From scanner to WORD

[Guzeppi]

When I scan a document, what to do to transfer it to WORD for editing? I use a flatbed scanner and Windows 10.
I have no problem printing the scanned text, but I cannot find a way of editing it before I print.

Thank you for any help you can give me.

Guzeppi

[patio]

Save the document with a name...then open it in Word to edit.

Note: You may not be able to edit certain scanned docs...

[Guzeppi]

Many thanks, but am sorry solution did not work.

I had to open the scanned document with Photoshop; no other application would open it.

It was then not possible to save it in WORD, or anywhere else, except  only in PICTURES.

When I tried to open it with WORD, I got a dialog box asking me to "select an encoding to make the document readable."

Then I got stuck.

Guzeppi

[Geek-9pm]

Guzeppi, This should be part of the scanner software options. What scanner do you have? Most of the major makers have software to export to Word format.

[Allan]

When you save the scanned document to your computer you must select the format to which you want it saved.

[Guzeppi]

Guzeppi, This should be part of the scanner software options. What scanner do you have? Most of the major makers have software to export to Word format.

hp 3970 flatbed scanner

[Guzeppi]

What do you mean "select the format"? I can open the scanned document only with Photoshop CS6.  Once it is opened there, what is the next step? I am on Windows 10.

[Allan]

You have to choose the format in the scanner software when you scan the document and save it to hd.

[SuperDave]

When you scan a document all you will get is a picture of the document. I believe you need a program that probably came with your scanner called OCR; Optical character recognition.

[Allan]

In the old days that was correct Dave. Current scanners (and their software) give you the option to save the scanned documents to .pdf files which in turn can be converted to .doc files.

[Geek-9pm]

The OCR option program should be in the HP software for this scanner.
 HP Scanjet 3970 digital Flatbed Scanner
http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?sp4ts.oid=298548

I have not tried this. But HP does provide OCR for their scanners. Let me know if you can not find any image to text in the HP software. If not, it may take an extra step to get it into the Word format.

[SuperDave]

In the old days that was correct Dave.

That is where I live. lol. But, free PDF editors are difficult to find. I tried for over a week and couldn't find one.

[Allan]

That is where I live. lol. But, free PDF editors are difficult to find. I tried for over a week and couldn't find one.

LOL - for the most part, me too

You're right - but for one shot conversions you can always use a trial version. I use Nitro Pro (not cheap) and it is great - but I can charge back to business.