That’s right, you read that correctly! Google Docs now supports importing scanned documents and then allowing you to edit the converted docs! This is yet another great new feature introduced by the ‘big G’ in what seems to be a particularly active development period.
So how do you do it?
In your main Google Docs page click on ‘Upload’. Once on the upload page, check the “Convert text from PDF or image files to Google Docs documents”, upload your scanned images (JPEG, GIF, PNG) or PDFs, and Google Docs will extract text and formatting from the scans. You are then free to edit the converted document and save/share it as you can with any other document.
I know for a fact this is a feature that we will be using here at Moray Web Solutions, and seeing as its available in all versions of Google Apps there will be many others out there that will find it a great addition too!
