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From: catsears on 14 May 2008 15:26
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


From: Bob I on 14 May 2008 15:44
Of course you can't, a scan is nothing more than an image or picture of
the paper document. If you want to turn that image into an editable form
you will need to get a software that can do that.
http://www.nuancestore.com/v2.0-img/operations/scansoft/site/html/omnipage16/omnipage_pro16_2.html

Your other option is to place text boxes on the image and put the
information in the boxes.

catsears wrote:

> 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
>
>

From: Jay Freedman on 14 May 2008 15:46
catsears wrote:
> 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

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 FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.


From: Lucy Thomson on 14 May 2008 19:16


"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
news:O8mbusftIHA.1436(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> catsears wrote:
>> 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
>
> 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 FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
> so all may benefit.
>

I understand OneNote is an ocr. I've not tried it myself, but worth a go.

Lucy


From: DL on 15 May 2008 02:51
I'd be surprised if your HP didnt come with OCR software that would enable
you to scan & edit the result

"catsears" <catsears(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6050C155-2ED3-4F74-864D-6555B84BC291(a)microsoft.com...
>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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