Method 1 of 2: Enable Document Imaging1. 1Find a list of your installed programs in the Control Panel.. Windows 7 or Vista: Go toControl Panel>Programs>Programs and Features.. Windows XP: Go toControl Panel>Add or Remove Programs>Remove a Program.Ad 2Select your Microsoft Office edition, then clickChange.Your version of Word might be in a Microsoft Office pack or it might just be called Microsoft Office Word. 3ClickAdd or Remove Features, and then clickContinue. 4ExpandOffice Tools, then click onMicrosoft Office Document Imagingand selectRun all from my Computer. 5ClickContinue, then wait for configuration to complete.Method 2 of 2: Convert a Scanned Document to Editable Text1. 1Scan and/or open the document with Paint.If scanning, follow the sub-steps below. Otherwise, simply open the scanned image with Paint and skip to Step 2.. Go toFile>From Scanner or Camerato initiate scan if necessary.

. Choose the settings that best fit your document and hitScan. Since you are primarily interested in the text,Black and white picture or textis probably best.

2Go toFile>SaveorSave Asas necessary. 3SelectTIFFfrom the drop-down list and hitSave.You can now close Paint if you want. 4OpenMicrosoft Office Document Imaging.Go toStart>All Programs>Microsoft Office>Microsoft Office Toolsand select it from the list, or simply do a search for microsoft office document imaging. 5Open the .tiff file.Simply go toFile>Openand locate the file you saved. 6HitCTRL+Ato select all andCTRL+Cto copy.This will initialize text recognition. 7Open a blank Word document and hitCTRL+Vto paste. 8Correct misspellings as necessary.Ad

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