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    Beginners Guide to Microsoft Windows Journal For Tablets

    Beginners Guide to Microsoft Windows Journal For Tablets

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    Microsoft Windows Journal is a note taking application that is included in Windows 7 ,Windows 8 and Windows XP Tablet PC. It allows the user to write the notes on his tablet using the stylus. You can also enjoy drawing and sketching on this journal with some basic options. It saves the files in the .jnt format which is a less popular format. You can also take notes or draw sketches using the mouse (hold the left click and move your mouse), if you have a non-touch screen.

    Install Journal Note Writer

    When you will open the Windows Journal for the first time, it will seek your permission to install the Journal Note Writer. Click install to complete the installation process. This writer will be used to print your text or image documents in the .jnt format.

    Windows Journal Note Writer

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    Effective File Search Is A Better Windows Search Alternative

    Effective File Search Is A Better Windows Search Alternative

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    Effective File Search for Windows is a better alternative to Windows Search which helps you find your desired files instantly. The problem with built-in Windows file search feature is that takes a lot of time to complete. Although Microsoft has done a lot of work in enhancing the search feature in Windows 8, the earlier versions of Windows lack the robustness, effectiveness and relevance which other software can offer.

    Another drawback of Windows Search is that it needs the indexing utility to be running all the time for effective searching. The indexing utility takes a lot of resources when it’s running.

    The benefit of Effective File Search is that it does not only search for files on your computer, it also searches for files on any external drive like network, CD/DVD, USB drives etc.

    Effective File Search allows you to enter search terms as well as extend your search by adding filters. These filters include keywords, file size, date and many other options. When your search is complete, the program gives a list of relevant files. There is a dedicated Date and size tab which allows adding your filters. Just choose from the given options and Effective File Search will do the rest.

    You can rename your files that are presented in the list. You can even copy or delete those files. You can save all your search parameters and results in a file. This means all your searches could be saved and you don’t have to repeat the process for a single search again.

    Effective File Search 1

    The software has been created in a way that everyone can use it. The interface is very simple and user-friendly. You don’t need any specific ability to use the software. The software saves you time and is very easy to handle with just a few simple options.

    1. Open the software and type your search term. In my search I am entering Genesis, you can search whatever you need.

    Effective File Search 2

    2. After clicking, the program will start its process and will give you correct search results.

    Effective File Search 3

    3. So, the program has found my file. You can remove extra results or copy your own result. If you want to save the parameters, click on file and choose save parameters.

    Effective File Search saving search parameters

    4. Save your parameter with whatever name you want and save it from where you can get access to it easily.

    Effective File Search saved search parameters

    Saving parameters mean saving your search settings. The program also offers filtering options by which you can refine your search.

    Playing with more features of Effective File Search will help you in understanding the software properly. Place the icon on your desktop so you can use it readily and search your results with in no time.

    Download Effective File Search

    If you are using Windows 8, you may go through an advanced guide to Windows 8 Search.

    Mastering Windows 8 Search – An Advanced Guide

    Mastering Windows 8 Search – An Advanced Guide

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    The introduction of ribbon bar in Windows Explorer in the Windows 8 has enhanced the user experience to a great deal. Windows 7 users may be familiar with a search bar in the start menu or at the top left corner of in the windows explorer. But, Windows 8 users have been gifted with an advanced search tool through the ribbon bar. This search tool provides several options that can help narrow your search and displays the most relevant results. In this tutorial, we will explain different techniques through which you may use this tool efficiently.

    Search by Property

    1- Search by size

    You can restrict your search by specifying the range of file size. Search tool has pre-defined size ranges named as empty, tiny, small, medium, large, huge and gigantic. You can select a suitable range for your document, file, folder or program by clicking on the ‘Size’ drop down list or write size: tiny in the search bar.

    2- Search by kind

    Size range option may not seem very helpful to home users as they can not make a guess about file size. So there is another useful property which is easily understandable and memorable by all. Search by the file kind like calendar, contact, picture, music, e-mail, note or etc.

    3- Search by Tags

    Similarly, you can assign tags to files and folder when you save them so that ‘Search’ can efficiently bring them in front of you.

