If you have a scanned document and want to make changes to it, Microsoft Word offers a simple solution that can handle the task for anyone who doesn’t want to invest in Adobe Acrobat. Read on to learn how to edit a scanned document in Word.
How to Edit a Scanned Document: Tutorial
You can edit scanned documents in Word as long as they are in PDF format. However, if the document is scanned as an image, you will need to convert the image to a PDF first. Then you can use Word to edit the converted PDF.
Scan your document and save it as a PDF. Every scanner is a little different, but all scanners offer this option.
Open Word, and then locate and open the PDF. You may need to select the drop-down menu to the right of the File Name field, and then select PDF Files so that Word looks for PDFs instead of Word files.
