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Scan to an Editable Text File (OCR) Using ControlCenter4 Advanced Mode (Windows®)

Your machine can convert characters in a scanned document to text data using optical character recognition (OCR) technology. Edit this text using your preferred text-editing application.
  • Select Advanced Mode as the mode setting for ControlCenter4.
  • (Windows®) Nuance™ PaperPort™ 12SE must be installed on your computer.
  1. Load your document.
  2. Click the (ControlCenter4) icon in the task tray, and then click Open.
  3. Click the Scan tab.
  4. Click the OCR button.
    The scan settings dialog box appears.
  5. Change the scan settings, such as file format, file name, destination file path, resolution, or colour, if needed.
    • To change the file name or Destination File Path, click Change.
    • To preview and configure the scanned image, select the PreScan check box.
  6. Click Scan.
    The machine scans the document, converts it to editable text, and then sends it to your default word processing application.
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