Re: How do I scan documents into word so they can be edited?



Scanning text to be edited requires OCR (optical character recognition)
software. There are a number of programs available. One you might want to
check out is:

http://www.hamrick.com/index.html

Good Luck |:>)


On 6/24/05 4:09 PM, in article
2F0FBD56-176A-4FBF-86A2-505B43A45A0C@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "willyhack" wrote:

> I have a 29 page printed document that I want to scan into word so that I can
> edit it, ie: change paragraphs, words, etc, and then either e-mail it to my
> son, or ptint out the edited version. I have a canon F-80
> Printer/fax/Scanner, and apparently it only allows for "pictures" to be
> scanned - which are apparently uneditable in word.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill

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