    • tags:=”profile pic” OR tag:=”rahmeen”

    Windows 8 Size Kind

    4- Search by Type

    You will definitely appreciate the advanced algorithm at the back end of search tool. If you write “type: ” in the search bar, the auto-complete feature will display a list of type including .jpg, .JPEG, .xps, .docx and others. But, if you have mentioned the kind of file it will display the possible options only to avoid any misguided instruction. For example, a document can not have a ‘.jpg ‘ type so it will not be included in the auto-complete list.

    win8-search-type

    5- Search by Date

    Just like other properties, date can also be used to filter search results.

    win8-search-date

    This option lets you specify any particular date, today, yesterday, this week, last week, this month, last month etc. What if you want to see search results of files from a month which was previous to last month? Try the following:

    • date: January 2013.

    Using Advanced Query Syntax

    You will notice that as you select any specific search property its keyword is displayed in the search box. This can be exploited by programmers as they love specifying explicit conditions. You can learn Advanced Query Syntax that is a new inclusion in windows8 search tool. It makes use of the ‘Boolean Operators’ that allow you to mention different choices at one time. For example, you may be looking for ‘Intensity’ which can be any document name or mp3 audio. Or you may be looking for a contact which you added last week. You can tell search tool about your requirements by typing:

    • kind: =document OR kind: =music
    • kind: =contact AND date: last week

    win8-boolean-operator

    Note: Boolean operators are case-sensitive and they will respond correctly when written in upper case.

    Set Advanced Search Options

    You can define how to do you want ‘Search Tool’ to find the files, folders or programs for you. Go to Search -> Advanced Options.
    Tell the search tool if you want to match the names partially. You can also include or exclude indexed locations from being searched through the same dialog box.You may also specify the type of files and directories to be included in search results.

    win8-advanced search

    Another way is to set search options without opening search tool.

    • Go to View -> Options -> Change folder and search options.

    win8-view-options

    If you are not satisfied with the search results for the first time, you can ‘Search Again in’ libraries or Internet.

    win8-search-again

    Make your Search Faster

    Although, there are many advanced options to filter your search results but we tend to have some ‘Most visited’ files and folders. So, why not add them to ‘Favorites’, ‘Library’ or ‘Pin to Taskbar’ ?

    • Go to home -> Select file/folder name.
    • In the ribbon bar, click ‘Easy Access’ and select your desired option.

    win8-ease-access

    Save Your Search

    ‘Recent Searches’ is the place that auto-saves your recently searched files and folders. You can find ‘Recent Search’ option in the ‘Search’ tab. You may clear search history using the option provided at the end of drop down list.

    win8-recent-search

    In case, you like to save some search results for future use:

    • Go to Search -> Save Search.
    • Give it a proper file name and add appropriate tags. Click ‘Save’.

    win8-save-search

    Keyboard Shortcuts for Search

    These are some keyboard shortcuts that will open the metro search tool and you can search apps, files or settings directly.

    • Win key + Q -> Start Apps
    • Win key + F -> Search for files and folders
    • Win key + W -> Settings
    • Win key + E -> Windows explorer
    • Ctrl + F -> Opens search tool inside Windows Explorer.

    win8-search-app

    Customize Search Settings

    Finally, we can customize search settings using the control panel. You can select the applications that you want to displayed in the search option. You may also enable or disable auto-save search results for future suggestions. Delete search history by clicking ‘Delete History’ button.

    • Move your cursor to the corner of the screen so that metro app appears.
    • Select Setting -> Change PC Setting.

     

    win8-delete-search

    Although we have emphasized Windows Search techniques for Windows 8, all these advanced search tasks can be performed in previous Operating Systems including Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.

    I hope this guide will be helpful for you and I’d like to thank you for reading. If you like the article, please leave a helpful comment and share it with your friends.

    5 Ways to Access Files, Folders and Programs Quickly In Windows

    5 Ways to Access Files, Folders and Programs Quickly In Windows

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    Every day we access a number of files, folders and programs when we log on to our computer. Most of them are frequently repeated and we want to keep those files at a place where they can be reached quickly. The easiest place to have all the shortcuts is the Desktop.

