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Can I copy a scanned form to Word and then complete the blanks?
I want to copy a preprinted form, something like a blank tax return, into
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Can I copy a scanned form to Word and then complete the blanks?
No. A scanned document is a picture of a document.
On Feb 22, 12:54*pm, DonR wrote: I want to copy a preprinted form, something like a blank tax return, into Word and then use the keyboard to enter data into the form. Can I do this in Word 2007 and if so .. how? * |
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Can I copy a scanned form to Word and then complete the blanks?
No is not the correct answer.
A preprinted form scanned into Word is an InLineShape (or picture) but there is nothing to prevent a user from placing frames over the blank spaces in the image and then entering text into these frames. The insert frames control is located on the Forms toolbar in Word2003. The frame can be anchored outside the pre-printed form image and then positioned appropriately. grammatim wrote: No. A scanned document is a picture of a document. On Feb 22, 12:54 pm, DonR wrote: I want to copy a preprinted form, something like a blank tax return, into Word and then use the keyboard to enter data into the form. Can I do this in Word 2007 and if so .. how? -- Greg Maxey - Word MVP My web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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Can I copy a scanned form to Word and then complete the blanks?
Don,
Yes with a little effort you could do this (see my follow up to Peter Daniels for the basic concept). In Word2007 the Insert Frame command is located on the Developer TabControls GroupLegacy Forms splitButton A better altenative may be to look and see if there is a IRS online tax form for the tax form that you are trying to fill out. On Feb 22, 12:54*pm, DonR wrote: I want to copy a preprinted form, something like a blank tax return, into Word and then use the keyboard to enter data into the form. Can I do this in Word 2007 and if so .. how? * |
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Can I copy a scanned form to Word and then complete the blanks
It's not a tax form I only used that as an example.
"Greg Maxey" wrote: Don, Yes with a little effort you could do this (see my follow up to Peter Daniels for the basic concept). In Word2007 the Insert Frame command is located on the Developer TabControls GroupLegacy Forms splitButton A better altenative may be to look and see if there is a IRS online tax form for the tax form that you are trying to fill out. On Feb 22, 12:54 pm, DonR wrote: I want to copy a preprinted form, something like a blank tax return, into Word and then use the keyboard to enter data into the form. Can I do this in Word 2007 and if so .. how? |
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Can I copy a scanned form to Word and then complete the blanks?
I'd like to see you try it.
On Feb 22, 2:06*pm, "Greg Maxey" wrote: No is not the correct answer. A preprinted form scanned into Word is an InLineShape (or picture) but there is nothing to prevent a user from placing frames over the blank spaces in the image and then entering text into these frames. The insert frames control is located on the Forms toolbar in Word2003. *The frame can be anchored outside the pre-printed form image and then positioned appropriately. grammatim wrote: No. A scanned document is a picture of a document. On Feb 22, 12:54 pm, DonR wrote: I want to copy a preprinted form, something like a blank tax return, into Word and then use the keyboard to enter data into the form. Can I do this in Word 2007 and if so .. how? |
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Peter,
Still can't admit that you can be wrong?. Would you like to make a small wager? You send me a scanned blank form inserted as an image in a Word document and I send it back filled out. Then you send a check for $100.00. Otherwise figure it out yourself. grammatim wrote: I'd like to see you try it. On Feb 22, 2:06 pm, "Greg Maxey" wrote: No is not the correct answer. A preprinted form scanned into Word is an InLineShape (or picture) but there is nothing to prevent a user from placing frames over the blank spaces in the image and then entering text into these frames. The insert frames control is located on the Forms toolbar in Word2003. The frame can be anchored outside the pre-printed form image and then positioned appropriately. grammatim wrote: No. A scanned document is a picture of a document. On Feb 22, 12:54 pm, DonR wrote: I want to copy a preprinted form, something like a blank tax return, into Word and then use the keyboard to enter data into the form. Can I do this in Word 2007 and if so .. how? -- Greg Maxey - Word MVP My web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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Can I copy a scanned form to Word and then complete the blanks
I actually found a solution in something called "Microsofft Office Document
