You can edit images or convert them to text using MP Navigator EX or an application that accompanies the machine. After scanning documents and saving them, open the View & Use window to select what you want to do with the images.
NoteSee "Let's Try Scanning" to scan images into MP Navigator EX.
You can also select images saved on a computer.
You can correct/enhance images in the Correct/Enhance Images window.
Select images and click Edit/Convert.
Click Fix photo images on the list.
The Correct/Enhance Images window opens.
Correct/enhance images in the Correct/Enhance Images window.
NoteSee "Correct/Enhance Images Window" for details on the Correct/Enhance Images window.
See the corresponding sections below for correcting/enhancing images.
Scan text in scanned magazines and newspapers and display it in Notepad (included with Windows).
ImportantPDF files cannot be converted to text.
Select images and click Edit/Convert.
Click Convert to text file on the list.
Notepad (included with Windows) starts and editable text appears.
NoteOnly text written in languages that can be selected on the General tab can be extracted to Notepad (included with Windows). Click Set... on the General tab and specify the language according to the language of the document to be scanned.
When scanning multiple documents, you can collect the extracted text into one file.
Text displayed in Notepad (included with Windows) is for guidance only. Text in the image of the following types of documents may not be detected correctly.
- Documents containing text with font size outside the range of 8 points to 40 points (at 300 dpi)
- Slanted documents
- Documents placed upside down or documents with text in the wrong orientation (rotated characters)
- Documents containing special fonts, effects, italics, or hand-written text
- Documents with narrow line spacing
- Documents with colors in the background of text
- Documents containing multiple languages