    Placing too many items on the desktop is not a good practice as it may slow down your system while making it harder for us to find the required shortcuts or files which makes our purpose of quickly accessing the files void. Today we will discuss a few ways to open files, folders and programs quickly and easily which will prove quite handy for all of us. All these ways can be used in a combination so that nothing gets cluttered.

    Create A Shortcut

    Creating a shortcut on desktop is the easiest and quickest way to access any file, folder or program in your computer. Besides Desktop, you can save these shortcuts in any folder in the computer.

    • Select the file, folder or program and right click on it to open menu.
    • Select Create Shortcut and place the shortcut at your desired location.

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    There is another way of creating a shortcut :

    • Right click on an empty screen area on the Desktop –> New –> Shortcut
    • A window appears asking you to type the file, folder or program location. You can also browse to specify the location.
    • Give a proper name to your shortcut.

    Your shortcut is created. Note that you can create this shortcut on desktop or anywhere, inside any folder, any location you want. You may cancel anytime if you change your mind about creating a shortcut.

    create-shortcut-desktop

    Set Hotkeys

    You have created a shortcut but you want some keyboard shortcut to open your file? Select the shortcut (you have already created) of target program, file or folder and follow the steps below to create the hotkey.

    • Right click –> Properties –> Select Shortcut Tab
    • Set your customized ‘Shortcut Key’ to your file, folder or program. There is one limitation , however, you can use only single alphabet after Ctrl+Alt to set your shortcut key.

    hot-keys-shortcut

    Pin to Taskbar

    You may have placed your browser and media player on the taskbar for quicker access. But do you know that you can also pin most visited folders to your taskbar? Select the folder, drag it and drop on to the taskbar. Take care that you do not drop it in the ‘Start’ button or in the notification area because you can not pin any folder there. Similarly, you can also drag and drop your programs on to task bar or use the menu interface to do so:

    • Select Program -> Right click -> Pin to Task Bar

    pin-programs-taskbar

    Have you recently used any program, liked it and feel that you will use it frequently? You do not need to go through the messy path d:\root folder\folder1\folder2\folder3.

    • Go to Start Menu -> Select Program -> Right Click -> Pin to Taskbar

    pin-taskbar-start

    You can also enable the Desktop toolbar which will place the toolbar on the taskbar. You will be able to access the Desktop items without going to the Desktop.

    • Go to Start –> Properties –> Select Toolbars Tab
    • Check ‘Desktop’ –> Apply –> OK

    pin-desktop-taskbar

     

    Now, your taskbar should look like this :

    pinned-desktop-taskbar

    Pin to Start Menu

    Start Menu is the most visited place by every Windows user. You can pin your programs to start menu in the same way as you pinned it to the taskbar.

    1- Drag and drop your programs to start button or the start menu.

    2- Or Right click on the program and select ‘Pin to Start Menu’.

    You might have noticed that we can not pin file to start menu. So, should we make a compromise? No! we will use another trick to pin our recently used files to start menu.

    3-Go to Start Menu –> Properties –> Start Menu –> Customize

    Scroll down to find Recent Items -> Check Recent Item. You can change the number of programs to be displayed in recent items using the option provided at bottom of the dialog box.

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    Run Command

     

    Are you good at remembering paths and locations? If yes, why not use run command prompt to access files, folders and programs quickly?

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    There are many different ways to access run command. However, it can be more handy if we pin run command to our start menu. Windows XP and Vista users can easily find ‘Run’ in their start menu but Window 7 users have to add it explicitly. To find out how, read the tutorial Pin Run Command to Start Menu.

    You can also use the Run Manager to create Run commands on the fly.

    Which methods do you use to access files and folders quickly? Share your tricks with us in the comments.

    Get Windows 8 Metro/ModernUI Theme For Windows 7, Windows Vista And Windows XP

    Get Windows 8 Metro/ModernUI Theme For Windows 7, Windows Vista And Windows XP

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    Metro UI Windows 8

    Windows 8 comes with a completely new graphical user interface. The interface was dubbed as Metro at first but then people got used to ModernUI name for the new interface. Windows 8 is yet to be released for general availability on 26th of October 2012 but geeks and MSDN/TechNet subscribers are already using Windows 8 Release Preview and Windows 8 RTM.

