HP PageWide MFP P77740-60 series - User Guide

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Windows: Use the Editable Text (OCR) or Save as PDF shortcuts.
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OS X: Use the Documents preset.
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Save your le in the correct format.
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If you want to extract just the text from the document, without any of the formatting of the
original, select a plain text format, such as Text (.txt) or TXT.
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If you want to extract the text, as well as some of the formatting of the original, select RTF or PDF
Searchable.
To scan a document to editable text (Windows)
1. Load your original print-side down on the scanner glass or print-side up in the automatic document
feeder.
For more information, see Load the scanner or Load the document feeder.
2. Open the printer software. For more information, see Open the printer software (Windows).
3. Select Save as Editable Text (OCR), and click Scan.
NOTE:
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Click the More link in the top-right corner of the Scan dialog box to review and modify settings for
any scan.
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If Show Viewer After Scan is selected, you can make adjustments to the scanned image in the
preview screen.
To scan documents as editable text (OS X)
1. Load your original print-side down on the scanner glass or print-side up in the automatic document
feeder.
For more information, see Load the scanner or Load the document feeder.
2. Double-click the HP Scan icon. This icon is located in the HP folder in the Applications folder at the top
level of the hard disk.
3. Click the Scan button and conrm your scanning device and settings.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the scan.
5. When all of the pages have been scanned, select Save from the File menu. The Save dialog box appears.
6. Select the type of editable text:
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 from the Format pop-up menu.
Extract the text and make it searchable in PDF readers. Select PDF Searchable from the Format pop-up menu.
7. Click Save.
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