I've never found any prog which will consistently maintain format after OCR. What I sometimes do is to scan an image to maintain lay-out for sighted people, and and OCR version for me. I think it is true that Abby FineReader maintains formatting better than some other progs - although I may be wrong about that. Richard Richard Godfrey-McKay Telephone: 01738-445 880 Mobile: 07791 452 593 _____ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Moore Sent: 28 June 2011 19:52 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Scanning a document and keeping format Hello, Does anyone know of a program which will scan a document (form for example) and keep its format? A lot of the other scanning OCR software seems to reformat the document and changes the layout. Many thanks, Mike