ABBYY ScanTo Office F.A.Q. What is ABBYY ScanTo Office? How does ABBYY ScanTo Office work? I already have an OCR application that came with my scanner to convert scanned images to Word. What is the difference between ScanTo Office and OCR software? What kind of image file format does ABBYY ScanTo Office support? What file formats can I convert my images to with ScanTo Office? Does my image have to come from a scanner for me to be able to use ScanTo Office to convert it to Microsoft Office format? Can I scan multi-page documents and convert to Microsoft Office format all at once? Can ScanTo Office detect page separations when scanning a book open faced? Will ScanTo Office work with images in a language other than English? Can ScanTo Office convert a document containing both English and Spanish? Can I control how much of the layout is retained when doing my conversion? How do I change the TWAIN source selected for use with the application? How can I run ABBYY ScanTo Office? How do I proof read the results? Will ScanTo Office open PDF files? Where can I buy ScanTo Office? I am not sure if I should buy ScanTo Office Or FineReader 7.0 Professional Edition. What is the difference?   What is ABBYY ScanTo Office? ScanTo Office is an efficient scan conversion utility that can scan paper documents or open image files into editable formats, such as Microsoft Word or Excel, or send as email attachments. Top How does ABBYY ScanTo Office work? ABBYY ScanTo Office allows you to convert scanned or saved images into editable Microsoft Office files and Image only files while impeccably retaining all formatting elements. Top I already have an OCR application that came with my scanner to convert scanned images to Word. What is the difference between ScanTo Office and OCR software? ABBYY ScanTo Office is an efficient conversion utility for users looking for a quick and simple solution to recreate the information from paper documents or scanned images into Word or Excel.  Unlike the OCR software bundled with scanners, ScanTo Office converts paper into electronic formats without leaving your Microsoft Office applications or launching a separate user interface. The results produced from ScanTo Office are truly editable and fully retain the layout and format of the originals including fonts, table and graphics.  Top What kind of image file format does ABBYY ScanTo Office support? ScanTo Office supports standard images files, such as BMP, PCX, DCX, JPEG, JPEG 2000, TIFF, and PNG. Top What file formats can I convert my images to with ScanTo Office? ScanTo Office will allow you to convert your images to the following formats while retaining their formatting and layout: DOC for editing in Microsoft Word or XLS for editing in Microsoft Excel. In addition, when you scan and send as e-mail attachments, the software will let you choose to send as RTF (rich text format) or Image only files. Top Does my image have to come from a scanner for me to be able to use ScanTo Office to convert it to Microsoft Office format? No. While ScanTo Office will convert any scanned image it also supports the use of all image files you may have archived on your computer. Top Can I scan multi-page documents and convert to Microsoft Office format all at once? Yes, simply make sure you have selected the option for "I'm going to scan a multi-page document" in the ScanTo Office Wizard. Top Can ScanTo Office detect page separations when scanning a book open faced? Yes. In the ScanTo Office Wizard click on More Options then select the "Split opposing pages" option before scanning.  Top Will ScanTo Office work with images in a language other than English? Yes, ScanTo Office can recognize up to 37 different languages. Top Can ScanTo Office convert a document containing both English and Spanish? Yes. ScanTo Office provides you with options to select primary and secondary languages. Click on More Option button under the Conversion Settings section in ScanTo Office Wizard. Select your primary and secondary languages from the list. Top Can I control how much of the layout is retained when doing my conversion? Yes. Click on More Options in the SanTo Wizard then click on the Retain Layout tab. Here you can select to retain full page layout, retain only font and font size, or you can choose to remove all formatting entirely. Top How do I change the TWAIN source selected for use with the application? Click on More Options in the ScanTo Office Wizard. In the Scanner section click on Select Source and select your scanner from the list. Top How can I run ABBYY ScanTo Office? You can use ScanTo Office in the following three ways: 1. Run ScanTo Office Wizard from Start>Program>ScanTo Office or click on the ABBYY ScanTo Office icon from your desktop 2.Right-mouse-click on the image file shown in Windows Explorer and select “ScanTo Office” 3. Click on integrated “ScanTo Office” button from Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook, or select File>ScanTo Office from these applications’ tool bars. Top How do I proof read the results? ScanTo Office allows you to easily identify any characters that were not recognized with complete certainty by clicking More Options > Retain Layout and selecting the option to ‘Highlight uncertain characters’ option in the ScanTo Office wizard. Top Will ScanTo Office open PDF files? No, ScanTo will only open supported Image formats such as BMP, JPG and TIF. If you would like to open a PDF and convert it to Microsoft Office format you will need to use ABBYY PDF Transformer instead. Top Where can I buy ScanTo Office? You can buy ABBYY ScanTo Office from our on-line store or simply contact us and place your order over the phone.  Top I am not sure if I should buy ScanTo Office Or FineReader 7.0 Professional Edition. What is the difference? ABBYY ScanTo Office is a one-click conversion utility that provides you with a quick, simple solution to scan and convert paper documents into Microsoft Word and Excel files or to forward results as email attachments in seconds.  ABBYY FineReader 7.0 OCR software is designed for users looking for superior accuracy, layout retention, PDF conversion and extensive support for input and output file formats. The software provides auto OCR (Scan & Read) as well as advanced settings that give you the added flexibility and control to achieve the highest possible recognition results, even for difficult-to-read documents, such as text printed over an image, low-contrast, or color background. It supports 177 languages and allows you to export to multiple applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Corel WordPerfect, and Lotus Word Pro. You can also save results to searchable PDF, XML, HTML, TXT, etc. Top

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