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Scanning documents into an editing application

An Optical Character Recognition (OCR) application allows you to edit an original text document that has been scanned. In order for this to work, you must have an OCR application stored on a local or network computer and you must be able to choose it from the list of applications when you set up the scan.

When selecting settings for the scan:

•Select to scan to the local computer or network computer where the OCR is installed.

•Select to scan to the highest resolution.

For Windows users

1Load an original document faceup into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.

2Click or Start.

3Click All Programs or Programs, and then select the printer program folder from the list.

4Select Printer Home.

5Choose your printer from the printer drop-down list.

6Click Document.

Scanning starts and the scan progress dialog appears.

7When the scan is finished, save the document in a word-processing application.

8Open the document in the selected application to edit it.

For Macintosh users

1Load an original document faceup into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.

2From the Finder desktop, double-click the printer program folder.

3Double-click the printer Center to open the All-In-One Center.

4From the “What is being scanned?” menu on the main screen, select a document type other than Photo.

5From the “How will the scanned image be used?” pop-up menu, choose To be edited (OCR).

6From the “Send scanned image to” menu, choose a word-processing application to use for editing.

7Click Scan.

8Open the scanned document from a word-processing application to edit it.

Scanning directly to e-mail using the printer software

For Windows users

1Load an original document faceup into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.

2Click or Start.

Scanning

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