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Scanning documents as editable text

When scanning documents, you can use the HP software to scan documents into a

format that you can search, copy, paste, and edit. This allows you to edit letters,

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newspaper clippings, and many other documents.

This section contains the following topics:

• To scan documents as editable text

• Guidelines for scanning documents as editable text

To scan documents as editable text

Use the following guidelines for scanning documents as editable text.

Follow the instructions for your operating system.

Windows

1.

Load your original print-side down on the right-front corner of the glass or print-side

up in the ADF. For more information, see Load an original on the scanner glass or

Load an original in the automatic document feeder (ADF).

2.

From the computer desktop, click Start, select Programs or All Programs, select

the folder for your HP printer, and then select scan.

3.

Select the type of editable text you want to use in the scan:

I want to... Follow these steps

Extract just the text, without any of the

formatting of the original

Select the

Save as Editable Text (OCR)

shortcut from the list, and then select

Text

(.txt)

from the File Type drop-down menu.

Extract the text, as well as some of the

formatting of the original

Select the

Save as Editable Text (OCR)

shortcut from the list, and then select

Rich

Text (.rtf)

from the File Type drop-down

menu.

Or

Select the

Save as PDF shortcut from the

list, and then select

Searchable PDF (.pdf)

from the

File Type drop-down menu.

4.

To start the scan, click Scan, and then follow the onscreen instructions.