HP Officejet 150 Mobile All-in-One Printer - L511a - Manual (Page 49)

4. Touch Document Type to select the type of document you want to save. Make
changes to scan options, if needed.
Touch Resolution if you want to change the output quality.
5. Touch Start Scan.
Scanning documents as editable text
When scanning documents, you can use the HP software to scan documents into a
format that you can search, copy, paste, and edit. This allows you to edit letters,
newspaper clippings, and many other documents.
This section contains the following topics:
•
To scan documents as editable text
• Guidelines for scanning documents as editable text
To scan documents as editable text
Use the following guidelines for scanning documents as editable text.
Follow the instructions for your operating system.
Windows
1.
Insert your original print-side down in the scanner. For more information, see
Load an original in the scanner.
2. From the computer desktop, click Start, select Programs or All Programs,
select the folder for your HP printer, and then select HP Scan.
3. Select the type of editable text you want to use in the scan:
I want to... Follow these steps
Extract just the text, without any of the
formatting of the original Select the Save as Editable Text shortcut
from the list, and then select Text File
(*.txt) from the File Type drop-down menu.
Extract the text, as well as some of the
formatting of the original Select the Save as Editable Text shortcut
from the list, and then select Rich Text File
(*.rtf) from the File Type drop-down menu.
Or
Select the Save as PDF (searchable)
shortcut from the list, and then select PDF-
Searchable (*.pdf) from the File Type
drop-down menu.
4. To start the scan, click Scan, and then follow the onscreen instructions.
Mac OS X
1.
Insert your original print-side down in the scanner. For more information, see
Load an original in the scanner.
2. Double-click the HP Scan 3 icon. This icon is located in the Hewlett-Packard
folder in the Applications folder at the top level of the hard disk.
3. From the HP Scan menu, click Preferences.
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