About how to convert scans to Office files
Scan na picture, so the normal converters no get text to work with. This tool dey first read every page with OCR, then build the result again as Word document or Excel workbook. Choose Word for text: letters, contracts and reports go become paragraphs wey you fit edit. Choose Excel for tables: e go find rows and columns and write dem inside cells, wey go save you from typing figures again from printed statement or price list. How well e recognise depend on the scan. Pages wey dem scan straight, around 300 dpi, for good light and with dark text on light background dey give the best results. E no dey recognise handwriting well. Always check names, numbers and totals before you depend on dem, because small dirt fit turn 3 to 8. To select the correct language dey help with accents and characters; choose plenty if the document mix languages. If you only need searchable text and you want the document to look the same, OCR PDF na the better tool.
Limits: one PDF for each task, reach 25 MB with free account, 200 MB for Pro and 500 MB for Business. Each page wey dem read count towards OCR pages (20 every month with free account, 20 before you sign in, 500 for Pro and 1,000 for each user for Business), and each file count as one Office conversion (10, 300 and 500 for each user every month).
Before you sign in, files fit reach 25 MB and you fit run 10 server tasks every day. Free account go raise am to 25 MB and 10 tasks every day.
Privacy: your file dey upload through encrypted connection go our UK servers, e dey process by itself without any person opening am, and we go delete am inside 2 hours (1 hour on Free), or sharp sharp with Delete now.
How to use the PDF tools: Step-by-step help with every tool, limits and your files.
Scan to Word or Excel: questions wey people dey ask
I suppose choose Word or Excel?
Word for documents wey be mostly text, Excel for documents wey be mostly tables of figures.
E fit read handwriting?
No well. Na for printed or typed text dem design am.
How this one dey count for my limits?
Every page wey e read na one OCR page, and the whole file na one Office conversion.
I fit convert photo of document?
Turn the photo to PDF with JPG to PDF first, then convert that PDF for here. Straight, clear photo dey work best.