Why pay for Omnipage when OCR text scan comes bundled with Microsoft Office 2007? A friend of mine discovered that Microsoft 2007 does not come with OCR or better known as Document and Imaging, which is not quite true, the problem is due to the default installation with Microsoft Office 2007, OCR or Document and Imaging does not installed itself in the default installation.
Hold your horses, you don’t need to uninstall and reinstall Microsoft Office 2007, simple hit the ‘add and remove’ button in Control Panel and select ‘Change’
Select the ‘add and remove feature’ radio button and select ‘next’
In the following dialog box, select ‘Office Tool’ > ‘Microsoft Office Document Imaging’ > ‘ Scanning, OCR and Indexing Service Filter’ and under the drop down list choose ‘run from computer’ and proceed with the installation.
There you go, now you’ve just enabled Microsoft Office 2007 OCR, and its free. Visit this post on how to use Microsoft Office 2007 OCR text scan.
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I can’t thank you enough for the tip on opening the OCR feature in the otherwise piece of #$%$ application by Microsoft. I just cannot believe these losers. They are the equivalent of General Motors. Let’s hope they go the same way.
Sorry for the rant.
Rory
Wow, I almost install a third party software for this OCR feature.. Luckily I found this page. Many Thanks!
Well, thanks! I hope this works – I’d have never known that I already hab an OCR on my pc…
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I have given up with the HP Photo Essentials software (installation problems, driver problems, uninstall problems… the list goes on) and totally forgot this software was ‘hidden’ in MS Office. Just spent an entire week stressing over OCR and thanks to your posting, I can get back to real life again ;-)
Great help – clear instructions from someone who knows what they are doing.
Thanks for the help. This will save me quite a bit of re-typing!
Please inform how to use Chinese with Office XP OCR. Your assistance gratefully appreciated.
Thanks for this. OCR is so useful and couldn’t believe that 2003 Office had it but 2007 Office didn’t.
Though I’ve already had a OCR program, this is good educating stuff. Thanks.
Thanks a million. I was completely lost
Man you made my day..good trick will share it with everyone .
im using a japanese computer with windows 7 starter as OS. i tried to follow your instructions as i use the OCR program a lot. but im stuck in the microsoft office>office tools. there is no selection for “Scanning, OCR and Indexing Service Filter”. your help will be much appreciated. please email me anytime.
Thanks so much! This was a huge timesaver!
I followed the instructions with no difficulty to enable 2007 OCR but can’t find the program. I am using Windows 7 and have also downloaded Epson scan. How do I get the scan to find the Office 2007 OCR?
The reference you provide: … “how to use Microsoft Office 2007 OCR text scan” … following the instructions sends me to a site that asks me for a user name and password.
I want to send scanned documents to Word as i did in the past with ABBYY FineReader no longer available from Epson after a move to a new Windows 7 laptop.
Thanks – Bill
just really tanks
Lorenzo
from Italy
Thanks ! I was just wondering why it was not there in Office-2007
your link at bottom of post
Visit this post on how to use Microsoft Office 2007 OCR text scan.
is broken
Thank for the info, link updated!
Thx You Bro …. it was B#%#S*#) that wasted my 1hr on that office looking for it …. Thanks once agian
This doesn’t seem to work for my 2007 Office and Student Version… I don’t have the same drop down boxes as your tutorial indicates….
Just as H4RRY I downloaded a third party S/w But before installing i found this doc. …… THANKYOU VERRRRRRRYYY MUCH
Thanks a ton my friend……:-)
Many thanks. It is great. Under good instruction it is working. Thank you again for your support.
hi,
would someone explaint to me how can get arabic text from image using microsof document imaging, cos in windows office 2007 french version i can’t. how can add arrabic langage in this software.
thanks a lot.
Many thanks for gecko. This info was kewl. thx bro :)
Hi – I followed the instructions for Office 2010 – laset bit slightly differeent but clicked the apropriate one and re-booted but for the life of me I cannot find any icon on the ribbon to let me use my scanner directly.
Sorry for my ignorance but am now well over 70 and things get a little complicated
Any help appreciated – Thanks
Dear Sir/Madam!
I am highly grateful to you for giving such important information and way to how configure document imaging in MS Office 2007. Its really works great. I once again thanks to you and your team for launching precious and helpful information on your esteemed website.
Thanks my friend ! you save my lot of time.