Scansoft Textbridge Ocr Lets You Convert Image Text Into Text You Can Edit; You Can Import Items From Other Applications - Brother MFC-3220C Software Manual

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ScanSoft TextBridge
image text into text you can edit
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ScanSoft PaperPort
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PaperPort item (which is really just a picture of the text) into text that
you can edit with a word processing application.
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PaperPort uses the optical character recognition application
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ScanSoft TextBridge
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PaperPort can use your prefered OCR application if it is already on
your computer. You can convert the entire item, or by using the Copy
Text command, you can select only a portion of the text to convert.
Dragging an item onto a word-processing link icon starts
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PaperPort 's built-in OCR application, or you can use your own
OCR application.

You can Import items from other applications

In addition to scanning items, you can bring items into PaperPort
a variety of ways and convert them to PaperPort
several different ways:
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Print to the Desktop View from another application, such as
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Microsoft Excel.
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Import files saved in other file formats, such as Windows
(BMP) or Tag Image File Format (TIFF).
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OCR lets you convert
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can quickly convert the text on a ScanSoft
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(MAX) files in
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Bitmap
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