https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Office-Printers/scanned-documents/m-p/9395#M70 <P>I have a Canon MX882 printer and when I scan documents I can only scan them as PDF's.&nbsp; Is it possible to scan the document and save as a "Word" document?</P> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:08:12 GMT ddyjac 2012-12-30T23:08:12Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Office-Printers/scanned-documents/m-p/9395#M70 <P>I have a Canon MX882 printer and when I scan documents I can only scan them as PDF's.&nbsp; Is it possible to scan the document and save as a "Word" document?</P> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:08:12 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Office-Printers/scanned-documents/m-p/9395#M70 ddyjac 2012-12-30T23:08:12Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Office-Printers/scanned-documents/m-p/10447#M83 <P>Hello ddyjac.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Unfortunately, the MP Navigator scanning software can only save scans to JPEG, PDF, BMP, TIFF and PNG format.&nbsp; Specialized OCR software would have to be used to save documents in Microsoft Word format.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>However, a basic&nbsp;OCR option is available in the software&nbsp;that would allow you to scan basic text documents into Notepad.&nbsp; Once this has been done, you can copy the text and paste it into Microsoft Word for additional editing.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>This didn't answer your question or issue? Find more help at <A target="_blank" href="http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/standard_display/contact_us_consumer">Contact Us.</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 06 Jan 2013 23:57:13 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Office-Printers/scanned-documents/m-p/10447#M83 Michael 2013-01-06T23:57:13Z