OCR to Word

What is OCR to Word Conversion?

OCR to Word conversion turns scanned documents and images into editable DOCX files. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) detects text in the image and exports it to a Word document. PdfMetric's OCR to Word tool makes scanned contracts, letters, and multi-page documents editable. Layout, table detection, and font matching preserve document structure where possible.

Scanned documents are just images; text cannot be selected or edited. OCR recognizes characters in these images and converts them to text. Good scanning practices: 300 DPI, flat pages, adequate contrast. Low resolution or skewed scans reduce OCR accuracy. Table detection and preserving column/row structure matter for financial reports and lists.

Scanning Best Practices

Flatten pages before scanning; avoid shadows and spots. Color or grayscale is slower than black-and-white for text; B&W is sufficient for text-focused documents. Multi-page documents can be uploaded as a single PDF or image and processed. Output is downloaded as DOCX and can be opened and edited in Word.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Upload scan or image: Select PDF or image (JPG, PNG, TIFF).
2. Select language (optional): Specify document language to improve OCR accuracy.
3. Start OCR: Run text recognition and Word conversion.
4. Download DOCX: Save the editable Word document.

Tip: Use high-quality scans. Use a deskew tool first for crooked pages.