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3. Select the type of editable text you want to use in the scan:
I want to... Follow these steps
Extract just the text, without any of the
formatting of the original
Select the Save as Editable Text (OCR)
shortcut from the list, and then select Text
(.txt) from the File Type drop-down menu.
Extract the text, as well as some of the
formatting of the original
Select the Save as Editable Text (OCR)
shortcut from the list, and then select Rich
Text (.rtf) from the File Type drop-down
menu.
Or
Select the Save as PDF shortcut from the
list, and then select Searchable PDF (.pdf)
from the File Type drop-down menu.
4. To start the scan, click Scan, and then follow the onscreen instructions.
Mac OS X
1. Load your original print-side down on the right-front corner of the glass or print-side
up in the ADF. For more information, see
Load an original on the scanner glass or
Load an original in the automatic document feeder (ADF).
2. Double-click the HP Scan 3 icon. This icon is located in the Hewlett-Packard folder
in the Applications folder at the top level of the hard disk.
3. From the HP Scan menu, click Preferences.
4. Select the Documents preset from the Presets pop-up menu.
5. To start the scan, click Scan.
6. Select the type of editable text you want to use in the scan:
I want to... Follow these steps
Extract just the text, without any of the
formatting of the original
Select TXT from the Format pop-up menu.
Extract the text, as well as some of the
formatting of the original
Select RTF or PDF-Searchable from the
Format pop-up menu.
7. Click Save.
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