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From: Eric.Bohlman@p1.f778.n115.z1.fidonet.org (Eric Bohlman)
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Subject: Scanner
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Date: 16 Nov 90 15:17:40 GMT
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 PN> The only problem with text is that it considers the text a graphic file 
 PN> and not a text file so you can only save or manipulate the text in a 
 PN> graphic program. It also takes several goings over a picture to set the 

You can obtain OCR software that will convert your graphics files into text.   
The October 30 issue of PC Magazine had a review of OCR software.
 

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