For students and photography enthusiasts, many experts recommend purchasing a graphic scanner. To perform the operation of scanning a paper sheet or photograph, you will need the device itself and special software.
Necessary
- - Microsoft Office Word;
- - ABBYY FineReader.
Instructions
Step 1
To get a scan of an image or text directly in a new MS Word document, you need to start the editor and run the utility for getting the image from the source. In the main window of the program, create a new document, click the "File" menu and select the "New" item.
Step 2
Then open the top menu "Insert" and select the "Picture" section. In the drop-down list, click on the line "From a scanner or camera". If you have already installed the scanner drivers and the FineReader program on your computer, you will see an image acquisition window. Otherwise, you should download the drivers to the system from the Internet or from the installation disk, if the problem is with them, and also run the program installer.
Step 3
After starting the scanning software, click the Scan & Read button to scan, recognize and save the file in one window. This mode is suitable for processing large numbers of images or printed pages. To perform any operation of this mode separately, use other buttons on the toolbar.
Step 4
Press the button with the image of the scanner with the cover open to scan. Open the scanner lid, put a sheet in the tray and close the lid. Initially, a preview image will appear on the screen. Select the scan area and click the Scan button again.
Step 5
After completing this operation, the document can be transferred to a text editor or recognition can be performed. If you continue to work with the program, click the "Recognize" button and wait for the operation to end. Now you can compare the scanned and recognized page, making adjustments to the last one.
Step 6
To translate the resulting document into MS Word, click the "File" top menu and select the "Save As" command. Specify "Microsoft Word Document" as the file format.
