How to Convert Scanned Documents to Word Documents: Complete Guide

Turn on the Document Imaging Tool

Key Details About Convert Scanned Documents into Word Documents

Find the list of installed programs in the Control Panel.

On Windows 7 or Vista : Go to Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features .

On Windows XP : Go to Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs (add or remove a program) > Remove a Program (remove a program).

Select your version of Microsoft Office, then click Change . Your version of Word may be included in the Microsoft Office suite or simply displayed as Microsoft Office Word.

Click Add or Remove Features (add or remove features), select Continue (continue).

Expand the Office Tools list of office tools , then click Microsoft Office Document Imaging (a tool that processes documents scanned into the computer) and then select Run all from my Computer (start all on the computer). ).

Click Continue and wait for the configuration to be completely set up.

Convert Scanned Documents into Editable Text

Scan and/or open the document with Paint. If scanning, follow the additional steps below. If not, just open the scanned image with the Paint tool and proceed to step 2.

Click File > From Scanner or Camera to start scanning if necessary.

Choose the setting that best suits your document and click Scan . We are mainly interested in text, so choosing Black and white picture or text (image/text displayed in white/black) is the most reasonable.

Click File > Save or Save As if necessary.

Select the TIFF format from the drop-down list and click Save . Now you can close the Paint window.

Open the Microsoft Office Document Imaging tool . Go to Start > All Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Office Tools and select Microsoft Office Document Imaging from the list, or, just use the search function with the keyword 'microsoft office document imaging' .

Open the file with the .tiff extension. You just need to select File > Open and then determine the location where you saved the file.

Press CTRL+A to select all and CTRL+C to copy. This will start the text recognition feature.

Open a blank Word document and press CTRL+V to paste.

Correct spelling errors if necessary.