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I want to scan a name and address directory using OCR to convert to editable
text in EXCEL or some other program. The scan and OCR work fine and are
brought into EXCEL in fileds. The problem is that each name and address info
is spread across several lines just as you would expect to see it. It is
then necessary to parse each desired field using a delimiter, however, there
is no delimiter except for spaces between words. Since some names and
address lines contain different word totals it is then necessary to go in and
enter another "dummy" word/space to make all like cells align the same. This
is more work than just typing each name, address and phone # into my database
program, ACT! Does anyone know of a SIMPLE way of scanning and getting the
resulting data into fields that can be imported into the database?
text in EXCEL or some other program. The scan and OCR work fine and are
brought into EXCEL in fileds. The problem is that each name and address info
is spread across several lines just as you would expect to see it. It is
then necessary to parse each desired field using a delimiter, however, there
is no delimiter except for spaces between words. Since some names and
address lines contain different word totals it is then necessary to go in and
enter another "dummy" word/space to make all like cells align the same. This
is more work than just typing each name, address and phone # into my database
program, ACT! Does anyone know of a SIMPLE way of scanning and getting the
resulting data into fields that can be imported into the database?