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by mathew

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When scanning documents why do we get funny characters, and how can we corret this?

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by thechas

I assume that you are using some form of Optical Character Recognition software.

Either the ASCI code for what the OCR software sees is calling up the wrong character, or some characters are not supported by your choosen output font.

It is also possible that the OCR software could not define the character, and places the "funny" character as an indication of a problem.

What to do?

1. Try scanning at the next higher resolution setting.
2. Clean the scanner window.
3. Update to newer OCR software.
4. Choose a different font.

Chas

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