I am trying to type into a scanned document. I was able to do this before but cannot find the right format in Microsoft works--I had used Word Perfect before--any suggestions of where I can find this answer.

Thanks
Pam

You need to use OCR to type into a scanned document. Generally, scanners will scan a document as an image file, not editable text. Depending on the scanner and the software that comes with it, you may be able to specify scanning to a DOC file and then opening that in Works.

Okay I had prevously used this on my old computer and I believe it had saved it as a wps. File. I will try to redo it and see what happens--Thanks-Pam

Scanner do scan the document as editable text, if you have a plain text. But if u have like tables or autoshapes then it will scan but the format will be messed up. But if u scan it as image then I think you won't be able to edit the text.

It also depends what type of scanner you have.

Hadi88

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disagrees: That's only partially correct. It doesn't matter what scanner you have, but what software is used to scan with. It's the software that converts the scanned image to editable text.

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My fault, you are right Scott. I should have typed the software instead of the scanner. But that was what I meant, since nobody can read others thoughts, should write/say what one means.


Hadi88.