Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Converting Scanned Pages into Word Documents

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1. Scan the desired article (bill, receipt, invoice, etc) with a scanner or take a picture with a camera, save it to where it is easy to access and find it.

2. Preview it and check the size and the information.

3. Depending on file type (usually JPEG), right click the file and click ‘Convert to’ and select Microsoft Word.

4. Wait for the computer to convert it and it will open up Microsoft Word automatically with the converted JPEG in words with pictures.

5. Before self editing, Microsoft Word will do a spell check automatically on words that aren’t clear or unreadable. (Mostly letters, faded words and picture frames)

6. Bold and underline the title and capitalize every starting word in it so it looks standardized and neat.

7. Never forget to credit or link the source of where the information came from (Newspapers, Internet, Magazines) and the author who wrote it (If there is one). And afterwards, the date that it was published in. ( Usually Sources are placed above the main title in Web Pages). 

8. Preferably, it is better to get rid of the pictures you scanned and its captions about it for it might disrupt the format of Word Docs and the Webpage format.