Have you tried editing a scanned document on Mac? If not, then follow this Word tutorial to edit a scanned document on a Mac device.
Let’s get started to learn more.
Edit Scanned PDF on Mac
Follow the below steps to edit a scanned PDF on a Mac device.
- Before editing a scanned PDF, open a scanned PDF file. Click the Open File button on the home screen.
- Now, a notification will pop up at the top of the screen. Click on the Perform OCR button. If you cannot see this option, click the OCR text recognition under the Tool tab. Following OCR, the software will automatically launch a newly made editable PDF. Once OCR performance has been done, the program will automatically open an editable PDF.
- Click the Text button to enable the editing mode. Double-click on the text or the image that you want to edit within the newly created PDF.
- In this step, you have to save the edited document. you can save your edited PDF file. You can go to the File menu and select Save As or press Command + Shift + S from your Keyboard.
By doing this, you can edit the scanned document on a Mac.
How to View a PDF or Scanned Document on Mac
Follow the below steps to view a PDF or scanned document in Mac.
- In the Notes app, search for the PDF or scanned document by name.
- Choose View> Show attachment browser then click scans or documents. To view an attachment choose View> Show in Note.
- Click the down arrow beside the document title, then choose Quick Look attachment to preview a PDF or scanned document.
- Add text, drawings, shapes, or signatures to the PDF or scanned documents. Here you click the down arrow next to the document title and choose Markup.
This is how you can view a PDF or scanned document on a Mac.
How to Rename a PDF or Scanned Document
A scanned document is automatically named. For example, a PDF has the same name as the original file. You can rename the type of attachment.
- In the Notes app on your Mac, select PDF or scan in the note then choose Edit> Rename Attachment.
- Type the new name and click Save.
In this way, you can rename a PDF or scanned document on a Mac device.
How to edit a scanned document on a Mac?
You can edit a scanned document in Word Online in three simple steps. Here is how to do it in the simplest way possible.
Step 1 – Convert the picture file into a text file
This is the most essential step when it comes to editing a scanned image. Converting the picture file into a text file is called OCR. The process used to transform an image of text into a machine-readable text format is known as optical character recognition (OCR).
- Transfer the image to your computer
- Login to onlineocr.net
Please note: this is just an example you can use any other online service by typing Free OCR converter online in the Google search bar.
- You will, on the home page see a blue button labeled Select File.
- Click on it, and you will have a popup window with all the files on your computer.
- Select the File that needs to be converted (There is a size limit of 15 MB)
- Once the File is uploaded, you can move on to the second step, where you choose the output language and the format.
- Click on the arrow and select the Language (in this case, it was English)
- Secondly, click on the arrow to select Microsoft Office (doc)
- Now click on Convert.
- You must wait a few minutes while the file is converted.
- After the converted file is ready, you will have an option to download the file. Click on download.
- Select the location of the file and start downloading.
Step 2 – Open the converted file in Word online
- Login to Office online using your credentials
- Click on the Word logo in the left panel.
- Cl