I used the thing that comes with Office too but I really didn't like it. I started out using a free OCR program but I can't remember what it was called. It was ok but it's no Omnipage. I think it was called Simple OCR. Valerie can point you to some good programs based on what other equipment you have, I think. -- Jamie in Michigan Currently Reading: Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell See everything I've read this year at: www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html