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Scanning Text Documents OTC application.....

#1 cherylisfun

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Posted 10 December 2006 - 05:12 PM

I need to scan a document, edit something in it and then print it out. I am having trouble doing this. I am using the Lexmark X3350 all in one printer/scanner/copier. Everytime I try to edit the text in the scanned document I get this message:
"An OCR application is provided for you on your CD in the OCR directory. Select OK to cancel this scan operation install your OCR software and try your scan again"

I donot have a CD to install thisfrom and I have no idea what they are talking about.

If I can't do the txit editing this way, could someone give me an idea on how else to do it?

Thank You very much
-Cheryl

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Posted 10 December 2006 - 05:41 PM

What application are you using to edit the document?

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Posted 10 December 2006 - 06:35 PM

The Lexmark should have come with a CD (which would include an OCR reader) - installing this should eliminate the problem.

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Posted 11 December 2006 - 10:03 AM

OCR - Optical Character Recognition
Here's an explaination:
Optical character recognition

If your scanner doesn't come with it, here's a free program you can use:
simpleocr

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#5 cherylisfun

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Posted 11 December 2006 - 01:53 PM

tg1911, on Dec 11 2006, 10:03 AM, said:

OCR - Optical Character Recognition
Here's an explaination:
Optical character recognition

If your scanner doesn't come with it, here's a free program you can use:
simpleocr

Hey thanks a lot I downloaded that and it worked.