from scanner to word processor.. pwede?

[elmonitis]

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For me the best process is have the document scanned and have the output in PDF (Adobe acrobat) format. Next is open the document in Adobe format and click the Text tool, then, they will be highlighted. Copy them and paste them in a word processing software, then, there you have the text format already of your scanned document. Before anything else, I guess you will be required to have your Adobe Acrobat in Distiller version or professional version. Hope that helps.

I haven't tried that procedure and I doubt if it works.  When you scan a printed document, it gets saved as a graphic image--not as a text document that can be edited.

Compare a PDF file composed from scanned graphics images and a PDF from text-based source.  The file of the former is bigger than that of the latter.

Why do I say that the procedure you described won't work?  I've tried downloading PDF copies of Republic Acts from the government portal.  Almost all of the files are PDF composites of scanned documents.  In short, the pages are actually just graphic images lumped into one PDF file.  The text highlighting doesn't work.  It's just like you're trying to highlight the text on a JPG or BMP image and then pasting the text onto a wordprocessing document.  It just doesn't work.

In contrast, try exporting an OpenOffice Writer document into PDF.  Run your PDF reader.  Open the PDF that you just exported from OpenOffice. Highlight the text you wish to copy.  Hit Ctrl+C, and then hit Ctrl+V in a blank text editor or wordprocessing window.  Guess what?  It works!  Like magic.  Why does it work?  It's because the PDF is text, not graphic.

[janhenz]

@makoyvelasco
i'm using Lexmark X1185, X1100 series gihapon so we are using the same software.
And yes, direct from the scanner to the word processor of your choice.

So far i haven't experienced na naay na-misspelt sa ako gi-scanned.
I have scanned the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary ( yes, all 1559 pages of it ) and wala may na misspelt,
but then again,...how would i know and notice

[elmonitis]

@makoyvelasco
i'm using Lexmark X1185, X1100 series gihapon so we are using the same software.
And yes, direct from the scanner to the word processor of your choice.

So far i haven't experienced na naay na-misspelt sa ako gi-scanned.
I have scanned the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary ( yes, all 1559 pages of it ) and wala may na misspelt,
but then again,...how would i know and notice

Wow! Amazing job! Pwede mangayo sa imong digital copy sa dictionary? Hehe.