insert image

[sf]

Inserting an image from the scanner was so easy with XP (word 2003)
and seems to be way too complicated now. Previously, it was a
selection under "Insert" that triggered scan and insert, but now it
seems to be a multi-step, manual, process. Have I missed something
obvious? This is the how-to that I found. Is there a less
complicated way to do it? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924462

I found this article about an app someone wrote to solve the problem
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/realworld/360373/how-to-scan-into-word-2010
So, I installed it. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work. Using
the last suggestion to use Windows Photo Gallery is an involved
process too.

Does anyone have Word developer's ear? How about reinstating a simple
option like we had with XP back under "Insert"?

TIA

 

[Stefan Blom]

See http://www.gmayor.com/scan_into_word_2007.htm.

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

 

[sf]

See http://www.gmayor.com/scan_into_word_2007.htm.

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Thanks, I read it was possible to make a macro to do it but I'm not a
macro maker or user - so as easy as the guide is supposed to be, it's
still beyond my area of expertise. In any case, my default save for
documents is v2003, so I don't know if the macro would work for me
even if I did know what I was doing.

 

[Stefan Blom]

From within Word, start the Visual Basic Editor by pressing Alt+F11. On the
View menu, click Project Explorer. Be sure to select the entry that says
"Normal." Click Insert | Module; you can accept the default name
("Module1"). Into Module1, paste in the code found in the article at
http://www.gmayor.com/scan_into_word_2007.htm.

Then assign a keyboard shortcut and/or a Quick Access Toolbar button as
explained in the article at http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

-- 
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




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"sf" wrote in message

See http://www.gmayor.com/scan_into_word_2007.htm.

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Thanks, I read it was possible to make a macro to do it but I'm not a
macro maker or user - so as easy as the guide is supposed to be, it's
still beyond my area of expertise. In any case, my default save for
documents is v2003, so I don't know if the macro would work for me
even if I did know what I was doing.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Ironically, I forgot to mention this: Don’t forget to save Normal and close
the Visual Basic Editor after you have pasted in the code.

-- 
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




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"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
From within Word, start the Visual Basic Editor by pressing Alt+F11. On the
View menu, click Project Explorer. Be sure to select the entry that says
"Normal." Click Insert | Module; you can accept the default name
("Module1"). Into Module1, paste in the code found in the article at
http://www.gmayor.com/scan_into_word_2007.htm.

Then assign a keyboard shortcut and/or a Quick Access Toolbar button as
explained in the article at http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

-- 
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




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"sf" wrote in message

See http://www.gmayor.com/scan_into_word_2007.htm.

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Thanks, I read it was possible to make a macro to do it but I'm not a
macro maker or user - so as easy as the guide is supposed to be, it's
still beyond my area of expertise. In any case, my default save for
documents is v2003, so I don't know if the macro would work for me
even if I did know what I was doing.

 

[sf]

From within Word, start the Visual Basic Editor by pressing Alt+F11. On the
View menu, click Project Explorer. Be sure to select the entry that says
"Normal." Click Insert | Module; you can accept the default name
("Module1"). Into Module1, paste in the code found in the article at
http://www.gmayor.com/scan_into_word_2007.htm.

Then assign a keyboard shortcut and/or a Quick Access Toolbar button as
explained in the article at http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

-- 
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Thanks Stefan, it worked! The hardest part was figuring out which one
was the ribbon and which one was the Quick Access Toolbar. Thanks a
million!

PS: I still vote for reinstatement of the scanner function under
Insert (the XP way).

 

[Stefan Blom]

I'm glad you got it sorted!

-- 
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




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"sf" wrote in message

From within Word, start the Visual Basic Editor by pressing Alt+F11. On
the
View menu, click Project Explorer. Be sure to select the entry that says
"Normal." Click Insert | Module; you can accept the default name
("Module1"). Into Module1, paste in the code found in the article at
http://www.gmayor.com/scan_into_word_2007.htm.

Then assign a keyboard shortcut and/or a Quick Access Toolbar button as
explained in the article at http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

-- 
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Thanks Stefan, it worked! The hardest part was figuring out which one
was the ribbon and which one was the Quick Access Toolbar. Thanks a
million!

PS: I still vote for reinstatement of the scanner function under
Insert (the XP way).