    If you are a Windows 7 user or using Windows Vista or Windows XP, now you can easily transform your current Windows into the new shiny Windows 8 interface. There are a couple of tools that can be used to get Windows 8 Metro/ModernUI theme for Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP.

    WinMetro ModernUI for Windows 7

    The first app is WinMetro from IObit. Although the product is still in beta, it works on all the mentioned Operating Systems. It can be very useful to get used to the new interface even before you get your hands on the new Windows 8 system. WinMetro will turn your Desktop into a tile based based Metro UI screen. By displacing useful information such as weather, calendar, news, stocks, and frequently used programs, it turns your desktop into an informative and productive work area. It also offers the option to boot to Metro Start Screen directly.

    Download WinMetro

    MeteroVS Modern UI theme for Windows 7

    The second app is MeteroVS, Modern UI for Windows 7. This app is specifically made for Windows 7. It is different from WinMetro app in that it transforms the actual UI like the taskbar, folder toolbar, colors etc. to the look a likes of windows 8. Here are some of the features of MeteroVS.

    1. True windows 8 metro vs ported (So you will have the full metro experiences!)
    2. Flatterned colors
    3. no more gradients
    4. simple, minimalistic ui to provide more fast and fluid experiences
    5. Bonus! Official Windows 8 Wallpapers!
    6. Bonus! Official Windows 8 Cursors!
    7. Icons
    8. Works both Aero and basic!
    9. Added No User Picture Editions (NUP codename)!

    Download MeteroVS

    You can actually use both the apps in combination to get an enhanced Windows 8 experience on Windows 7.

    Block Internet Access To Specific Programs In Windows

    Block Internet Access To Specific Programs In Windows

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    Windows comes with a good firewall which can be useful for blocking a lot of basic hacking attacks. The built-in Windows Firewall was first introduced with Windows XP and then improved its way to Windows 7. Windows 7 Firewall is an advanced version of Windows Firewall. By default, Windows Firewall will block all the unknown programs to access the Internet. It will always ask the user for permission to allow the program to access the Internet. You can set different advanced rules for any scenario.

    Allow programs to communicate through the Internet

    If you want to block Internet access to a specific program, you will need to go advanced. It becomes a bit technical and complex to block custom programs in Windows 7 Firewall. To block Internet access to a program in Windows 7, go to Control Panel –> System and Security –> Windows Firewall –> Allowed Programs. You will need to remove the program from the list so that it does not have access to the Internet. There is not much you can do with the functionality of Windows Firewall.

    Firewall App Blocker is a portable program that can extend the functionality of Windows Firewall and allow you to block specific programs to access the Internet instead of the default behavior of allowing programs in Windows Firewall. Firewall App Blocker comes with a very simple interface which even a newbie can also operate. When you open Firewall App Blocker for the first time in Windows 7, it will give a UAC warning which you have to say yes to. The main interface of Firewall App Blocker has four buttons in which only two buttons have to be used for the actual functioning of the software.

    Firewall App Blocker

    The Add button will open up file selection dialog box from where you can browse the desired executable which you want to block access to the Internet. The Delete button will remove the selected program from the block list. The Advanced button will open Microsoft Management Console for Windows Firewall. This MMC is an advanced function of Windows Firewall from which you can setup different policies for the Firewall. The About button will give you information about Firewall App Blocker.

    Firewall rules in Windows Registry

    Behind the scenes, Firewall App Blocker makes use of the following registry key to add the programs to the Windows Firewall block list:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\services\\SharedAccess\\Parameters\\FirewallPolicy\\FirewallRules

    If you have advanced knowledge of how to work with Windows registry, you can make your own Firewall rules using the above registry key.

    In my opinion Firewall App Blocker is a handy program to have if you work frequently with Windows Firewall. It makes difficult tasks of blocking internet access to specific programs in Windows a lot easier and straight forward.

