Thank, Eric ... but isn't that what my Lexmark does? It scans whatever I give it to scan and I get a jpg image on my desktop (or wherever I save it). By converting, as you say, the image into text, does that mean it is not a jpg and that I can edit it? Do you have it and do you find it useful? --- Harold > > From: "Eric Vogel" When you scan in a document, it scans in the text as > a graphic. Abby reads the image and converts the imange into text and puts > it in a word doc or you can c/c/p it into another app. It is a Optical > Charicter Recigntion (OCR) program > > From: "Harold B." (original question) > Hello again ... My printer (a Lexmark 3300) besides printing and copying, > is also a scanner. I also have pre-installed in my Compaq Windows XP > system a program called "Abbyy FineReader 6.0 Sprint Plus" ... As far as > I can see, it uses my Lexmark scanning program for scanning and can also > pick up any jpg file in my system. Am I missing something meaning, what > does this Abbyy program do that my Lexmark doesn't do? --- Harold ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-