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Aug 4, 2019 22:34:57   #
kenArchi Loc: Seal Beach, CA
 
I do not have a copier. So I have to take a picture of the document an d print as a photo, of course on standard white paper.
How do I convert this from photo to document?

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Aug 4, 2019 22:37:05   #
CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City
 
You can insert a picture (the JPEG file) into a word document and save as a word document (or PDF). Is that what you want?

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Aug 4, 2019 23:17:03   #
Bill_de Loc: US
 
Google Drive can convert your image into an editable document.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC6VmwWEcXw

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Aug 4, 2019 23:45:25   #
kenArchi Loc: Seal Beach, CA
 
I do not know how to use a google.

Yes, a word document.

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Aug 4, 2019 23:51:14   #
Bill_de Loc: US
 
kenArchi wrote:
I do not know how to use a google.

Yes, a word document.


Did you watch the video?

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Aug 5, 2019 00:21:41   #
twowindsbear
 
Take your document to a copy machine and pay about $0.10 per page and save yourself a LOT of aggravation!! To say nothing of getting a much better copy.

That's mw WAG

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Aug 5, 2019 01:22:46   #
mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey
 
twowindsbear wrote:
Take your document to a copy machine and pay about $0.10 per page and save yourself a LOT of aggravation!! To say nothing of getting a much better copy.

That's mw WAG

Your making an assumption he want's to print the document. I create a few hundred business documents a year in MS Word. I print only a small fraction of them. The rest are emailed or shared collaboratively as a Word or PDF document. Even when shared very few are ultimately printed these days. Its fast becoming the era of the paperless office. In any case, even if he wanted to print it, most home printers today can also be used as copying machines with excellent results.

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Aug 5, 2019 05:38:14   #
David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA
 
Have you tried "copy" from file and "paste" into Word document?

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Aug 5, 2019 07:10:35   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
kenArchi wrote:
I do not have a copier. So I have to take a picture of the document an d print as a photo, of course on standard white paper.
How do I convert this from photo to document?


The video using Google Drive seems to present a good solution.

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Aug 5, 2019 08:11:24   #
foxfirerodandgun Loc: Stony Creek, VA
 
I have found out that it is easier to take a screen shot of the image, copy or download it to save it to the computer download list for future use, and than paste it to a blank page in Word and print it if desired. Works for me every time. Just my 2ยข.

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Aug 5, 2019 08:31:28   #
korat Loc: Eastern Shore Virginia
 
I've often done what CHG CANON suggests, but wouldn't it also work just to print the photo on regular copy paper?

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Aug 5, 2019 08:54:50   #
tuatara Loc: Orig. NZ - currently SF area
 
kenArchi wrote:
I do not have a copier. So I have to take a picture of the document an d print as a photo, of course on standard white paper.
How do I convert this from photo to document?


I use an app on my phone, Office Lens, it's an MS product, runs on all phones. You can take an image of several different originals, document, image, whiteboard, business card. The app will then straighten it and clean up the image, which can then be saved to the location of your choice.
Been using it for years and I highly recommend it. best of all it's free.
If it's a document you wish to edit then you'll need to run the finished capture through some different software.

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Aug 5, 2019 09:07:33   #
DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA
 
kenArchi wrote:
I do not have a copier. So I have to take a picture of the document an d print as a photo, of course on standard white paper.
How do I convert this from photo to document?


Are you trying to make it an editable document? Or just an electronic copy that you can duplicate?

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Aug 5, 2019 09:33:53   #
Al Beatty Loc: Boise, Idaho
 
If I understand, you want to take a picture (JPEG) of a printed page and turn it into text that can be edited. I do this often using OCR (optical character recognition) software that is part of my desktop scanner/printer. The picture to text conversion is not perfect but usually successfully converts about 95% then I "clean up" the text after the scan. Take care & ...

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Aug 5, 2019 09:35:06   #
fetzler Loc: North West PA
 
It would seem that the purchase of an all in one printer that includes the copy function would be so worth it. If you need to edit the text later Google Drive, Adobe Acrobat (full version, expensive) or a OCR program would be necessary.

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