Instructional Technology Center
Scanning text with the flatbed scanner
- Double click the HP director icon on the desktop.
- In the opening screen, click scan document.
- Click on the type of scan you wish to perform: text as a graphic, text and pictures as a graphic, editable text, or editable text with graphics.
- Choose the type of file you want to save your final document as. If you want a pdf file, click on save as: file. For any other program, simply click on the program you want to save it as. ex: save as: word.
- Place the document on the scanner.
- Click scan.
- The preview window will open up. Move the handles until the dotted line outlines the area you want to scan.
- Click scan.
- If you want to add another page to the file, put the next page into the scanner and click yes at the prompt. Repeat process until you no longer want to add any more pages.
- If you are finished scanning your document, click no at the prompt. The computer will process the job and prompt you to save your document. Save the document either to the public folder or your own floppy disk or usb drive.
