Converting Scanned Document Into Editable Text

You can scan a document and convert the text into a format data that you can edit with a word processing program. This process is called OCR (Optical Character Recognition). To scan and use OCR, you need to use an OCR program, such as the ABBYY FineReader program.

Note:

ABBYY FineReader Sprint Plus may not be included in some countries.

OCR software cannot recognize or has difficulty recognizing the following types of documents or text.

Handwritten characters

Items that have been copied from other copies

Faxes

Text with tightly spaced characters or line pitch

Text that is in tables or underlined

Cursive or italic fonts, and font sizes less than 8 points

Follow the steps below to scan and convert text using ABBYY FineReader.

Load your document into the input slot. See Loading Document for instructions.

Do one of the following to start ABBYY FineReader.

Windows: Select the start button or Start > Programs or All Programs > ABBYY FineReader XXX* > ABBYY FineReader XXX*.

Mac OS X: Select Applications > ABBYY FineReader XXX*, and double-click the Launch FineReader XXX* icon.

* XXX indicates the software version and changes depending on your product.

ABBYY FineReader window appears.

Follow the instructions in the ABBYY FineReader Help to scan and save your document.