Finereader - certainly from version 5 on. I don't know
of any instance where 'hidden symbols' have been inserted otherwise than in
making a cock-up of the conversion.

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