Yes, if you want to text-edit your scans they have to be editable text, not images of text, and that's called OCR. You could try Simple OCR which is free. http://www.simpleocr.com/ I just use the one that came with my scanner which is a very skinny and old version of Abbyy FineReader. It's enough for my needs but you can go up, up, up in price with them depending on your wants. Abbyy FineReader Pro is $400 but will have a high degree of character recognition and retention of original page formatting. There are others in that range but the names escape me. -- JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html Joan Smith wrote: > Whilst on the subject of scanners, please can anyone recommend a reliable > and accurate scanner program that will produce documents that can be edited? > I believe they have to be OCR. > I have an Epson CX6600 printer/scanner but I cannot edit the scanned > results. > And, please, something that is user-friendly to a not very technical > octogenarian! > Many thanks, > Joan. > > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at gen-comp-tips-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-COMP-TIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >