How do I change the text in a scanned document

Julie · External Since: Oct 16, 2004 Posts: 113

I scanned a document to Word, but for the life of me I cannot figure out how
to change any of the text in it.

JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] · External Since: Apr 09, 2005 Posts: 121

Did you scan it as text ot a photo?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

"Julie" wrote in message

>I scanned a document to Word, but for the life of me I cannot figure out
>how
> to change any of the text in it.

TF · External Since: Aug 06, 2004 Posts: 2613

Julie

Scanning takes a 'snapshot' of whatever you have in the scanner: so in its
raw scanned state it is a graphic. To be able to edit it, it must be
converted into text again using a utility called OCR (optical character
recognition). Every scanner that I have installed has had an OCR utility
included with the bundled software - though often this is either a cut down
version or not the current version of the software. Check out your
installation guide and see what came with your scanner.

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Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"Julie" wrote in message

:I scanned a document to Word, but for the life of me I cannot figure out
how
: to change any of the text in it.