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Scan to an Editable Text File (OCR)

Your machine can convert characters in a scanned document to text data by using optical character recognition (OCR) technology. This text can be edited using your favorite word processing software.
Note Note
Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE must be installed on your PC.
1
Click the Graphic (ControlCenter4) icon in the task tray and then select Open from the menu.
The ControlCenter4 window will appear.
Note Note
You can also start ControlCenter4 by doing one of the following:
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(Windows® XP, Windows Vista®)
Double-click the Graphic (ControlCenter4) icon in the task tray.
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Click ControlCenter4 located in Start/All Programs/Brother/ADS-XXXX (where XXXX is your model name).
2
Click the Device Settings tab (the example below uses Home Mode).
Screen
3
Click the Scan to PC Settings button. The Remote Setup window will appear.
4
Select OCR from the drop-down list.
Screen
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Click the OK button to close the Remote Setup window.
6
Click the Device Scan Settings button on the Device Settings tab. The Device Scan Settings dialog box will appear.
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Click the OCR tab.
Screen
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Change other settings if needed (see Change Scan to PC Settings).
9
Load your document.
10
Press Scan to PC. The machine scans the document, converts it into editable text, then sends it to your default word processing application.
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