Scanning/edit word doc.

[Guest Conor D]

I have an essay and want to scan it and then edit the text in Word,rather

then typing the whole thing out,looking for ways to carry ouy the above

function

Regards

Conor D

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: Scanning/edit word doc.

 

You want what is known as OCR -- Optical Character Recognition. Cheap ones

are typically included with consumer scanners, or you can Google OCR to find

more. In my opinion, most OCR apps are mediocre. Only work well if the paper

is clean, etc. And formatting is lost. Myself, I use ABBYY software. Not

cheap.

 

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Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Conor D" <conor_dalton@vodafone.ie> wrote in message

news:8D650361-1CAB-40B0-A16A-881827F7B103@microsoft.com...

>I have an essay and want to scan it and then edit the text in Word,rather

> then typing the whole thing out,looking for ways to carry ouy the above

> function

> Regards

> Conor D

[Guest Jerry]

Re: Scanning/edit word doc.

 

"Conor D" <conor_dalton@vodafone.ie> wrote in message

news:8D650361-1CAB-40B0-A16A-881827F7B103@microsoft.com...

>I have an essay and want to scan it and then edit the text in Word,rather

> then typing the whole thing out,looking for ways to carry ouy the above

> function

> Regards

> Conor D

 

Get an OCR program for your scanner.

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: Scanning/edit word doc.

 

"Conor D" <conor_dalton@vodafone.ie> wrote in message

news:8D650361-1CAB-40B0-A16A-881827F7B103@microsoft.com...

>I have an essay and want to scan it and then edit the text in Word,rather

> then typing the whole thing out,looking for ways to carry ouy the above

> function

> Regards

> Conor D

 

Bear in mind that OCR programs aren't always that great (and depend on the

scanner and the quality of the scanned image), and you absolutely have to

check every word.

 

HTH

-pk

[Guest HeyBub]

Re: Scanning/edit word doc.

 

Conor D wrote:

> I have an essay and want to scan it and then edit the text in

> Word,rather then typing the whole thing out,looking for ways to carry

> ouy the above function

> Regards

 

Contact the author of the essay and ask for a copy in machine-readable form.

 

Paper is SO quaint...