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.