HP Officejet Pro 3620 User Guide - Page 35

Choose the correct profile., Editable Text OCR, Save as, Documents

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◦ The text is tightly spaced. For example, if the text that the software converts has missing or combined characters, "rn" might appear as "m." ◦ The text is on a colored background. Colored backgrounds can cause images in the foreground to blend too much. • Choose the correct profile. Be sure to select a shortcut or preset that allows scanning as editable text. These options use scan settings designed to maximize the quality of your OCR scan. In Windows, use the Editable Text (OCR) or Save as PDF shortcuts. In Mac OS X, use the Documents preset. • Save your file in the correct format. ◦ To extract just the text from the document (without any formatting from the original), select a plain text format (such as Text or TXT). ◦ To extract the text and some formatting from the original, select Rich Text Format (such as Rich Text or RTF). ◦ To extract the text and make it searchable in PDF readers, select Searchable PDF. Scanning documents as editable text 31

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The text is tightly spaced. For example, if the text that the software converts has missing or combined
characters, "rn" might appear as "m."
The text is on a colored background. Colored backgrounds can cause images in the foreground to
blend too much.
Choose the correct profile.
Be sure to select a shortcut or preset that allows scanning as editable text. These options use scan settings
designed to maximize the quality of your OCR scan. In Windows, use the
Editable Text (OCR)
or
Save as
PDF
shortcuts. In Mac OS X, use the
Documents
preset.
Save your file in the correct format.
To extract just the text from the document (without any formatting from the original), select a plain text
format (such as
Text
or
TXT
).
To extract the text and some formatting from the original, select Rich Text Format (such as
Rich Text
or
RTF
).
To extract the text and make it searchable in PDF readers, select
Searchable PDF
.
Scanning documents as editable text
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