Scanning Using OCR - Windows

You can use the ABBYY FineReader OCR program to convert scanned documents to editable text.
  1. Place your original on your product for scanning.
  2. Click or Start > All Programs or Programs > ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint > ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint. You see this window:


  3. Select the language used in the document you are going to scan as the Document Language setting.
  4. Click either the Scan to Other Formats icon or the icon that corresponds with the program you want to scan to.
  5. 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.
  6. Select your scan settings.
  7. Click Preview and adjust the area you want to scan, if necessary.
  8. Click Scan.
    Note: To scan a multi-page document, select settings in the Multi-Page Scanning section and click Scan for each page.
  9. When you are finished scanning, click Close. Your document is scanned and processed into editable text, then you see the Save As window.
  10. 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.
Related information
Placing Originals on the Product