You can use
the ABBYY FineReader OCR program to convert scanned documents to
editable text.
Load your original in the scanner.
Do one
of the following to open ABBYY FineReader:
Windows 8.x: Navigate to the Apps screen and select ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint.
Windows (other versions): Click or
Start, and select All Programs or Programs. Select ABBYY
FineReader 9.0 Sprint > ABBYY
FineReader 9.0 Sprint.
You see a window like this:
Select
the language used in the document you are going to scan as the
Document Language
setting.
Click
the icon that corresponds with the program or format you want to
scan to.
If you
see the Select Scanner window, select your product and click
OK.
Note: Do not
select a WIA option for your
product; it will not work correctly.
You see the scan settings window.
Select
your scan settings.
Click
Preview and adjust the area you want
to scan, if necessary.
Click
Scan.
Note: To scan a
multi-page document, select settings in the Multi-Page Scanning
section and click Scan for each
page.
When you
are finished scanning, click Close. Your document is scanned and
processed into editable text, then you see the Save As window.
Select a
name and a file format for your document and click Save. The file is saved and then opened
in an application associated with the file type you selected, if
available on your system.
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