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insert text into scanned form & keep forms original appearance
I am trying to use Excel to enter text into a document form that I have
scanned and still maintain the original appearance of the "paper document form"...is this possible without spending money on another program. Thank you, Dan Wasylkiw |
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hi,
scanning a document is not the same as copy and paste. Scanned documents are images (bitmap, jpeg, gif, ect) and cannot be treated or used like the original document (xls, doc, ect). you will need to find a different technique to do what you are trying to accomplish. sorry regards FSt1 "danwas" wrote: I am trying to use Excel to enter text into a document form that I have scanned and still maintain the original appearance of the "paper document form"...is this possible without spending money on another program. Thank you, Dan Wasylkiw |
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"FSt1" wrote: hi, scanning a document is not the same as copy and paste. Scanned documents are images (bitmap, jpeg, gif, ect) and cannot be treated or used like the original document (xls, doc, ect). you will need to find a different technique to do what you are trying to accomplish. sorry regards FSt1 "danwas" wrote: I am trying to use Excel to enter text into a document form that I have scanned and still maintain the original appearance of the "paper document form"...is this possible without spending money on another program. Thank you, Dan Wasylkiw |
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insert text into scanned form & keep forms original appearance
"FSt1" wrote: hi, scanning a document is not the same as copy and paste. Scanned documents are images (bitmap, jpeg, gif, ect) and cannot be treated or used like the original document (xls, doc, ect). you will need to find a different technique to do what you are trying to accomplish. sorry regards FSt1 "danwas" wrote: I am trying to use Excel to enter text into a document form that I have scanned and still maintain the original appearance of the "paper document form"...is this possible without spending money on another program. Thank you, Dan Wasylkiw I have the option of saving scanned documents as TIFF & PDF...does this do anything for me? I can also use OCR to scan documents. Thanks for your help...dan |
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insert text into scanned form & keep forms original appearance
Try the OCR scan as a *.txt file then open that in Excel.
You generally have to do some editing depending upon the efficacy of your OCR application. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:44:01 -0700, danwas wrote: "FSt1" wrote: hi, scanning a document is not the same as copy and paste. Scanned documents are images (bitmap, jpeg, gif, ect) and cannot be treated or used like the original document (xls, doc, ect). you will need to find a different technique to do what you are trying to accomplish. sorry regards FSt1 "danwas" wrote: I am trying to use Excel to enter text into a document form that I have scanned and still maintain the original appearance of the "paper document form"...is this possible without spending money on another program. Thank you, Dan Wasylkiw I have the option of saving scanned documents as TIFF & PDF...does this do anything for me? I can also use OCR to scan documents. Thanks for your help...dan |
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