Scan to Editable Text File (OCR)

The

(OCR) button lets you scan a document and convert it to text. This text can then be edited using your favourite word processing software.

Note

Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE must be installed on your computer.

Load your document.

Click the

(ControlCenter4) icon in the task tray and then select Open from the menu.

The ControlCenter4 window will appear.

Note

You can also start ControlCenter4 by doing one of the following:

•	(Windows^® XP, Windows Vista^®) Double-click the (ControlCenter4) icon in the task tray.
•	Click ControlCenter4 located in Start/All Programs/Brother/ADS-XXXX (where XXXX is your model name).

Select the Scan tab.

Select Monochrome Text in the Document Type option.

Change the scan size if needed (see Change the Scan Size).

Click the

(Scan) button.

The machine starts scanning, and then the Scanning Completed dialog box will appear and display the number of scanned pages. The scanned image appears in the image viewer.

Note

If the Scanning Completed dialog box does not appear and you want to display the number of scanned pages, check the Display Scanning Results check box.

Click the left or right arrow buttons to preview each scanned document.

Click the

(OCR) button.

Configure the OCR settings and click the OK button.

The machine converts the scanned image into editable text, then sends it to your default word processing application.

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