How to Copy a HP Scan to Word for Editing (9 Steps)

1. Open the HP scanner's lid. Place the document you would like to scan on the scanner, print-side down on the glass.
2. Press the 'Scan' button on the scanner's front panel. The HP scanner control program will open.
3. Click on the down arrow on the box under the heading 'Where do you want the scan to go?'
Select 'MS Word.'
4. Click on the icon next to 'To output type.' The 'Change output type' dialog box will open.
5. Click on 'Text' under the heading 'Choose the output type of the scan.'
6. Click 'OK.'
7. Click 'Send the scan now.' Your HP scanner will scan the document and send it to Word.
8. Click 'Done' if scanning a document that only contains one page. If scanning a multiple page document, remove the scanned document and place the next page to be scanned under the scanner's lid. Click 'Scan.' Repeat until each page of the multiple-page document is scanned.
9. Edit the document in Word.