    Download Firewall App Blocker

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    Soluto: Improve Windows Boot Time And Fix Problems

    Soluto: Improve Windows Boot Time And Fix Problems

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    Soluto is system software that lets you increase system performance by reducing Windows boot time. It runs in background and monitors programs and services. It analyzes how much time programs and services take to load during the Windows startup process. It shows the total time your system takes to boot and the number of applications loaded during system boot.

    Features of Soluto

    • Know how much any application delays loading of Windows
    • Delay or Pause applications loaded during boot
    • Disable Internet Explorer and Chrome Addons
    • Take measures to heal system crashes
    • Remotely monitor computer

    Installation & Usage

    You need to register an account on Soluto website. The registration is free. After registration you can download Soluto web installer to install it on your computer.The setup connects to the Internet to download the 14 MB soluto installer.

    After you have installed it, you will see a webpage which shows Computer parameters e.g hardware configuration, Option to install different apps, information about windows updates etc.

    You need to restart your system about two to three times for the Soluto to determine the boot parameters of your system. After that when you run Soluto, you will see four different icons on the Soluto interface named Chop Boot, Heal Crashes, Your remote actions and Lighten Web Browser.

    Reducing Windows Boot time with Soluto

    Here I am giving you the tutorial for reducing boot time. Click on the Chop Boot icon which is available on home screen of Soluto.

    Soluto Chop boot

    It shows the programs loaded in system boot in three categories

    1. No-brainier lists those applications which can be delayed or paused without any harm to system.
    2. Potentially removable is for advanced users who know which process should be delayed or paused and which should not be.
    3. Those applications which cannot be removed with the Soluto

    The interface is very user-friendly and easy to understand even by a newbie computer user. Just hover over any application name and you will see its name widened, move the mouse a bit down and you will see the Pause and Delay and In Boot buttons, Click on Pause or Delay.

    When you have paused or delayed some applications you can restore them. To restore any application hover the mouse over the Removed applications icon and hover over any name you want to restore , click on In Boot to restore. You can also see the boot History.

    System requirements and download

    Soluto is compatible with Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (32+64 bit editions supported)

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    Prayaya V3: Create A Portable Virtual Operating System on A USB Drive

    Prayaya V3: Create A Portable Virtual Operating System on A USB Drive

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    Prayaya is small software that lets you create virtual operating system which does not integrate with your Windows core system files. The virtual operating system has its own installed applications and documents. By installing this Operating System on the USB flash drive you can take all your applications and documents with you on the removable media. You can browse the Internet inside this OS and save data which will not appear in the host Operating System. This virtual Operating System is also independent of the host OS. This means if you have installed Prayaya on the USB flash drive and running Windows XP as the host OS, you can run the same Virtualized Operating System with the host as Windows Vista or Windows 7. The interface of the Prayaya remains the same as of Host OS.

    Features of Prayaya

    • Create Virtual and Portable Operating system
    • Install any Application in isolation from Host OS
    • Browse Internet in an Isolated environment from the Host OS
    • Adapts the same interface as of Host Windows
    • Installs on a USB device

    The download size of Prayaya is much smaller as compared to its functions. When you run the setup, it will ask you for which drive to install. Note that Prayaya files are installed in root directory of any drive. Choose a drive that does not have Windows installed in it or you can plug-in a USB drive and install Prayaya on it. The desktop screen will load after the Prayaya splash screen. You will also see Prayaya Information window to install applications.

    Prayaya Virtual Operating System

    When you open the start menu of Prayaya, you will see no extra application installed other than default Windows applications. You can browse My Computer which will open all your hard drives. You can install any application. Remember that the application will be installed in the Prayaya OS and will not be available on the Host OS. To switch to the Host OS or exit Prayaya you need to click on the Prayaya toolbar.

    A screenshot of the Prayaya Toolbar

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    Microsoft Security Update April 2012 ISO Image Download [KB913086]

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    It’s the second Tuesday of April, 2012 and as usual Microsoft has released the security updates for its various products. The most important news in April is that the support for Windows XP will end on April 8, 2014. The extended support for Windows Vista has already ended. It means that Windows XP users will not get any security updates when the support from Microsoft ends. So they will be vulnerable to hackers and exploiters. It is always advisable to upgrade your Operating System to the latest one, Windows 7, in order to stay safe.

