Convert Scanned Text to a Word Document
Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MDI)
Start the scanning component
On the Windows Start menu, point to All Programs point to Microsoft Office, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office Document Scanning.
This component provides scanning presets that controls any scanner by using settings that are optimized for specific purposes. Black and white scanning presets will give you the best OCR results when scanning pages of text, while the Color scanning preset is best for scanning full-color pictures or artwork. OCR is automatically performed on text documents immediately after scanning, and you can easily scan multiple pages into a single file. For multiple pages select the check box Prompt for additional pages.
Start the imaging component
On the Windows Start menu, point to All Programs point to Microsoft Office, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office Document Imaging.
The imaging component makes it easy to view scanned documents on the screen, rearrange multi-page documents, select and manipulate recognized text, annotate scanned documents and online faxes, and send documents to others by e-mail or fax.
While in MDI, select Tools from the menu, point to Recognize Text Using OCR, and the status of the image will display.
Send the File to Microsoft Word
Once OCR is completed then the document can be edited in MDI or converted into a Word document by selecting Tools then Send Text To Word. (See second menu selection in the image above)