Windows 10: OCR

I have Office 2010 Home and Student. Is there a way, besides cloud or buying OCR software, to use OCR with Windows 10?
I did find "Free OCR" and it is just ok. The price for OCR is very high and it did not come with this printer.I tried Google OCR but I did not want my private data in the cloud.
A full version of Office has a provision for OCR but I did not know if Word can do it with the 2010 version.

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Windows fax and scan

???? OCR? If you are scanning and wanting digital format, then OCR for the scanner is needed but to send a FAX from a file, it is not.

 

How can I copy a text paper to an application that will convert it to a document that can be edited?

In this day and age one asks Google like so:

What is OCR?

 

8 best OCR software for Windows 10

 

>Is there a way I can download Free OCR to a disc or flash drive, in case I need it to reinstall my OS?
Is it a matter of downloading to a DVD and when needed, click on setup?
Thanks for the referrals.

 

MS Office 2010 Home and Student.
That comes with OCR in Microsoft OneNote 2010, look in your all programs list under Office. That has OCR. It will start with an offer of a free upgrade but cancel that for the moment.

Start up a new Notebook > Insert picture > Select picture > Right click > Copy text from picture(this is the OCR bit).

Then obviously paste text into what ever you want, Word 2010 etc.

The hidden corners of your applications you never knew you had...

If you have a flatbed scanner or similar they are usually supplied with a cut down version of some OCR application. My old HP Scanner came with a cut down version of Iris OCR.

 

Could you please also tell me how to write the 'free ocr' download to disc? Thank you for instructions with One Note.

 

Free OCR on that suggested list is online so just save in your Browser favourites same as anything else.

If it's an install file just save that somewhere, HDD, DVD, USB key etc.

 

It is a download and install so I just allow the target to be a DVD +if I need it again it will play off of setup?

 

You download the Install file to a Folder on your hard drive, normally that would be the "Downloads" folder, then you move it to a more suitable location.
If required, burn that file to a DVD or you can copy to a USB key, or whatever you want.

Setup installs the application to be used.

Only stand alone applications can be run directly from the *.exe file.

 

OneNote, included in Microsoft Office, is an excellent OCR program. It can read and extract text from image files: Copy Text from Picture in OneNote Apps Features Tutorials

 

*Ditto Have been using this for several years, pretty accurate.

 

@Helmut - it is stand alone so I will install in DVD for future use. @Kari One Onte is interesting and I appreciate the referrals.
I will practise with both.

 

I really need help. I have been trying for hours to scan a document then have Onenote convert it to editable text in Word.
I did it once but cannot remember how. I have tried it as all the extensions but once succeeded with .Jpeg.
I have Office 2010 Home and Student with Word. I am running Windows 10 pro.
I have watched tutorials but I cannot "save as picture" as they advise.
Now I cannot get Onenote to begin again cleanly. It has old folders showing.
Please, a few tips would really be appreciated.

 

I used the control panel>programs and features>MS Office>rt click>change and enabled OCR.Now when I insert a document, I copy paste then when it is in word I double click it and it is enabled to move characters around.