    Microsoft has released a total of 6 security bulletins for this month. Four of the security updates have been termed as critical while two are important updates. Let’s first go through the critical updates:

    MS12-023 – Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (KB2675157)

    This security update is for all the users of Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9. This update resolves five critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and are mandatory for every Internet Explorer user to install otherwise Internet Explorer will allow the exploiter to have the same privileges as the current user.

    MS12-024 – Vulnerability in Windows Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2653956)

    This update fixes the vulnerability of portable executable being run on the system in a specific environment. This vulnerability affects all Windows Operating Systems including Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows Server OS.

    MS12-025 – Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Remote Code Execution (KB2671605)

    This security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft .NET Framework. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution on a client system if a user views a specially crafted webpage using a web browser that can run XAML Browser Applications (XBAPs). .NET Framework 1, .NET Framework 2 and .NET Framework 4 are affected by this vulnerability.

    MS12-027 – Vulnerability in Windows Common Controls Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2664258)

    This security update resolves vulnerability in Windows Common Controls which could allow remote code execution if a user visits a site containing the exploit for this vulnerability. A lot of Microsoft products are affected by this vulnerability including Visual FoxPro, Visual Basic, Commerce Server, BizTalk Server, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, Office 2003 and Office 2010.

    These were the four critical security updates. Now lets talk about the important security updates.

    MS12-026 – Vulnerabilities in Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) Could Allow Information Disclosure (2663860)

    This security update is related to Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 and resolves two vulnerabilities. The security update addresses the vulnerabilities by modifying UAG code to require further verification before redirecting a user to another website, and by modifying the UAG server’s default binding settings to not allow unfiltered access to internal resources.

    MS12-028 – Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2639185)

    This update affects Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft Works 9. The security update addresses the vulnerability by deprecating the vulnerable Microsoft Works converter. Customers should use the latest version of the Microsoft Works converter, which is not affected by the vulnerability.

    The people who have automatic updates enabled will get these updates automatically. But if you don’t have automatic updates enabled and want to install the updates manually, you can download the updates from the location given below:

    Download Windows-KB913086-201204.iso [3.1 GB]

    3 Free OCR Software to Extract Text from Images

    3 Free OCR Software to Extract Text from Images

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    OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is a technique that can be used to extract text from images. This technique is useful for converting scanned documents to searchable and editable formats. Although there are many paid software available for the OCR such as Nuance OmniPage, but this option is quite expensive because the paid software for OCR and extracting text from images could cost as much as $149. There are some free software that also provide the OCR functions. Let’s discuss some of the options here.

    Microsoft OneNote

    Microsoft OneNote for extracting text from images

    Microsoft OneNote is a part of Microsoft Office suite. OneNote is best for making and organizing notes. But it is also interesting to note that Microsoft OneNote can provide the OCR and image to text functionality quite brilliantly.

    1. You need to open OneNote and drag or copy any image to a New Page.
    2. Right Click on the Page and Click Copy Text from the Picture.
    3. Now OneNote will recognize the text and it will be saved in the clipboard. You can paste it anywhere.

    TOPOCR

    TopOCR is another freeware that lets you perform the OCR for extracting text from images.

    Download TopOCR. Although the program is no longer maintained and was developed for the Windows XP only but it runs easily on the Windows 7.

    TopOCR OCR scanner for Windows 7

    You will see old style toolbar of TopOCR. Run TopOCR and you will see two windows. On the left window you need to Open any image file. When you open any image file the TopOCR will perform OCR and you will see the extracted text on the right window. The text can be copied to some other application or saved in TXT, PDF, HTM, RTF formats.

    FreeOCR

    FreeOCR is another free utility developed on the .net framework 2.0 base. This is fully compatible with Windows 7. Download it from here FreeOCR.

    Extract text from images using FreeOCR

    This free utility provides the feature of scanning a document, opening PDF, images for OCR. To perform OCR for images, click Open and select any image. You also have the option for performing OCR on cropped image. When you have selected the image, it will be showing in the left window. Click OCR and you will see the extracted text, which can be copied to clipboard or exported to Microsoft Word.

    Which OCR software do you use to extract text from images?

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