Clear Scan history?

[jencav5]

I have been scanning directly into Microsoft Word from my HP Officejet. It
works well; however, after saving my work and closing Word, when I do another
scan (a new project), everything I did prior also shows up in another new
document. It seems that it carries some kind of scan history. Does anyone
know how to clear this or change the settings so it doesn't do that? It is
time consuming to have to delete all the stuff I don't need everytime. Also,
the more I do, the more I have to delete! Thanks.

 

[Jay Freedman]

I have been scanning directly into Microsoft Word from my HP
Officejet. It works well; however, after saving my work and closing
Word, when I do another scan (a new project), everything I did prior
also shows up in another new document. It seems that it carries some
kind of scan history. Does anyone know how to clear this or change
the settings so it doesn't do that? It is time consuming to have to
delete all the stuff I don't need everytime. Also, the more I do,
the more I have to delete! Thanks.

There is no such thing as a "scan history". It sounds like text from the
scan is being saved in your Normal.dot template, where it shouldn't be. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm to get rid of it.
Then try removing and reinstalling your scanner software, because it's
clearly not configured correctly.