Converting a Scanned Document into Text

When you scan a document, it’s saved as a picture, not as text. You can use the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) feature in Microsoft Office Document Imaging to convert the scanned image into text and then export the text into a Word document.

Convert the Image

  1. Open Microsoft Office Document Imaging from the Windows Start menu, if it isn’t already open. In the Microsoft Office Document Imaging window that appears, click the Open button, and open your scanned document’s image file.

  2. If you want to convert a ...

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