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How do I Initiate an OCR scan in Microsoft Office Word 2010?

How do I Initiate an OCR scan in Microsoft Office Word 2010?

How do you kick off a scan and character recognition using Microsoft Office Word 2010 (Beta)?

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bert [Entry]

"From the MS TechNet site - Changes in Word 2010:

Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI) MODI provided a common
document imaging and scanning solution
for Office. It was also the basis of
the Fax feature for Office. When MODI
was installed, it was the default
handler for .tif, .tiff, and .mdi
files. In Office 2010, MODI is fully
deprecated. This change also affects
the setup tree, which no longer shows
the MODI Help, OCR, or Indexing
Service Filter nodes on the Tools
menu. The Internet Fax feature in
Office 2010 uses the Windows Fax
printer driver to generate a fixed
file format (TIF). MODI and all its
components are deprecated for 64-bit
Office 2010.

Alternatively, you could use OneNote 2010's Insert ribbon to import a Scanner Printout and then use the Copy Text from Picture option when right-clicking on a picture."
bert [Entry]

"Fire up OneNote, click on the Insert tab, and then the scanner icon ""Scanner Printout"".

If it complains that it can't find a scanner, then you'll need to make sure the driver is in and recognized (there are a huge pile of questions on SU about getting your scanner recognized and the proper drivers installed - that's how I got my old scanner working)."