Canon PIXMA MG2120 User Manual - Page 338

Extracting Text from Scanned Images (OCR) Page 338 of 731 pages Home > Scanning > Scanning from a Computer > Scanning with the Bundled Application Software (MP Navigator EX) > Utilizing Images in MP Navigator EX > Extracting Text from Scanned Images (OCR) S114 Extracting Text from Scanned Images (OCR) Scan text in scanned magazines and newspapers and display it in Notepad (included with Windows). Important PDF files cannot be converted to text. Text conversion may not be possible depending on the selected image's data size. 1. Scan documents into MP Navigator EX and save them, then open the View & Use window from the Navigation Mode screen and select the image you want to convert to text. Note See "Let's Try Scanning" to scan images into MP Navigator EX. In the Photos/Documents (Platen) screen of the Scan/Import window, select Text(OCR) for Document Type. Text conversion may not be performed correctly if you select an option other than Text(OCR). You can also select images saved on a computer. Opening Images Saved on a Computer 2. Click Edit/Convert, then click Convert to text file on the list. Notepad (included with Windows) starts and editable text appears. Note Only text written in languages that can be selected on the General tab of the Preferences dialog box can be extracted to Notepad (included with Windows). Click Set... on the General tab and specify the language according to the language of the document to be scanned. When scanning multiple documents, you can collect the extracted text into one file.