Author Topic: How can one edit a scanned document?  (Read 4815 times)

Offline Xairbusdriver

  • Administrator
  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 26388
  • 27" iMac (mid-17), Big Sur, Mac mini, Catalina
    • View Profile
    • Mid-South Weather
How can one edit a scanned document?
« Reply #15 on: February 27, 2007, 06:46:04 PM »
Great! Glad you found it! Now you don't have to ask anyone to type for you! laugh.gif

I don't much depend on "Spotlight" the app to find anything. command-F works much better for me, even though it still uses the Spotlight 'engine'. You can specify where to search, what period of time the object may have been created/opened/modified, what might be some text inside it, what type of object it might be ( text, MarinerWrite, pdf, sound, etc. ). And much more ( or usually less ). I have mine set up to default with a 'Name'...'contains:' ready to go, I believe the 'standard' set up has something less usable. I can't remember what it used to look like.

But the best part is that it will give you a list of matches and you can click on any and see where it 'lives'. It gives you the entire path to it on the bottom of its window. You can then open a Finder window and see if that's really the one you think it is, while leaving the found searches window open for more checking.

Much of this can be done in the Spotlight entry box, but manually and not without losing all the entry if it is longer than a couple dozens letters.

Of course, there's also EasyFind which works much the same way as command-F.

Another way is to download/store everything on your Desktop, no folders to ever drill down to! It 's guaranteed to slow down the computer, but the darn things are sometimes just too fast, anyway! tongue.gif

Your choice. smile.gif
THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF COUNTRIES
Those that use metric = #1 Measurement system
And the United States = The Banana system
CAUTION! Childhood vaccinations cause adults! :yes:

Offline RobW

  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 1865
    • View Profile
How can one edit a scanned document?
« Reply #16 on: February 27, 2007, 07:02:18 PM »
QUOTE
Another way is to download/store everything on your Desktop, no folders to ever drill down to! It 's guaranteed to slow down the computer, but the darn things are sometimes just too fast, anyway!


I see you've met my wife and seen her desktop. Or couldn't see her desktop as it turns out. wallbash.gif

Peter, you're way too hard on yourself. I'm glad you found what you needed. I'm also glad you asked the question, because I've often wondered about the same thing. salute.gif
« Last Edit: February 27, 2007, 07:03:31 PM by RobW »
-Rob
A couple of IMacs, an iPad, a bunch of iPhones...two of which don’t live here, but I still pay for. Oh yeah, wife, daughters, and yes—a grandson!

Offline Gregg

  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 11748
    • View Profile
    • http://
How can one edit a scanned document?
« Reply #17 on: February 27, 2007, 07:26:17 PM »
QUOTE(tacit @ Feb 27 2007, 11:31 AM) [snapback]120368[/snapback]
A scanned image that is saved as a PDF contains no text. It only contains a picture. You can not copy a picture from a scanned image in a PDF and then paste it into a word processor as text. Only a PDF that contains text will let you copy the text as text.


I'm not surprised. That was what I suspected. But, he had tried it already, come to find out. Doesn't hurt anything. Thomas Edison, I feel your pain. wink.gif
Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.

Offline krissel

  • Administrator
  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 14735
    • View Profile
How can one edit a scanned document?
« Reply #18 on: February 28, 2007, 01:45:09 AM »
Peter, no problem. We all found some other possibilities for anyone who may have this problem in the future.

salute.gif


A Techsurvivors founder

Offline bellbram

  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 768
    • View Profile
    • http://
How can one edit a scanned document?
« Reply #19 on: March 01, 2007, 12:34:57 AM »
Thanks again to all of you.

You really are a great bunch and I count it a privilege to be able to converse with you.

 thanx.gif  cheer.gif  cheer.gif