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

Steps

Method 1 of 2: 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 Control Panel > Programs (program)> Programs and Features (programs and features).
   • On Windows XP: Go Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs (add or remove programs)> Remove a Program (uninstall a program).

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

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   Click Add or Remove Features (add or remove a feature), select tiếp tục (continue).

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   Expand the list of office tools Office Tools, then, click Microsoft Office Document Imaging (a tool to process scanned documents into a computer) then select Run all from my Computer (full boot on computer).

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   Click tiếp tục then wait for the configuration to be completely set up. advertisement

Method 2 of 2: Convert scanned document into editable text

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   Scan and / or open the document with Paint. If conducting a scan, follow the additional steps below. If not, simply open up the scanned image with the Paint tool and go to step 2.
   • Click File (file)> From Scanner or Camera (from scanner or camera) to start scanning if necessary.

     

   • Choose the setting that best suits your document and click Scan. We are mainly concerned with text, therefore, selection Black and white picture or text (image / text displayed in black / white) is the most appropriate.

     

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   Click File > Save (save) or Save As (save as) if necessary.

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   Choose the format TIFF word in the drop-down list and click Save. Now, you can close the Paint window.

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   Open the tool Microsoft Office Document Imaging. Go Start > All Programs (all programs)> Microsoft Office > Microsoft Office Tools and choose Microsoft Office Document Imaging from the list, or, simply use the search function with the keyword “microsoft office document imaging”.

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   Open the file with the .tiff extension. You just need to choose File > Open and then locate the file where you saved the file.

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

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

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   Correct spelling errors if necessary. advertisement

Advice

• Scanned documents that are plain text are more efficiently converted than form text (containing frames, logos, etc.) because converting these formats will be lost.