If you already have a scanned image, you can convert it to text using OCR
software like Tesseract-OCR, which has already been mentioned. It is free and
open-source, and is available for Linux, MS Windows and Mac. gImageReader
(https://github.com/manisandro/gImageReader) is a nice GUI for
Converting a .pdf file to editable text is a bit like making live pigs
out of sausage meat.
On 10/29/23 18:40, Michael H wrote:
If you have a paper document you want to turn into text, and your scanner
doesn't give you text output as an option... you can download Google Lens
and point your
And if you have an Iphone, Google Lens is built into the Google App, as far
as I can tell. you want to find the 'text' mode.
On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 7:40 PM Michael H wrote:
> If you have a paper document you want to turn into text, and your scanner
> doesn't give you text output as an
If you have a paper document you want to turn into text, and your scanner
doesn't give you text output as an option... you can download Google Lens
and point your phone at the document and copy each page that way.
But the copied text is in your phone, so you'll have to email it to a
desktop or
On 10/29/23 20:12, Kenneth Groninga wrote:
When I scan a document how can I save if as a text rather tban an image?
By using OCR to turn it into text. Often the
OCR is built-in to the scanning software.
Mike
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How was the document created in LibreOffice saved? It you are in the
habit of storing all your documents as PDF files then this would be
expected.
~~R
On 10/29/23 16:43, Mike Flannigan wrote:
On 10/29/23 18:41, Kenneth Groninga wrote:
There are 2 instances. I have an old written document
On 10/29/23 18:41, Kenneth Groninga wrote:
There are 2 instances. I have an old written document that I want to
edit.. So I scan it and file it in My Documents . Then I open it in
Libre Office Writer to edit it and I can not edit the document.
That is normal. If scanning turns the
What you are doing is not normal. Why scan it? Why not
just open the text file in anything and edit it?
If you want to go back and forth between text and image file,
you can. On Linux I use tesseract to do ocr.
Mike
On 10/26/23 10:05, users+h...@global.libreoffice.org wrote:
How do I
I tried the same action with LibreOffice 7.6.2.1 on Windows 11. No
crash. Works as I expected.
Kolbjørn
Den 29.10.2023 17:09, skreiv lo.harald.ber...@t-online.de:
Hi Philip,
yes I also have this error and have reported it:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154091
Maybe
Hi Philip,
yes I also have this error and have reported it:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154091
Maybe you like to put it on CONFIRMED.
Kind Regards
Harald
Am 29.10.2023 um 15:24 schrieb Philip Jackson:
LO Writer 7.5.5.2 on Windows 10
I was checking to see what the
LO Writer 7.5.5.2 on Windows 10
I was checking to see what the options were in Format > page style > Area tab.
Initially, this tab shows 'None'. When I click on any other button, (Color,
Gradient, Image ...) I see the set of options available. When I then click on
any other button Writer
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