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Converting Scanned Documents into Editable Text, Windows

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Home > Scanning Special Projects Converting Scanned Documents into Editable Text Windows Mac OS X You can scan a document and convert it into editable text using an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) program, such as ABBYY FineReader. OCR software cannot recognize or has difficulty recognizing the following types of documents or text: Handwritten characters Pages 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 smaller than 8 points Follow the steps below to scan and convert text using ABBYY FineReader. Windows Note: The settings may vary, depending on the software version you are using. See the Help information in ABBYY FineReader for details. Load your documents (up to 75 pages) into the input tray with the printed side facing down and the top edge facing into the feeder. See Loading Documents for instructions. Do one of the following to start ABBYY FineReader: Windows 8.x: Navigate to the Apps screen and select ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint. Windows (other versions): Click the start button icon or Start > All Programs or Programs > ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint > ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint. You see a window like this:

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Home
>
Scanning Special Projects
Converting Scanned Documents into Editable Text
Windows
Mac OS X
You can scan a document and convert it into editable text using an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) program, such as ABBYY
FineReader.
OCR software cannot recognize or has difficulty recognizing the following types of documents or text:
Handwritten characters
Pages 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 smaller than 8 points
Follow the steps below to scan and convert text using ABBYY FineReader.
Windows
Note:
The settings may vary, depending on the software version you are using. See the Help information in ABBYY FineReader
for details.
Load your documents (up to 75 pages) into the input tray with the printed side facing down and the top edge facing into the feeder.
See
Loading Documents
for instructions.
Do one of the following to start ABBYY FineReader:
Windows 8.x:
Navigate to the
Apps
screen and select
ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint
.
Windows (other versions):
Click the
start button icon or
Start
>
All Programs
or
Programs
>
ABBYY FineReader 9.0
Sprint
>
ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint
.
You see a window like this: