How to Scan a Document Edit Text

How to Scan a Document & Edit Text Instructions

Using OCR Software With Your Scanner • Open your OCR software program so that it is ready to accept newly scanned files. • Scan your document into your computer. Be sure that the page that you want to scan is as clear as possible, with dark ink so that the scanner can pick up every word. If the piece is handwritten instead of typed, the words should be printed (written in separate, unconnected letters) if at all possible, as many OCR programs have a hard time deciphering script (cursive) handwriting. • Choose your desired output option (such as RTF, Word, Power. Point, Excel, Text or PDF), allow the OCR program to perform the conversion and then save the converted file to your hard drive. • Start the word processing program for the file that you just converted. Open the file and edit your document. Depending on the quality of the scan and OCR software, you may have to do extensive editing (for example, "ri" may have been erroneously translated as "n"). Keep your spell-checker on as you edit to catch all mistakes.

The Way • Google also has a built in OCR system. Whenever you find a website in the Google search engine that is directly linked to a PDF file, you have the option to read it either as a PDF or in HTML (text). So to start off, scan in your document. • Convert the document to a PDF. You can do this by simply saving the image as a PDF file in your image editing software (like Adobe Photoshop). Or, on a Mac with OSX, clicking "Print" and hitting "Save as PDF. " • Upload the PDF file to your website hosting account (or you can use a free website hosting service such as Geocities) and make the file public. Take note of the exact web address to the PDF file. • Submit the link address to Google Submit (see Resources) so that it will be indexed and show up in Google search results (this could take a couple of days). • Find your PDF file on the Google search engine by typing in the exact web link to the PDF file. Click the option to download it as an HTML file. • Copy and paste the text from your HTML file into Microsoft Word or another word processing program for editing.

The end. • This Presentation was made by Bakhti Baymukhamedov • АСУ-205 • The of march, 2012.