| Home |
| Search |
| Today's Posts |
|
#1
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
|
|||
|
|||
editing documents with excell that are not excell format
I have several forms which i use for work, i've scanned them into my computer
and tried to open them with excell, all i get is alot of numbers and symbols, how can i use excell to edit these forms? -- respectfully requesting advice |
|
#2
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
|
|||
|
|||
|
editing documents with excell that are not excell format
You will need to put the scanned .tif file through a process called OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to have the text recognised, a Google search will show simpleOCR or other such product that you can download for this purpose. Hope this helps -- Jim Wrote: I have several forms which i use for work, i've scanned them into my computer and tried to open them with excell, all i get is alot of numbers and symbols, how can i use excell to edit these forms? -- respectfully requesting advice -- Bryan Hessey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bryan Hessey's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=21059 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=539899 |
| Reply |
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Forum | |||
| Can I protect cell numbering format ($) but allow editing? | Excel Discussion (Misc queries) | |||
| How to format a date to a different format | Excel Discussion (Misc queries) | |||
| protecting format | Excel Discussion (Misc queries) | |||
| copy conditional format as ACTUAL format | Excel Discussion (Misc queries) | |||
| When I select "format cells", the format dialog box does not disp. | Excel Worksheet Functions | |||
Linear Mode
