When i scan a document and it saves it as a pdf file can i alter the text on pdf

1. Click PDF on the Custom Scan with One-click tab or click PDF in the one-click mode screen to open the PDF dialog box.
* If you wish to convert the text in a document to editable text data, scan the item with the OCR. The precision of OCR is affected by the nature of the scanned original

2. Select the type of document to be scanned.
Important
To scan correctly, select a document type that matches the document to be scanned.

3. Select a file type to save the scanned image.
Select PDF, PDF(Multiple Pages) or PDF(Add Page)
Important
Click Set... to open a dialog box and specify the PDF compression type and other advanced settings for creating PDF files.
4. Place the first original on the scanner and click the [Scan] button at the right bottom corner of the PDF window.

5. When scanning is completed, place the next original and click the [Scan] button.

6. Repeat scanning by clicking the [Scan] button until you finish all the originals.
7. When all the original is finished, click the [Exit] button.

8. When the scan is complete, it automatically starts the application program that displays PDF files and opens the scanned image file in it.

To scan a text document or black and white document, you are recommended to set the Scan Mode to Black and White or Grayscale.
You are recommended to limit the number of pages in any one multiple PDF file to 20 or less if you are scanning a color document with the Image Quality set to 300 dpi and the size to a setting equivalent to Letter size.

You need to save the document as an image file and then use a image to text conversion program.
http://www.software112.com/search-program/1/jpeg+to+word+text+converter.html
Another way is to use a PDF to Word conversion program
http://www.pdftoword.com/

You are going to want to find any OCR software that works for your printer. OCR is 'Optical Character Recognition'. It will take the scan and convert it into a text document, which is either already compatible for MS Word, or easily converted itself.

any scanner, indeed any document, picture format can be saved as pdf. i would suggest first scanning the document as text (for example to words, or openoffice or indeed whatever you use as your document management program) and then port it (sort of print operation) to any free available "translator" program which allow you to save file as pdf. alternatively you can scan your document as jpeg and then save it as pdf, but this tend to produce very messy outlook and results are usually horrible.

There is no easy way of doing this.
What you can do is scan each page as an image file, then use an OCR program to convert each page into a text file and save them. Then open a fresh/new Word document, then open each text file page and copy and paste each text file page into this Word document.
After you have copied all the pages into this Word document, then spell check it, edit and format the text then save the document. You can then create a PDF file from this Word document if you need to.

Try this procedure and let me know how it goes

1. Scan the page you want to convert into a Microsoft Word document.
2. Save the scanned image in *.gif, *.jpeg or whatever format.
3. Open that image, go to "File->Save As" and name it "xyz.tiff" in the "TIFF" format as shown.
4. Go to "Start->Programs->Microsoft Office Tools->Microsoft Office Document Imaging"
5. Go to "File->Open" and open your scanned document that has been saved in *.TIFF format.
6. Go to "Tools->Send Text to Word." You will get a prompt stating this process will take time, Click OK. This will take some time depending on your computer's speed (a minute or two at the most).
7. When it's done it will open up Microsoft word on its own and the scanned document will now be in editable mode.

First, ensure you are connecting the scanner to your computer. I'm assuming USB connection, and that you're using an operating system supported by this device.

Next, install the drivers and software for this device. Those should have come with an installation disc, but if you don't have that disc, you can get them from the PIXMA MP830 support site, here:
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=123&modelid=12804

To scan a single document, place the document:
1. Place the document face down on the platen glass.
2. Open the MP Navigator 2.2 software.
3. Click Scan Photo/Document.
4. Click Document Type drop-down arrow and select the type of document to be scanned. Chose from the following types.

• Color Document(Simplex): Select this to scan one side of color documents.
• Color Document(Duplex): Select this to scan both sides of color documents.
• B/W Document(Simplex): Select this to scan one side of monochrome documents.
• B/W Document(Duplex): Select this to scan both sides of monochrome documents.
• Text(Simplex): Select this to scan one side of text documents.
• Text(Duplex): Select this to scan both sides of text documents.

