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HELP* converting scanned document to adjust it?

I just bought a epson scanner to scan documents like my letter head for example. I wanted to then convert the scanned image of my letter head so I can open it as a template and type my letters and print them and the letter head together. I otherwise need to have more letter head printed. I also have documents that I want to scan and fill out and print. I have to keep this damn old archaic typewriter to fill out all my aplications for payment and safety forms. If I could scan the original I can fill it out and print it instead of typing it. I scanned the documents and they are saved as a jpeg or tiff but I cannot alter them. I assume I can get some sort of software to convert the file. I have microsoft word and works. How can I do this??? Thanks in advance.

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1. You need to get OCR software. This stands for Optical Character Reader and it does a fairly good job of recognizing text and saving it as such. Without this software you will always get items scanned as image file types, not as text/documents. Here's a website with info on OCR software: http://www.simpleocr.com/OCR_Software_Guide.asp As for converting your letterhead to a template, there are any number of applications that you can use. You should be able to do this in Word, after you use OCR software, but be aware that OCR will not handle letterhead that has any images in it, just text.