scanning docs into word, then filling in info

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catsears

I want to scan a form into Word 07, then be able to edit or fill in
information in the blocks without changing the basic format.

Please help! I have tried many different ways, to no avail. It's really
important. I have Excel, Paint, Word, Access, Adobe, etc. I'm using a HP
all in one C7280.

The document scans to Word but I cant edit it - when I try to do so, it puts
a line around the document on all sides, and I cannot do a thing.

Thanks
 
J

Jay Freedman

catsears said:
I want to scan a form into Word 07, then be able to edit or fill in
information in the blocks without changing the basic format.

Please help! I have tried many different ways, to no avail. It's
really important. I have Excel, Paint, Word, Access, Adobe, etc.
I'm using a HP all in one C7280.

The document scans to Word but I cant edit it - when I try to do so,
it puts a line around the document on all sides, and I cannot do a
thing.

Thanks
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The result of the scan is just a picture of the original form. Neither your
scanner's software nor any of the programs you mentioned (except perhaps
Adobe Acrobat, if you have the full edition) are capable of changing that
picture into anything you can use to enter information.

A method in Word that may work, but is very difficult to do well in
practice:

- Select the picture you inserted, click the Text Wrapping button on the
Picture Tools ribbon, and choose Behind Text.

- Click outside the picture to deselect it.

- On the Insert ribbon, click the Text Box button and choose Draw Text Box
from the bottom of the gallery. Draw a text box on top of the first
data-entry area of the picture. Type your information into that text box.

- Repeat the preceding step, area by area, until the form is complete.

An alternative, but worth the money only if you have lots of forms to scan,
is the OmniForm program (http://www.nuance.com/omniform/standard/).

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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all may benefit.
 
L

Lucy Thomson

Jay Freedman said:
The result of the scan is just a picture of the original form. Neither
your scanner's software nor any of the programs you mentioned (except
perhaps Adobe Acrobat, if you have the full edition) are capable of
changing that picture into anything you can use to enter information.

A method in Word that may work, but is very difficult to do well in
practice:

- Select the picture you inserted, click the Text Wrapping button on the
Picture Tools ribbon, and choose Behind Text.

- Click outside the picture to deselect it.

- On the Insert ribbon, click the Text Box button and choose Draw Text Box
from the bottom of the gallery. Draw a text box on top of the first
data-entry area of the picture. Type your information into that text box.

- Repeat the preceding step, area by area, until the form is complete.

An alternative, but worth the money only if you have lots of forms to
scan, is the OmniForm program (http://www.nuance.com/omniform/standard/).

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so all may benefit.
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I understand OneNote is an ocr. I've not tried it myself, but worth a go.

Lucy
 
D

DL

I'd be surprised if your HP didnt come with OCR software that would enable
you to scan & edit the result
 
J

James Silverton

DL wrote on Thu, 15 May 2008 07:51:43 +0100:
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Don't you have MS Office document scanning and imaging? The OCR
does not work badly in the version I got with Office
Professional in 2002.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
 
B

Bob I

James said:
DL wrote on Thu, 15 May 2008 07:51:43 +0100:


Don't you have MS Office document scanning and imaging? The OCR does not
work badly in the version I got with Office Professional in 2002.
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In Office 2003 the formatting doesn't really make it across into the
document.
 
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