HP Officejet 6700 User Guide - Page 45

Guidelines for scanning documents as editable text, Make sure the document is loaded correctly.

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Or Select the Save as PDF shortcut from the list, and then select Searchable PDF (.pdf) from the File Type drop-down menu. 4. To start the scan, click Scan, and then follow the onscreen instructions. Mac OS X 1. Load your original print-side down in the right-front corner of the glass or in the ADF. For more information, see Load an original on the scanner glass or Load an original in the automatic document feeder (ADF). 2. Double-click the HP Scan 3 icon. This icon is located in the Hewlett-Packard folder in the Applications folder at the top level of the hard disk. 3. From the HP Scan menu, click Preferences. 4. Select the Documents preset from the Presets pop-up menu. 5. To start the scan, click Scan. 6. After the scan is complete, click the Save button in the HP Scan toolbar 7. Select the type of editable text you want to use in the scan: I want to... Extract just the text, without any of the formatting of the original Extract the text, as well as some of the formatting of the original Follow these steps Select TXT from the Format pop-up menu. Select RTF or PDF-Searchable from the Format pop-up menu. 8. Click Save. Guidelines for scanning documents as editable text To ensure that the software can convert your documents successfully, do the following: • Make sure the scanner glass or ADF window is clean. When the printer scans the document, smudges or dust on the scanner glass or ADF window can be scanned, as well, and can prevent the software from converting the document to editable text. • Make sure the document is loaded correctly. When scanning documents as editable text from the ADF, the original must be loaded into the ADF with the top forward and face up. When scanning from the scanner glass, the original must be loaded with the top facing the right edge of the scanner glass. Also, make sure the document is not skewed. For more information, see Load an original on the scanner glass or Load an original in the automatic document feeder (ADF). Scanning documents as editable text 41

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Or
Select the
Save as PDF
shortcut from the list,
and then select
Searchable PDF (.pdf)
from
the
File Type
drop-down menu.
4.
To start the scan, click
Scan
, and then follow the onscreen instructions.
Mac OS X
1.
Load your original print-side down in the right-front corner of the glass or in the ADF.
For more information, see
Load an original on the scanner glass or
Load an original
in the automatic document feeder (ADF).
2.
Double-click the HP Scan 3 icon. This icon is located in the
Hewlett-Packard
folder
in the
Applications
folder at the top level of the hard disk.
3.
From the
HP Scan
menu, click
Preferences
.
4.
Select the
Documents
preset from the
Presets
pop-up menu.
5.
To start the scan, click
Scan
.
6.
After the scan is complete, click the
Save
button in the HP Scan toolbar
7.
Select the type of editable text you want to use in the scan:
I want to...
Follow these steps
Extract just the text, without any of the
formatting of the original
Select
TXT
from the
Format
pop-up menu.
Extract the text, as well as some of the
formatting of the original
Select
RTF
or
PDF-Searchable
from the
Format
pop-up menu.
8.
Click
Save
.
Guidelines for scanning documents as editable text
To ensure that the software can convert your documents successfully, do the following:
Make sure the scanner glass or ADF window is clean.
When the printer scans the document, smudges or dust on the scanner glass or ADF
window can be scanned, as well, and can prevent the software from converting the
document to editable text.
Make sure the document is loaded correctly.
When scanning documents as editable text from the ADF, the original must be loaded
into the ADF with the top forward and face up. When scanning from the scanner glass,
the original must be loaded with the top facing the right edge of the scanner glass.
Also, make sure the document is not skewed. For more information, see
Load an
original on the scanner glass or
Load an original in the automatic document feeder
(ADF).
Scanning documents as editable text
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