Scanning into OneNote 2007 question...

[Carmen Gauvin-O'Donnell]

Hi everyone!

I have some stuff that I scan for use in OneNote, that must be in its
original size (8.5 x 11) in order for me to use it. But it comes in smaller
than that and I have to adjust each image to the right size, a bit of a
waste of time when what I'm scanning tends to have 40 pages or more.

Is there a way around this?

I'm currently using the scanner to scan it to PDF which I then print using
Send to One Note. Of course, I've just realized that maybe I should try
scanning it directly using the printer function and the OneNote printer, and
I'll try that as well.

But in the meantime, any ideas?

Thanks!

Carmen

 

[Rainald Taesler]

I have some stuff that I scan for use in OneNote, that must be in
its original size (8.5 x 11) in order for me to use it. But it
comes in smaller than that and I have to adjust each image to the
right size, a bit of a waste of time when what I'm scanning tends
to have 40 pages or more.

Yes, there's that :-(
Unfortunately handles imported images on it's own will.

Is there a way around this?

I can not really say because I hardly ever used scanned things in ON.

I'm currently using the scanner to scan it to PDF which I then
print using Send to One Note. Of course, I've just realized that
maybe I should try scanning it directly using the printer function
and the OneNote printer, and I'll try that as well.

Yes, try it out.

But in the meantime, any ideas?

AFAICS scanning works fine with Acrobat.
You may scan all of the pages into one PDF and then print them into ON.
Thereafter you could use "Printout Manger" to customize the import.
With a bit of experimenting you may fid the proper ratio for scaling the
images to the size needed.
Just try it out and pls let us know if this would be a proper
workaround.

Another possibility could to use "FinePrint" as an intermediary.
FinePrint is a most versatile tool for fine-tuning any kind of printing
job. I have been using it since a very early version and I would really
not
know how do without.
On what it can do pls see:
http://www.fineprint.com/products/fineprint/index.html
There is a fully functional Demo-Version.

You could print from the PDFs to FinePrint and specify the pagesize
there and then print to ON from there. This works pretty fine for me
with pictures of all kind.

Another idea: Leave out Acrobat, save scans as images (TIFF or so)
Then use FinePrint on the images directly.
One of it's fantastic features is that it adds an item to the "SendTo"
section of the right-click context menu in the Explorer (and other file
managers).

Using this one can select multiple files in the Explorer and "bulk" send
them to FinePrint. When done wit that, in FinePrint one can print the
whole pile of files to ON.

Rainald

 

[Carmen Gauvin-O'Donnell]

Okay Rainald, thanks for the tips! I'll give it all a try and FinePrint a
shot too...

C.

 

[Rainald Taesler]

Okay Rainald, thanks for the tips! I'll give it all a try and
FinePrint a shot too...

OK, fine. Pls let us know if the suggestions work.

Rainald