Greetings Craig,
I've got a Canon Pixma MX870 multi-function printer w/ a Scanner. First you
have to go to the Canon website & download everything you can (all
"utilities") related to your particular printer. You'll eventually get
something (a "shortcut"} on your "desktop" that says "Canon Solutions Menu."
Click on it. Choose the option "scan Photos & Docs." Then click on "OCR."
That means "optical character recognition," which lets your computer turn
images of text into actual text. Then put your document onto your printer's
copier glass-plate input stage, go to your computer, & click on the "scan"
button on the Canon screen. The result will be an elementary text document
somewhere on your computer. My text scanned documents usually wind up in my
"Pictures Library" in a folder called "MP Navigator EX." But you may have
to hunt down the saved scan copy down on your computer. So give it a name,
when you save it, that's easy to search for. Once you've found your text
document, open it & then Copy all the text therein onto your so-called
Windows "clipboard."
Now open your favorite word processor to create a document. Set up its
initial formatting, & then Paste your copied text into the document you
created. Now go to work on its text just like you do for any other
document!
Best wishes,
Anthony J. Rudgers (another non-"tecno-geek" "researcher/writer")
Orlando, FL
Posted October 31, 2015 (Happy Halloween!); 9:19 pm
-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Craft
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2015 8:10 PM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: FW: New User; Request For Assistance/Tech Info; etc.
From: craftwa...@hotmail.com
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: New User; Request For Assistance/Tech Info; etc.
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 20:30:25 -0400
Greetings and Good Will to all.
I know you are busy with involvement in the Apache/Open Office project. I am
a 'tech flunky' learning to use word processing and pc technology, in
general. I am a researcher/writer and I am looking for information as to how
I may scan documents into editable files that I can merge into my text
documents. If it is not too much trouble, can someone point me in the
correct direction please. I am using a very basic all-in-one scanner (canon
MG 2500 Series) and a very basic laptop running Windows 8.1, 64 bit, 2013
edition. Any information is very much appreciated. Thank you for any time
and info. you may be able to provide.
Sincerely,
Craig craft.
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