How to Convert Scanned Documents to Word Documents

With Word 2007 or more advanced versions, you can use it to edit a scanned document, which is much faster than retyping the entire document. To enable this feature and convert a scanned document into editable text, follow these steps.

Turn on the Document Imaging tool

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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).

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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.

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

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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). ).

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

Convert scanned documents into editable text

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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.

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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.

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Click File > Save or Save As if necessary.

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

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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' .

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