how to I make changes to a doc or fill in the blanks after its s.

I receive my doc from the scanner into word, but am unable to type into the
doc, or fill in the blanks. I am not trying to resize or eliminate any of
the material, just fill in the document blanks to answer the necessary
questions before putting it to print!

"black mazda" black wrote:

I receive my doc from the scanner into word, but am unable to type into the
doc, or fill in the blanks. I am not trying to resize or eliminate any of
the material, just fill in the document blanks to answer the necessary
questions before putting it to print!

What you're getting from the scanner is just a picture of the
original. You need optical character recognition (OCR) software to
turn it into editable text. Unfortunately most OCR programs are
incompetent with forms, and those that aren't (e.g. Scansoft OmniForm)
are too expensive for something you only need once.

The alternative is to put the picture of the form "behind text" (this
is a choice on the Text Wrapping button on the Picture toolbar), and
then insert frames or textboxes on top of the form's blanks to hold
your answers.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman http://aspnet2.com/mvp.ashx?JayFreedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

"black mazda" black wrote:

I receive my doc from the scanner into word, but am unable to type into the
doc, or fill in the blanks. I am not trying to resize or eliminate any of
the material, just fill in the document blanks to answer the necessary
questions before putting it to print!

What you're getting from the scanner is just a picture of the
original. You need optical character recognition (OCR) software to
turn it into editable text. Unfortunately most OCR programs are
incompetent with forms, and those that aren't (e.g. Scansoft OmniForm)
are too expensive for something you only need once.

The alternative is to put the picture of the form "behind text" (this
is a choice on the Text Wrapping button on the Picture toolbar), and
then insert frames or textboxes on top of the form's blanks to hold
your answers.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman http://aspnet2.com/mvp.ashx?JayFreedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

A scanned document is no longer an editable document. You
now have a "picture" of the document on your word screen.
Why can you bring it into word? Because word will let you
imbed other objects besides text, and while your document
looks like text, it is really a snapshot of text. There
are software that "reads" scanned documents. Don't know
much about them. You gotta fill it out yourself. Then
you can scan it and save it a record.

Good luck

-----Original Message-----
I receive my doc from the scanner into word, but am
unable to type into the
doc, or fill in the blanks. I am not trying to resize or
eliminate any of
the material, just fill in the document blanks to answer
the necessary
questions before putting it to print!
.

A scanned document is no longer an editable document. You
now have a "picture" of the document on your word screen.
Why can you bring it into word? Because word will let you
imbed other objects besides text, and while your document
looks like text, it is really a snapshot of text. There
are software that "reads" scanned documents. Don't know
much about them. You gotta fill it out yourself. Then
you can scan it and save it a record.

Good luck

-----Original Message-----
I receive my doc from the scanner into word, but am
unable to type into the
doc, or fill in the blanks. I am not trying to resize or
eliminate any of
the material, just fill in the document blanks to answer
the necessary
questions before putting it to print!
.