Image Writer

J

Jack Gillis

I've used Office 2003 since 2003 but have never explored the image writer
that appears in my Printers and Faxes folder. Exactly what is it and what
can I do with it?

Thank you very much.
 
J

JoAnn Paules [MVP]

Yea! :)

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Jack Gillis said:
Thank you JoAnn.

Now I begin to understand.


JoAnn Paules said:
About Microsoft Office Document Imaging
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP010771031033.aspx

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Jack Gillis said:
I've used Office 2003 since 2003 but have never explored the image
writer that appears in my Printers and Faxes folder. Exactly what is it
and what can I do with it?

Thank you very much.
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J

Jack

Hi JoAnn, its me again with a follow up question. The article to which you
referred me, under Why and when to use document imaging, has a statement
that says, "Fill out a simple form online that has been scanned or faxed.
For example, scan a paper form or open a faxed form, fill in the requested
information including check boxes......" That go my attention.

I scanned a simple form, The USPS Authorization to Hold Mail, and tried to
fill it in using Document Imaging. I couldn't do it -- no typing permitted.
I tried sending the scanned for to Word from Document Imaging and found Word
didn't present the form as it appeared in Document Imaging -- no check boxes
and lines out of place, etc.

I can't figure out how to fill in a scanned form. Can you give me a hint
or two?

Thanks again.


JoAnn Paules said:
Yea! :)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Jack Gillis said:
Thank you JoAnn.

Now I begin to understand.


JoAnn Paules said:
About Microsoft Office Document Imaging
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP010771031033.aspx

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




I've used Office 2003 since 2003 but have never explored the image
writer that appears in my Printers and Faxes folder. Exactly what is
it and what can I do with it?

Thank you very much.
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J

JoAnn Paules [MVP]

It's not that simple. You'd have to convert it to a form and that's not a
simple process.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Jack said:
Hi JoAnn, its me again with a follow up question. The article to which
you referred me, under Why and when to use document imaging, has a
statement that says, "Fill out a simple form online that has been scanned
or faxed. For example, scan a paper form or open a faxed form, fill in the
requested information including check boxes......" That go my attention.

I scanned a simple form, The USPS Authorization to Hold Mail, and tried to
fill it in using Document Imaging. I couldn't do it -- no typing
permitted. I tried sending the scanned for to Word from Document Imaging
and found Word didn't present the form as it appeared in Document
Imaging -- no check boxes and lines out of place, etc.

I can't figure out how to fill in a scanned form. Can you give me a hint
or two?

Thanks again.


JoAnn Paules said:
Yea! :)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Jack Gillis said:
Thank you JoAnn.

Now I begin to understand.


About Microsoft Office Document Imaging
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP010771031033.aspx

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




I've used Office 2003 since 2003 but have never explored the image
writer that appears in my Printers and Faxes folder. Exactly what is
it and what can I do with it?

Thank you very much.
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J

Jack

Oh! And the document made it sound so simple!

Thanks again. I guess I will just abandon that idea.


JoAnn Paules said:
It's not that simple. You'd have to convert it to a form and that's not a
simple process.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Jack said:
Hi JoAnn, its me again with a follow up question. The article to which
you referred me, under Why and when to use document imaging, has a
statement that says, "Fill out a simple form online that has been scanned
or faxed. For example, scan a paper form or open a faxed form, fill in
the requested information including check boxes......" That go my
attention.

I scanned a simple form, The USPS Authorization to Hold Mail, and tried
to fill it in using Document Imaging. I couldn't do it -- no typing
permitted. I tried sending the scanned for to Word from Document Imaging
and found Word didn't present the form as it appeared in Document
Imaging -- no check boxes and lines out of place, etc.

I can't figure out how to fill in a scanned form. Can you give me a hint
or two?

Thanks again.


JoAnn Paules said:
Yea! :)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Thank you JoAnn.

Now I begin to understand.


About Microsoft Office Document Imaging
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP010771031033.aspx

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




I've used Office 2003 since 2003 but have never explored the image
writer that appears in my Printers and Faxes folder. Exactly what is
it and what can I do with it?

