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Making scanned text editable

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Back to TOC Making scanned text editable You can make text on a scanned image editable. The optical character recognition (OCR) program converts the text to be editable and then places it in a supported word-processing program. Depending on the capabilities of the word-processing program, graphics on a scanned image might be retained or discarded, or the OCR program might try to convert them and they will appear as random characters. Tip If a block of text appears in Microsoft Word or another word-processing program inside a frame you do not want, double-click the frame border and click Remove Frame or a similar command. Scanning from scanner buttons 23 To make text editable from the scanner 1 Place the original face down on the scanner glass and close the lid. Note: To load items in the ADF, see page 66. 2 Press EDIT TEXT on the scanner. 3 If the scanner or the computer prompts you for another page, do one of the following: q If you do not have more pages to scan, click Done. q If there are additional pages of this item, load the next page and click Scan. Repeat until all pages are scanned. Then, click Done. 4 When the text opens in the word-processing program, check it carefully for accuracy.

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Scanning from scanner buttons
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Making scanned text editable
You can make text on a scanned image editable. The optical character
recognition (OCR) program converts the text to be editable and then
places it in a supported word-processing program. Depending on the
capabilities of the word-processing program, graphics on a scanned
image might be retained or discarded, or the OCR program might try to
convert them and they will appear as random characters.
Tip
If a block of text appears in Microsoft Word or another
word-processing program inside a frame you do not want,
double-click the frame border and click
Remove Frame
or
a similar command.
To make text editable from the scanner
1
Place the original face down on the scanner glass and close the lid.
Note:
To load items in the ADF, see
page 66
.
2
Press
E
DIT
T
EXT
on the scanner.
3
If the scanner or the computer prompts you for another page, do
one of the following:
●
If you do not have more pages to scan, click
Done
.
●
If there are additional pages of this item, load the next page and
click
Scan
. Repeat until all pages are scanned. Then, click
Done
.
4
When the text opens in the word-processing program, check it
carefully for accuracy.