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HP PrecisionScan Pro User’s Guide 90
Scanning text Book Contents Index
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Scan and convert a block of text
A block of text can be selected in the preview
image for conversion to editable, unformatted
text.
1Preview scan (page 50).
2 From the Output Type menu, select Text as the
output type.
3 Create a selection area (see page 51).
4 To enlarge the view of the selection area:
• click , the Zoom button in the toolbar, or
• from the Scan menu, choose Zoom.
The scanner scans the selection area and the
selection area fills the preview area.
5 Adjust the selection area to include all the
characters you want in the final scan (see
page
55).
6 To begin the final scan and the character
conversion:
• drag-and-drop to another program (see
page
91), or
• Copy to the Clipboard (see page 92), or
•Save to a file (see page 92).
Original Zoomed imagePreview image Drag-and-drop
with selection area
or Copy and Paste,
or
Save to a file.