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I have a form that I scanned and saved in Word. However, now I can do
nothing w/this form. I need to be able to type on it. How is this
accomplished? Thanks
 
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I have a form that I scanned and saved in Word. However,
now I can do nothing w/this form. I need to be able to
type on it. How is this accomplished? Thanks
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You need OCR software to convert raster pixels back into text.
 
Bonnie said:
I have a form that I scanned and saved in Word. However, now I can do
nothing w/this form. I need to be able to type on it. How is this
accomplished? Thanks
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When you scan a document, the result is a *picture* of the text, not the
text itself. It's no different from a picture of your mother; although you
can recognize your mother or read the text, the computer can't.

To turn that picture of text into actual machine-readable text you need to
use a type of software called Optical Charcter Recognition (usually
abbreviated OCR) on it. Once the OCR software has processed the file, you
can read it in Word, or any word processing software.

Scanners often come with a "Lite" version of an OCR product, but if yours
doesn't, there are several choices for sale. I personally use OmniPage, but
there are others to choose from.
 
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