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bubble
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Does any one know if it is possible to scan a document and then add text to it once it is displayed on the screen,and then print out the revised document once completed?? Thanks in advance.....
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putasolutions
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You need some form of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Software
You should have got something like with your scanner such as Textbridge or Omnipage,
Once done, you should be able to open it in Word and edit it as normal
It's by no means perfect, but it's better than typing it all out
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Joe_London
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I use HP Scanjet 4300 and its own OCR Software. Once scanned I save the text to word pad and then make all the alterations I want. It works well for me.
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Arandora
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Most of the photo editing software provides a text "bubble" facility. They're a bit more friendly than using Word as the facility is purpose built.
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Barney_Rubble
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I use Presto Page Manager etc. It came with my Umax Scanner, and I'm not tied to OCRing into Word. I don't remember now exactly how to set it up as I hardly ever use OCR, but I believe I can add MS Works WP to the available options. If not, just put it into Notepad and copy and paste into whichever document you choose.
The thing about OCR is that it will put a "carriage return" at the end of every line. I find the easiest way of dealing with this is to add a space and then press Delete. That joins the lines up into continuous text, which is normally what's wanted in a WP.
It's also worth clicking on the "show all characters" button and checking for extra spaces and things like that.
Finally, there'll be some confusion between similar characters, such as the number 1, upper case i (shown lower case here for clarity) and lower case L (shown upper case here for the same reason).
As you'll realise by now, there's a certain amount of "repair" work involved after an OCR scan, but it can still be a lot easier than typing it all in "from scratch".
Hope that clarifies things for you.
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