5. Click 'Specify' and set the preferences as required. Click here for detailed information

6. After making the setting changes, click 'Scan'

7. Click 'Save to PC' or 'Save as PDF file'. Save to PC is displayed when an image is captured with Scan Photo/Document or Batch Scanning

The directions for Batch Scanning, or using the ADF to scan, are shown below.

1. Place the document(s) in the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF).
   
1. To scan using the ADF, remove any documents from the platen glass.
   
2. Open the document tray.
   
   
   
3. Insert the documents face-up in the ADF and then adjust the document guides.
   
   
   Note:
   When scanning using the ADF, the documents will automatically feed.
   
   
2. On the Windows desktop, double-click 'MP Navigator 2.2'.
   
1. Alternatively, on the Windows taskbar, click 'Start', point to '(All) Programs', 'Canon', then 'MP Navigator 2.2'.
   
2. Then click 'MP Navigator 2.2'. MP Navigator opens.
   
   
3. Click 'Batch Scanning'.
   
   
   
   
4. Click Document Type drop-down arrow and select the type of document to be scanned. Chose from the following types.
   
   * Color Document(Simplex): Select this to scan one side of color documents.
   
   * Color Document(Duplex): Select this to scan both sides of color documents.
   
   * B/W Document(Simplex): Select this to scan one side of monochrome documents.
   
   * B/W Document(Duplex): Select this to scan both sides of monochrome documents.
   
   * Text(Simplex): Select this to scan one side of text documents.
   
   * Text(Duplex): Select this to scan both sides of text documents.
   
   
5. Click 'Specify' and set the preferences as required. Click here for detailed information.
   
   
6. After making the setting changes, click 'Scan'.
   
1. After the documents are scanned, a dialog box will appear indicating to load the next document.
   
   
   
2. After the next document is loaded, click 'Scan'.
   
3. Repeat steps 6a and 6b until all documents have been scanned and then click 'Exit' to end the scanning process.
   
   
7. After all documents have been scanned, ensure the documents, in the preview area, are selected (have a check mark).
   
   
   
   
8. Click 'Save to PC' or 'Save as PDF file'. Save to PC is displayed when an image is captured with Scan Photo/Document or Batch Scanning.
   
   
   Save to PC dialog box
   
   
   
   Save as PDF file dialog box
   
   
9. Make settings to save a file. (Click File save settings for details.)
   
   
10. Click 'Save' after all settings have been selected.
    

You have to make sure your telling your scanner what your scanning. Most often it defaults as a mixed image meaning text and image. You have to tell it to scan text only and then see what options you have. If this doesnt help then do as i stated above choosing text only and save to computer as a microsoft word document. Now make sure you have latest Acrobat reader 9.0 installed and now with your word document open in top left File button there should be an option to convert to pdf format. I hope this helps and good luck

Hi,

There is absolutely nothing wrong with either your system or the scanner device, its just quite normal the scanned document are often saved in PDF or a image file formats, All you need is a text converter software (OCR) through which you can convert the scanned image or PDF file to text document and the best part is that you can even edit the text of the scanned document and make changes if you would like to as well. Here is the link for the text converter software download.

http://www.charactell.com/scanstore/InstSocr.exe

Click on the link to download and install the software that you require.
Alternatively you can also copy and paste the link in your web b browser address bar and hit the enter key to start downloading wizard.

Regards

Malik Khan

Is very hard to alter a scanned document if you are not sure how to, especially without the help of an editing software. but try to scan it to text if you have Word it sure will help, scan it to Word and after is saved you can type or erase certain portions of the document, browse trough the tools tab to search for the option that will suit better the type of work you want to do on your document. If you have Adobe Acrobat Professional this is very easy to do, you only have to scan the document on Adobe format and using the advanced editing tool.