HP PageWide Pro 777 User Guide - Page 100

To scan a document to editable text (Windows), Save as Editable Text OCR

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- Windows: Use the Editable Text (OCR) or Save as PDF shortcuts. - OS X: Use the Documents preset. ● Save your file in the correct format. - If you want to extract just the text from the document, without any of the formatting of the original, select a plain text format, such as Text (.txt) or TXT. - If you want to extract the text, as well as some of the formatting of the original, select RTF or PDF Searchable. To scan a document to editable text (Windows) 1. Load your original print-side down on the scanner glass or print-side up in the automatic document feeder. For more information, see Load the scanner or Load the document feeder. 2. Open the printer software. For more information, see Open the printer software (Windows). 3. Select Save as Editable Text (OCR), and click Scan. NOTE: ● Click the More link in the top-right corner of the Scan dialog box to review and modify settings for any scan. ● If Show Viewer After Scan is selected, you can make adjustments to the scanned image in the preview screen. To scan documents as editable text (OS X) 1. Load your original print-side down on the scanner glass or print-side up in the automatic document feeder. For more information, see Load the scanner or Load the document feeder. 2. Double-click the HP Scan icon. This icon is located in the HP folder in the Applications folder at the top level of the hard disk. 3. Click the Scan button and confirm your scanning device and settings. 4. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the scan. 5. When all of the pages have been scanned, select Save from the File menu. The Save dialog box appears. 6. Select the type of editable text: 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. Extract the text and make it searchable in PDF readers. 7. Click Save. Follow these steps Select TXT from the Format pop-up menu. Select RTF from the Format pop-up menu. Select PDF Searchable from the Format pop-up menu. 84 Chapter 7 Copy and scan ENWW

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Windows
: Use the
Editable Text (OCR)
or
Save as PDF
shortcuts.
OS X
: Use the
Documents
preset.
Save your file in the correct format.
If you want to extract just the text from the document, without any of the formatting of the
original, select a plain text format, such as
Text (.txt)
or
TXT
.
If you want to extract the text, as well as some of the formatting of the original, select
RTF
or
PDF
Searchable
.
To scan a document to editable text (Windows)
1.
Load your original print-side down on the scanner glass or print-side up in the automatic document
feeder.
For more information, see
Load the scanner
or
Load the document feeder
.
2.
Open the printer software. For more information, see
Open the printer software (Windows)
.
3.
Select
Save as Editable Text (OCR)
, and click
Scan
.
NOTE:
Click the
More
link in the top-right corner of the Scan dialog box to review and modify settings for
any scan.
If
Show Viewer After Scan
is selected, you can make adjustments to the scanned image in the
preview screen.
To scan documents as editable text (OS X)
1.
Load your original print-side down on the scanner glass or print-side up in the automatic document
feeder.
For more information, see
Load the scanner
or
Load the document feeder
.
2.
Double-click the
HP Scan
icon. This icon is located in the
HP
folder in the
Applications
folder at the top
level of the hard disk.
3.
Click the
Scan
button and confirm your scanning device and settings.
4.
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the scan.
5.
When all of the pages have been scanned, select
Save
from the
File
menu. The Save dialog box appears.
6.
Select the type of editable text:
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
from the
Format
pop-up menu.
Extract the text and make it searchable in PDF readers.
Select
PDF Searchable
from the
Format
pop-up menu.
7.
Click
Save
.
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Chapter 7
Copy and scan
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