| Document scanning is frequently required in | | | | how the document is scanned and in which format it |
| administration work and is a method of converting a | | | | will come out. When scanning documents you have |
| paper document into a readable computer file. This | | | | sever options regarding the colour and scale you witch |
| makes the document viewable on a computer screen | | | | the document to be outputted it. If colour is not a |
| in which it can be zoomed in or out and depending on | | | | necessity the document can be scanned in black and |
| the programme used to open it, other functions may | | | | white (this saves printer ink or toner). The scale of the |
| be available. If required the documents can also be | | | | scanned item can also be changed (depending on the |
| scanned in to .TIFF files and from here the text can | | | | programme in question you may be able to scan the |
| even be selected on screen and manipulated. | | | | document sand upscale or downscale the output as |
| As you can probably imagine certain hardware is | | | | required. |
| required to allow this to happen, a document can not | | | | If you do not have the equipment to do this yourself |
| simply be inserted into a computer and converted. The | | | | there are many companies that offer Document |
| use of a scanner will be required; scanners take an | | | | Scanning Services. If you just have a look in the |
| image of the document in question and pass the image | | | | search engines you will find many companies in an |
| through a cable and into the computer. | | | | instant. |
| Once again the software being used will determine | | | | |