Is there MAC way (not PDF) to scan and edit text?

In order to edit text for a scanned document, the text needs to be converted from being an image to actual text after or during the scan process. This is known as OCR - Optical Character Recognition. There is no Apple application that has this. Both Image Capture and Preview only scan the document as an image. So you need an OCR application or an application like Acrobat Pro that has OCR facility. With your edited dislike of Adobe you could look at purchasing Abby Finereader which is very accurate. If you would prefer a free version, then you could try PDF OCR X, which is not as accurate as Finereader but saves you $110.

Note also that some vendors include an OCR function with their scanning application. So depending on what scanner you have, you may have another free option.

LDoza45 wrote:

Thanks PAHU ...but I will try with Adobe PDF export a bit more, as I already have that.

My 2210 scanner did at great job of getting readable text and I can add to it, but not change stuff until I export.

That is fairly normal, even with OCR programs. The formatting applied by the OCR applications, unless they have improved, do not make for easy editing. Scan to PDF using your built-in scanner OCR, copy and paste the text into a page layout or word processing program and format it to your liking.