Converting a fax (.tif) to a Word document (.doc)

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Simple question, but I cannot seem to figure it out for
myself. How can I convert an incoming fax in a .tiff
format to a Word document and save it as a .doc so I can
access it as if it were an ordinary word document?
 
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| Simple question, but I cannot seem to figure it out for
| myself. How can I convert an incoming fax in a .tiff
| format to a Word document and save it as a .doc so I can
| access it as if it were an ordinary word document?
 
I believe you would need OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software to
convert the image to a document.
 
Thank you, Carey!
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Thank you, Robert. I found "Simple OCR" on ZDNET.com for
FREE (just my price) and I'm going to try that.
 
TIFF (Tag Image File Format) is a graphic, DOC is a document or text format. You'll need an OCR program to change/convert it. If you have a scanner installed it should have an OCR feature in its application to do this.
 
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