[Caryl]

I scanned 1 page of a list/table with an hp 1200 printer/scanner. Is there
any way for me to "edit" this table? Rather than just viewing it as 1 whole
item, I would like to be able to ultimately do a mail merge. If this is not
the correct forum for such a question, my apologies. Please tell me where I
could find help.

[Graham Mayor]

You need OCR software to convert the scanned graphic to editable text -
Microsoft's document imaging that comes with recent Office versions (though
not installed by default) may do the trick though it is very limited in its
capabilities. Check the software bundle that came with your scanner.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
.

Caryl wrote:
I scanned 1 page of a list/table with an hp 1200 printer/scanner. Is
there any way for me to "edit" this table? Rather than just viewing
it as 1 whole item, I would like to be able to ultimately do a mail
merge. If this is not the correct forum for such a question, my
apologies. Please tell me where I could find help.

[Caryl]

Thanks - I will try that later today!

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

You need OCR software to convert the scanned graphic to editable text -
Microsoft's document imaging that comes with recent Office versions (though
not installed by default) may do the trick though it is very limited in its
capabilities. Check the software bundle that came with your scanner.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
.

Caryl wrote:
I scanned 1 page of a list/table with an hp 1200 printer/scanner. Is
there any way for me to "edit" this table? Rather than just viewing
it as 1 whole item, I would like to be able to ultimately do a mail
merge. If this is not the correct forum for such a question, my
apologies. Please tell me where I could find help.

[Caryl]

Graham - you are a champ! My software did support OCR! it was the (though
not installed by default) part that had me messed up. thanks!
"Caryl" wrote:

I scanned 1 page of a list/table with an hp 1200 printer/scanner. Is there
any way for me to "edit" this table? Rather than just viewing it as 1 whole
item, I would like to be able to ultimately do a mail merge. If this is not
the correct forum for such a question, my apologies. Please tell me where I
could find help.

[Graham Mayor]

You are welcome

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Caryl wrote:
Graham - you are a champ! My software did support OCR! it was the
(though not installed by default) part that had me messed up. thanks!
"Caryl" wrote:

I scanned 1 page of a list/table with an hp 1200 printer/scanner.
Is there any way for me to "edit" this table? Rather than just
viewing it as 1 whole item, I would like to be able to ultimately do
a mail merge. If this is not the correct forum for such a question,
my apologies. Please tell me where I could find help.