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Converting Scanned Documents Into Editable Text, Converting into Editable Text in Office Mode

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Home > Scanning Special Projects Converting Scanned Documents Into Editable Text Converting into Editable Text in Office Mode Converting into Editable Text in Home Mode Converting into Editable Text in Professional Mode You can scan a document and convert the text into a format that you can edit with a word processing program. This process is called OCR (Optical Character Recognition). To scan and use OCR, you need to use an OCR program, such as the ABBYY FineReader program that came with your scanner. Note: ABBYY FineReader may not be included in some countries. OCR software cannot recognize or has difficulty recognizing the following types of documents or text: Handwritten characters Items that have been copied from other copies Faxes Text with tightly spaced characters or line pitch Text that is in tables or underlined Cursive or italic fonts, and font sizes less than 8 points See one of these sections to scan and convert text using ABBYY FineReader. Office Mode: Converting into Editable Text in Office Mode Home Mode: Converting into Editable Text in Home Mode Professional Mode: Converting into Editable Text in Professional Mode Converting into Editable Text in Office Mode Windows Place your document on the document table or in the ADF. See Placing Documents or Photos or Loading Documents in the Automatic Document Feeder for instructions. Do one of the following to start ABBYY FineReader. Windows 8: Navigate to the Start screen and select ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint. Windows 7/Vista/XP: Select the start button or Start > Programs or All Programs > ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint > ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint. You see this window:

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Home
>
Scanning Special Projects
Converting Scanned Documents Into Editable Text
Converting into Editable Text in Office Mode
Converting into Editable Text in Home Mode
Converting into Editable Text in Professional Mode
You can scan a document and convert the text into a format that you can edit with a word processing program. This
process is called OCR (Optical Character Recognition). To scan and use OCR, you need to use an OCR program, such as
the ABBYY FineReader program that came with your scanner.
Note:
ABBYY FineReader may not be included in some countries.
OCR software cannot recognize or has difficulty recognizing the following types of documents or text:
Handwritten characters
Items that have been copied from other copies
Faxes
Text with tightly spaced characters or line pitch
Text that is in tables or underlined
Cursive or italic fonts, and font sizes less than 8 points
See one of these sections to scan and convert text using ABBYY FineReader.
Office Mode:
Converting into Editable Text in Office Mode
Home Mode:
Converting into Editable Text in Home Mode
Professional Mode:
Converting into Editable Text in Professional Mode
Converting into Editable Text in Office Mode
Windows
Place your document on the document table or in the ADF. See
Placing Documents or Photos
or
Loading Documents
in the Automatic Document Feeder
for instructions.
Do one of the following to start ABBYY FineReader.
Windows 8:
Navigate to the
Start
screen and select
ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint
.
Windows 7/Vista/XP:
Select the start button or
Start
>
Programs
or
All Programs
>
ABBYY FineReader 9.0
Sprint
>
ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint
.
You see this window: