How to Convert a JPEG Image Into an Editable Word Document
Method 1 of 3:
Using OnlineOCR
- Open OnlineOCR. Go to https://www.onlineocr.net/ in your computer's web browser. This website will allow you to convert a few different file types (JPEG included) into a Word document.
- Click Select file…. It's in the lower-left side of the webpage. Doing so opens a File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) window in which you can select your JPEG file.
- Select your JPEG file. Go to the folder in which your JPEG is stored, then click once the JPEG file you want to convert.
- Click Open. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. Doing so uploads the JPEG file to the OnlineOCR website.
- On a Mac, you may click Choose here.
- Select a language. If you want to use a language other than the one listed in the middle text box, click the current language and then click the language you want to use.
- Make sure you're converting to a Word document. If the third text box doesn't have "Microsoft Word (docx)" written in it, click the text box and then click Microsoft Word (docx) in the drop-down menu.
- Click CONVERT. It's on the far-right side of the page. Doing so prompts OnlineOCR to begin converting your JPEG file into a Word document.
- Click Download Output File. This link is below the Select file... button. Your converted Word document will download onto your computer.
- Depending on your browser's settings, you may need to select a save location or confirm the download before the file will download.
- Open your new Word document. Double-click the converted Word document to do so.
- Click Enable Editing. It's in a yellow bar at the top of the Word document. Doing so will make the Word document editable.
- This is necessary because, since you downloaded the Word document from the Internet, Word views it as potentially dangerous.
- Remember to save any changes you make by pressing Ctrl+S (Windows) or ⌘ Command+S (Mac).
Method 2 of 3:
Using a PDF on Windows
- Open the JPEG file you want to convert. Double-click the JPEG file to do so. This will open the JPEG file in the Photos app.
- Click the "Print"
- Don't panic if you don't have a printer attached to your computer—you won't actually be printing anything.
- Click the "Printer" drop-down box. This is at the top of the Print window. A drop-down menu will appear.
- Click Microsoft Print to PDF. It's in the drop-down menu.
- Click Print. This is at the bottom of the window. A pop-up window will appear.
- Enter a name. In the "Name" text field, type in the name you want to use for your converted document.
- Select a save location. Click a folder name (e.g., Desktop) on the left side of the window.
- Click Save. It's at the bottom of the window. Doing so saves a PDF version of your JPEG file in your selected folder.
- Go to the PDF's location. You'll find it in the folder you selected before saving the PDF.
- Right-click the PDF. Doing so prompts a drop-down menu.
- Select Open with. This is in the drop-down menu. A pop-out menu will appear.
- If you don't see Open with in the drop-down menu, click anywhere to close the drop-down menu, then click once the PDF to select it before you right-click it again.
- Click Word. It's in the pop-out menu. Microsoft Word will open.
- Click OK when prompted. Word will begin attempting to convert the PDF into a Word document.
- This may take a few minutes.
- Review your Word document. The PDF-to-Word conversion process isn't perfect, so you may need to clean up some of the text or remove images that aren't properly positioned.
- If your document isn't entirely editable or a large group of the document's text is inaccurate, you might want to use Online OCR instead.
Method 3 of 3:
Using a PDF on Mac
- Select your JPEG file. Go to the folder location of the JPEG file that you want to convert, then click once the file to select it.
- Click File. It's a menu item at the top of the screen. A drop-down menu will appear.
- Select Open With. This is in the File drop-down menu. Selecting it prompts a pop-out menu to appear.
- Click Preview. It's in the pop-out menu. Doing so opens the JPEG file in Preview.
- Click File again. The drop-down menu will reappear.
- Click Export as PDF…. This is in the drop-down menu. Clicking it prompts a new window to appear.
- Select a save location. Click the "Where" drop-down box, then click the name of the folder in which you want to save your converted PDF.
- Click Save. It's at the bottom of the window.
- Select your new PDF. Go to the folder in which you saved the PDF version of your JPEG file, then click once the PDF to select it.
- Click File, then select Open With. The Open With pop-out menu will open.
- Click Microsoft Word. This should be in the pop-out menu. Doing so will open Microsoft Word.
- If you don't see Word here, you can still open the PDF by opening Word, clicking File, clicking Open, and selecting the PDF in the Finder window that appears.
- Click OK when prompted. Word will begin attempting to convert the PDF into a Word document.
- This may take a few minutes.
- Review your Word document. The PDF-to-Word conversion process isn't perfect, so you may need to clean up some of the text or remove images that aren't properly positioned.
- If your document isn't entirely editable or a large group of the document's text is inaccurate, you might want to use Online OCR instead.
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