Scanning and editing a document...HELP

[runzwithsizorz]

Win 7 64 and Microsoft word 2010 I need to scan and edit a document in word. I have the scanner, but need to get the document into word so I can edit it. From what I have read, I will need to get Word 2007 in order to convert the document to Word and be able to edit it Is there another way, or do I have to purchase Word 2007? Please help.

The Wife

 

[IronWing]

Does your scanner have a built-in ORC (optical character recognition) program? To get to Word, I usually have to scan into PDF format with ORC turned on and then copy/paste from PDF to Word.

 

[runzwithsizorz]

Don't know. Have to check that out on the scanner. However, I think there is an OCR software program...here http://www.freeocr.net/ That should work, yes?

 

[runzwithsizorz]

Update: Yes, the scanner has 0CR Now, does Win 7 have PDF program I can send it to?
Or do I have to add it from a 3rd party?

 

[lxskllr]

I use Evince...

https://projects.gnome.org/evince/

I don't think Win7 has pdf built in. Dunno about Win8. I guess they'll make it to the 21st century at some point :^D

 

[EagleKeeper]

Update: Yes, the scanner has 0CR Now, does Win 7 have PDF program I can send it to?
Or do I have to add it from a 3rd party?

An OCR scanner should send it to some type of document file; that is the purpose of OCR (Optical Character Reader)

Otherwise scanning it into a PDF is just taking an image; no characters.

 

[bonehead123]

I use Evince...

https://projects.gnome.org/evince/

I don't think Win7 has pdf built in. Dunno about Win8. I guess they'll make it to the 21st century at some point :^D

W7 does NOT have a built-in PDF app much less an OCR app

so yes, you will have to buy one that incorporates OCR functions to do what you want to do......

Nuance makes one called PDF Pro, which is a creator/converter/OCR all in one suite, or you can buy the individual modules seperately.....

 

[stlcardinals]

Word 2013 is the only version of Word that can natively open PDF files and edit them. The PDF has to support OCR or Word will just think it's a giant picture.