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Jezebel Jezebel is offline
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Default copy text in a picture into a word document

To convert graphic text to editable text, you need to use an OCR
application. If you have a scanner, you probably received some such; or
there's Microsoft Imaging that comes with Windows. However, it's rarely
worth the effort for text *within* a graphic (as opposed to a scanned page
of text) -- the graphic generally interferes with the text recognition so
the error rate is high. It's usually quicker to re-type it from scratch than
to correct the OCR'd copy.



"rr2000" wrote in message
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When I copy a picture from a pdf document or picture and paste it as a
picture in word I cant work on it. Is there anyway that this could be
pasted
as text into word or excel.