After you scan a document, you can open the document in Word to edit it. How you do this depends on the version of Office that you have installed.
Newer versionsOffice 2010Office 2007
How to Edit a PDF File - Using Adobe Acrobat Pro Open a PDF document in Adobe Acrobat Pro. Click Tools at the top of the window. Click Edit PDF near the upper-right part of the window. Use the 'FORMAT' tools to edit text. Use the 'OBJECTS' tool to edit images and objects. Click File in the menu. Change PDF text Select the 'Text' tool in the top toolbar. Click any existing text to start editing. Make text bold or italic, change font size, font family and text color. No matter which version of Word you use to edit your PDF, your finished document will be a Word file by default. If you want to save your edited document as a PDF again, it's easy to do that as well. On a PC, just click the File tab and select the Save As option, then choose PDF and save the file with the file name you want. If you want to edit the text in a PDF file but don’t have access to the source documents, your best bet is that you convert the PDF file into an editable Word document or an Excel spreadsheet depending on the contents of the PDF. Then edit these converted PDFs in Microsoft Office (or Google Docs) and export the modified files back into PDF format using any PDF writer.
Scan a document as a PDF file and edit it in Word
To edit a PDF, simply open it in Word. This works best with PDFs that are mostly text. Go to File Open. Find the PDF, and open it (you might have to select Browse and find the PDF in a folder). Word tells you that it's going to make a copy of the PDF and convert its contents into a format that Word can display. The original PDF won't be. Advanced PDF editing. Advanced PDF editing capabilities for PDF documents with more complex layout. Link, join, or split text blocks to connect text, or set text to flow throughout the entire document, for more powerful PDF editing. Move and resize text blocks to change to a more compelling layout. View Tutorial.
Tip: The conversion works best with documents that are mostly text.
- Scan your document according to the instructions for your scanner, and save it to your computer as a .pdf file.
- In Word, click File > Open.
- Browse to the location of the PDF file on your computer and click Open.
- A message appears, stating that Word will convert the PDF file into an editable Word document. Click OK.
The converted document might not have a perfect page-to-page correspondence with the original. For example, lines and pages may break at different locations. For more information, see Opening PDFs in Word.
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The From Scanner or Camera option for scanning documents and pictures is not available in Word 2010. Instead, you can use your scanner to scan the document, and then you can save the file on your computer.
Step 1: Install Microsoft Office Document Imaging
Microsoft Office Document Imaging has been removed from Office 2010; however, you can use one of the options described in Install MODI for use with Microsoft Office 2010 to install it on your computer.
Step 2: Create a document that you can edit
Scan your document according to the instructions for your scanner.
Before you continue Convert the file that the scanner created to TIFF format. You can use Paint or another program to convert the file.
- Open Microsoft Office Document Imaging by searching for Microsoft Office Document Imaging on the Windows Start menu.
- On the File menu, click Open.
- Locate the document that you scanned, and then click Open.
- After Microsoft Office Document Imaging runs, press CTRL+A to select the entire document, and then press CTRL+C.
- Start Microsoft Word.
- On the File tab, click New.
- Double-click Blank document.
- Press CTRL+V to paste the contents of the scanned document into the new file.
You now have a document that you can edit. Be sure to save the new file so that you don't lose your changes.
The From Scanner or Camera option for scanning documents and pictures is not available in Microsoft Office Word 2007. Instead, you can use your scanner to scan the document, and then you can save the file on your computer.
Step 1: Install Microsoft Office Document Imaging
- Exit all programs.Tip: You may want to print this topic before you exit all programs.
- Open Control Panel: Right-click the Windows Start button, and then click Control Panel, or type Control Panel in the Windows Search box.
- In Control Panel, click Programs, and then click Programs and Features.
- Right-click the name of the Microsoft Office edition that you have installed, or right-click Microsoft Office Word 2007 (depending on whether you installed Word as part of Office or as an individual program), and then click Change.
- Click Add or Remove Features, and then click Continue.
- Under Installation Options, click the plus sign (+) next to Office Tools.
- Click the arrow next to Microsoft Office Document Imaging, click Run all from my Computer, and then click Continue.
Step 2: Create a document that you can edit
Scan your document according to the instructions for your scanner. Rslogix 500 software purchase.
Before you continue Convert the file that the scanner created to TIFF format. You can use Paint or another program to convert the file.
- Open Microsoft Office Document Imaging by searching for Microsoft Office Document Imaging on the Windows Start menu.
- On the File menu, click Open.
- Locate the document that you scanned, and then click Open.
- After Microsoft Office Document Imaging runs, press CTRL+A to select the entire document, and then press CTRL+C.
- Start Microsoft Office Word.
- Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click New.
- Click Blank document, and then click Create.
- Press CTRL+V to paste the contents of the scanned document into the new file.
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You now have a document that you can edit. Be sure to save the new file so that you don't lose your changes.