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Microsoft Office Document Scanning and Imaging comes with all versions of Microsoft Office since 2003. As is given away from its name, with it you scan files using your Multi-Function Centre (MFC) or scanner, as well as perform OCR (Optical Character Recognition) on text, enabling you to easily manipulate text on a scanned page.

Microsoft Office Document Scanning comes with all versions of Microsoft Office since 2003. This program is a useful facility as Windows Vista introduced a new applet called Windows Fax and Scan, however this is only available in some versions of Windows Vista.

Here's how to use it:

1. Turn on your MFC/scanner.

2. Click Start, All Programs, Microsoft Office, then Microsoft Office Tools, followed by Microsoft Office Document Scanning.

3. The Scan New Document window will appear. Select a preset (Black and white, black and white from colour page, Color or Grayscale) depending on the document you wish to scan. If the original is double sided or have more than one page to scan, select the appropriate check box. Other options on the Scanner... button are available, depending on your scanner's capabilities.

4. To begin a scan, click Scan (the large button with the scanner with an arrow pointing to multiple sheets of paper).

5. Microsoft Office Document Scanning will then scan your document, a message will appear stating that it is waiting for the page from the scanner. This may  take a minute or two depending on your scanner's facilities.

6. The first page of the scanned will be displayed, and then Microsoft Office Document Scanning will performed OCR (Optical Character Recognition.

7. Microsoft Office Document Scanning will then display the scanned image. From here, you can save, print or manipulate the scanning.