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Can I Edit scanned docs?

I cannot edit a scanned word or excel document, I can only cut, copy, paste. Is there a way to edit scan docs?

  • My scan program is " Photo Studio 2000 " when I scan a document, I can change it to jpeg or PDF, but I cannot " edit ". Please help.

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    When a document is scanned into a computer, it does not come in as "text" (meaning words and numbers). It is scanned in as a picture. So there is no way to edit a normally scanned document. But check your scanning software. It may include an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) feature. This is software which attempts to read the words and letter on a printed page and convert them into editable text. Because there are hundreds of fonts available that can make letters look like almost anything, OCR will only work on paged printed in plain, common fonts like Times Romans or Serif. Ir also gets confused if there are any pictures on the page or multiple columns. So OCR is not the most reliable process. But if your software includes it, give it a try. But you can not edit a page that has been scanned in as a picture. Both JPEG and PDF are picture formats.

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it cannot be edited. the only way to edit is in MS paint. but again that would reduce the quality of the picture. or try scanning as a text document and try editing.

Trinity

I think it is not possible to edit a scanned document because scanned document is saved as picture. You can use Photoshop to replace the content.

lookpre

Use Photoshop software to edit JPEG files.

PavanGayakwad

Nope, you can't edit scanned material.

Jay S

When u scan somthing it is saved as a picture file. To edit it u have to convert it into some text format such as .doc etc. To do that you need an OCR software such as ABBY Finereader. Probably Ur installation disk may bundle with this software. Try it . It is user friendly.Try that & for further pls contact me.

chanchal_panda

Yes you can edit the scanned documents. To edit a scanned document you need ABBYY FineReader software then only you can edit the scanned documents. You can download trial version from http://www.abbyy.com/finereader8/?param=45596

madhav_2308

there is a software that can convert your file to an editable excel file or pdf file. try searching from google for an ocr file converter.

rack_sky

Check the cd of your scanner. Every scanner comes with an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software. This basically can convert the scanned page into a word document...OCR software's are not perfect, but they are good enough to get the job done. Once converted to a word file you can pretty much do anything with it.

surajit

yes , obviously , you can not edit it as a word doc. ! it's a picture !

Sam

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