Thank you very much.
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Beth Melton

It's not a direct conversion as you may have been led to believe. :)

However there is a pen, highlighter, and text box you can use to fill
out a scanned form. For example, you can add a text box in each area
you want to type. Note that if using the text box you may want to set
your default formats using Tools/Options.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Office 2007 Preview Site:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx
Office 2007 Community Articles/Tutorials:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/community/article_archive.mspx

TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

Jack said:
Hi JoAnn, its me again with a follow up question. The article to
which you referred me, under Why and when to use document imaging,
has a statement that says, "Fill out a simple form online that has
been scanned or faxed. For example, scan a paper form or open a
faxed form, fill in the requested information including check
boxes......" That go my attention.

I scanned a simple form, The USPS Authorization to Hold Mail, and
tried to fill it in using Document Imaging. I couldn't do it -- no
typing permitted. I tried sending the scanned for to Word from
Document Imaging and found Word didn't present the form as it
appeared in Document Imaging -- no check boxes and lines out of
place, etc.

I can't figure out how to fill in a scanned form. Can you give me a
hint or two?

Thanks again.


JoAnn Paules said:
Yea! :)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Jack Gillis said:
Thank you JoAnn.

Now I begin to understand.


message About Microsoft Office Document Imaging
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP010771031033.aspx

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




I've used Office 2003 since 2003 but have never explored the
image writer that appears in my Printers and Faxes folder.
Exactly what is it and what can I do with it?

Thank you very much.
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J

Jack

Thank you, Beth.

I saw the pen, highlighter and the text box but could not get the to do any
thing. I selected text box and tried to create one on the scanned document
but couldn't do it. Would you mind giving me a hint?

Thank you.


Beth Melton said:
It's not a direct conversion as you may have been led to believe. :)

However there is a pen, highlighter, and text box you can use to fill out
a scanned form. For example, you can add a text box in each area you want
to type. Note that if using the text box you may want to set your default
formats using Tools/Options.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Office 2007 Preview Site:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx
Office 2007 Community Articles/Tutorials:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/community/article_archive.mspx

TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

Jack said:
Hi JoAnn, its me again with a follow up question. The article to which
you referred me, under Why and when to use document imaging, has a
statement that says, "Fill out a simple form online that has been scanned
or faxed. For example, scan a paper form or open a faxed form, fill in
the requested information including check boxes......" That go my
attention.

I scanned a simple form, The USPS Authorization to Hold Mail, and tried
to fill it in using Document Imaging. I couldn't do it -- no typing
permitted. I tried sending the scanned for to Word from Document Imaging
and found Word didn't present the form as it appeared in Document
Imaging -- no check boxes and lines out of place, etc.

I can't figure out how to fill in a scanned form. Can you give me a hint
or two?

Thanks again.


JoAnn Paules said:
Yea! :)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Thank you JoAnn.

Now I begin to understand.


About Microsoft Office Document Imaging
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP010771031033.aspx

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




I've used Office 2003 since 2003 but have never explored the image
writer that appears in my Printers and Faxes folder. Exactly what is
it and what can I do with it?

Thank you very much.
Click to expand...
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B

Beth Melton

First go to Tools/Options and set your formatting options for the text
box such as fill color and font size. Then click the text box tool,
click hold and drag to draw a text box on the form. Note that
depending on how complex the form is this may be a little involved.
Once the text box is created it can be resized and moved.

The check boxes could be a little difficult - you'd need to create a
small text box and type an X in it. Then I suspect it would need to be
resized and moved in order to align it correctly.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Office 2007 Preview Site:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx
Office 2007 Community Articles/Tutorials:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/community/article_archive.mspx

TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
 
J

Jack

Thank you.


Beth Melton said:
First go to Tools/Options and set your formatting options for the text box
such as fill color and font size. Then click the text box tool, click hold
and drag to draw a text box on the form. Note that depending on how
complex the form is this may be a little involved. Once the text box is
created it can be resized and moved.

The check boxes could be a little difficult - you'd need to create a small
text box and type an X in it. Then I suspect it would need to be resized
and moved in order to align it correctly.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Office 2007 Preview Site:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx
Office 2007 Community Articles/Tutorials:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/community/article_archive.mspx

TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
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