How do I scan an editable document for word using Office 2003 ?

[TWMMAM]

I have a work order which I want to scan, then enter in word, so I canuse it
as a template and fill in the blanks. When I scan using 2003 office tools and
import into word, I can't enter any info. I tried using Textbridge 8.0, but
it doesn't show the blank lines
Appreciate all help,
Thank you,
Tom

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

It's not as simple as you think it's going to be. You are probably looking
at several hours worth of work. You need to create a form from the data you
have. Nothing will do it automatically.

 

[Graham Mayor]

You can't do this with Word tools, in the way you imagine.

You could use OCR software, but then it would need a lot of work to produce
an editable form.

The best solution would be the Form Filler module that comes with some
versions of ABBYY FineReader, but you can produce a workaround by scanning
the form and using it as a background image for a Word document to be built
by using tables to place the data over it.

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