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

Select the Save as Editable Text (OCR)

formatting of the original

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

Select the Save as Editable Text (OCR)

formatting of the original

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.

Mac OS X

1.Load your original print-side down in the right-front corner of the glass or 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.Double-click the HP Scan 3 icon. This icon is located in the Hewlett-Packardfolder in the Applications folder at the top level of the hard disk.

3.From the HP Scan menu, click Preferences.

4.Select the Documents preset from the Presets pop-up menu.

5.To start the scan, click Scan.

6.After the scan is complete, click the Save button in the HP Scan toolbar

7.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

Select TXT from the Format pop-up menu.

formatting of the original

 

 

 

Extract the text, as well as some of the

Select RTF or PDF-Searchable from the

formatting of the original

Format pop-up menu.

 

 

8.Click Save.

Scanning documents as editable text

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