| With Microsoft Office Document Imaging, you can scan and manage multiple page documents using the TIFF file format and recognize text in image documents and faxes as editable text by using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). You can copy scanned text and images into Microsoft Office programs as well as e-mail or fax the document over the Internet. If you need to add information to a document, such as a fax, you can add text as a note or comment, apply highlighting, draw shapes, and insert pictures by using the Annotation toolbar (New!). Scan a Document Image Click the Start button, point to All Programs, click Microsoft Office, click Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office Document Imaging. Click the Scan New Document button on the toolbar. Click Scanner, select your scanner hardware, and then click OK. Click a preset scanning option. Click the scanner options you want. Click the Scan button. The document is scanned. Click the Save button on the toolbar, specify a name and location, and then click Save. When you're done, click Close. Did You Know? You can open Microsoft Office Document Scanning program separately. Click the Start button, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Office, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office Document Scanning. |
Perform OCR on a Document Image
Click the Start button, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Office, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office Document Imaging. Click the Open button on the toolbar. Click the Look in list arrow, and then navigate to the file. Click the document image you want to open, and then click Open. Click the Recognize Text Using OCR button on the toolbar. To add annotations and comments, use the pen, highlighter, and comments buttons on the Annotation toolbar. Select the text in the document. It appears with a red rectangle around it. Click the Edit menu, and then click Copy. Save and close the document. Open or switch to PowerPoint, and the place the insertion point where you want to paste the text. Click the Paste button on the Home tab. |