Microsoft Office Document Imaging

The Microsoft Office Document Imaging ( MODI ) belongs to the Office Tools Microsoft Office and allows scanning of documents and their processing. It also has a text recognition is included.

The documents are stored in the file format. MDI, which was developed by Microsoft. Alternatively, TIF is a Save from the File Format. Possible. Files in MDI format are created with the Microsoft Office Document Imaging printer driver. This is part of the Microsoft Office 2003 package. The MDI should not be confused with the file format Microsoft XPS Document Writer (. XPS), which can be seen as a direct competitor of Microsoft to Adobe PDF.

In Office 2007, Microsoft Office Document Imaging is not installed automatically, but can be installed separately (Group Office Tools ). In Office 2010, this feature is no longer included - however, the text recognition of a previously scanned image of One Note 2010 can continue to carry out ("Text from Image Copy" from the context menu). Furthermore, Microsoft Office Document Imaging can be installed from Office 2007 in addition to Office 2010 - Microsoft recommends to download the free SharePoint Designer 2007.

In addition, Microsoft Office Document Imaging offers a programming interface that allows access to the scanned documents as well as the reading of the recognized text on the Component Object Model (COM). This interface is first included in Office 2003.