I think scanning with OCR (optical character recognition) is still far from perfect, especially with cheaper programs packaged with scanners at purchase time. No doubt it has improved greatly since I gave up trying a few years ago. If you are in fact scanning with OCR you cannot expect to get the graphic also. Maybe someone more savvy will appear shortly but perhaps I might make a suggestion here. If the text needs modifying anyway why bother with that? Scan the graphic as a jpg or bmp, crop off the text and then insert the graphic into a fresh Word document and add the text you want. If, as is quite possible, I have not covered your problem please give us a bit more detail on what you are trying to scan.

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I use OmniPage SE. Came free with my Canon printer. I scan hundreds of documents and it does an excellent job. I save them in Word as a .doc Easy to use. I'm not sure about hand written notes though. I scan printed documents. I know they sell a 'paid version' which is more sophisticated, but don't know it. The SE version does everything I need. Jane

I don't have everything under control but it was a wonderful day when I put a laundry basket beneath the small desk in our entry way. When mail comes in, I put all standard monthly bills inside without opening. I now have added a zip lock bag to the laundry basket and store all receipts/maintenance for the house in that laundry basket. At the end of the year, I pull out the zip lock bag and put that in my file cabinet for the house filed by year. The rest of the stuff in the laundry basket goes into a kitchen trash sized bag with a stickup label on the outside that has the year. I store the bag in our loft which we use for storage (could put it in an attic or closet, etc.) At the beginning of the year, I make sure the laundry basket beneath the desk is EMPTY. This location is handy because I can sort my mail quickly. I have two or three times needed to go into this basket in the years since I've been doing this. Once I remember I needed a water bill to show I was a city resident and could use the dump for hauling trash. I found what I needed within 10 minutes. I have added a second ziploc bag to the laundry basket labeled "Annual bills/invoices/records" such as when I get our health and home insurance statements, (can't remember what else goes in there. ) This is still a work in progress but I LOVE having a place to immediately file. (I have another small pot I use for storing tax related stuff that comes in starting in January) and since we itemize, I have a small box close by for medical receipts that are kept file yearly. (Haven't figured out where or how or when to store blood test results, etc...work in progress) Trick for me is to make it EASY to file immediately. I have a box for junk mail that I use for tossing, don't even open. Then I take whole box (when it fills up) to Office Max store where they charge modest amount to shred. I don't even have to keep a shredder anymore. As a result of this thread, I think I will change and find a new "Pot" for "IMPORTANT" and save and store on a yearly basis and don't throw away periodically. I think filiing immediately and trying to avoid sorting until you must find something is a good strategy. As a result of remodeling, I will have a new fairly nice sized closet near the entry way. I plan to put my "pots" in there. However, I don't think I will move the laundry basket. It has been such a life-saviour, I don't want to mess with a good thing.