Imaging" which is not installed by default, but resides in "Office" and can be installed. httpffice.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102548791033.aspx "DonR" wrote: It's not a tax form I only used that as an example. "Greg Maxey" wrote: Don, Yes with a little effort you could do this (see my follow up to Peter Daniels for the basic concept). In Word2007 the Insert Frame command is located on the Developer TabControls GroupLegacy Forms splitButton A better altenative may be to look and see if there is a IRS online tax form for the tax form that you are trying to fill out. On Feb 22, 12:54 pm, DonR wrote: I want to copy a preprinted form, something like a blank tax return, into Word and then use the keyboard to enter data into the form. Can I do this in Word 2007 and if so .. how? |
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Greg chose to take his hissy-fit to email. He doesn't recognize that
OP wasn't asking whether it was theoretically possible; he wanted to know if it made sense to do it that way. On Feb 22, 6:24*pm, "Greg Maxey" wrote: Peter, Still can't admit that you can be wrong?. *Would you like to make a small wager? *You send me a scanned blank form inserted as an image in a Word document and I send it back filled out. *Then you send a check for $100..00. Otherwise figure it out yourself. grammatim wrote: I'd like to see you try it. On Feb 22, 2:06 pm, "Greg Maxey" wrote: No is not the correct answer. A preprinted form scanned into Word is an InLineShape (or picture) but there is nothing to prevent a user from placing frames over the blank spaces in the image and then entering text into these frames. The insert frames control is located on the Forms toolbar in Word2003. The frame can be anchored outside the pre-printed form image and then positioned appropriately. grammatim wrote: No. A scanned document is a picture of a document. On Feb 22, 12:54 pm, DonR wrote: I want to copy a preprinted form, something like a blank tax return, into Word and then use the keyboard to enter data into the form. Can I do this in Word 2007 and if so .. how? |
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Sorry, but I cannot see anywhere in the original post were there was the
slightest indication that the user was asking if it made sense to do it that way as against it being theoretically possible. And, while challenges are being issued, I'd like to have you show me what I have overlooked. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "grammatim" wrote in message ... Greg chose to take his hissy-fit to email. He doesn't recognize that OP wasn't asking whether it was theoretically possible; he wanted to know if it made sense to do it that way. On Feb 22, 6:24 pm, "Greg Maxey" wrote: Peter, Still can't admit that you can be wrong?. Would you like to make a small wager? You send me a scanned blank form inserted as an image in a Word document and I send it back filled out. Then you send a check for $100.00. Otherwise figure it out yourself. grammatim wrote: I'd like to see you try it. On Feb 22, 2:06 pm, "Greg Maxey" wrote: No is not the correct answer. A preprinted form scanned into Word is an InLineShape (or picture) but there is nothing to prevent a user from placing frames over the blank spaces in the image and then entering text into these frames. The insert frames control is located on the Forms toolbar in Word2003. The frame can be anchored outside the pre-printed form image and then positioned appropriately. grammatim wrote: No. A scanned document is a picture of a document. On Feb 22, 12:54 pm, DonR wrote: I want to copy a preprinted form, something like a blank tax return, into Word and then use the keyboard to enter data into the form. Can I do this in Word 2007 and if so .. how? |
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Can I copy a scanned form to Word and then complete the blanks?
Don,
To cut through all of the off-topic discussion and answer your original question: What you have asked _can_ be done but it is time consuming, and the results will probably be less than satisfactory. There are several methods available. One approach would involve using the scanned image of the document as a sort of background and then placing an editable layer - perhaps using formfields or frames - over the top of it. Doing something like this requires a moderate level of skill, and, in my experience, the effort required is rarely worthwhile. You would, IMHO, be better off trying to find an online version of any particular form. -- Cheers! Gordon Bentley-Mix Word MVP Uninvited email contact will be marked as SPAM and ignored. Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup. "DonR" wrote in message ... I want to copy a preprinted form, something like a blank tax return, into Word and then use the keyboard to enter data into the form. Can I do this in Word 2007 and if so .. how? |
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Can I copy a scanned form to Word and then complete the blanks?
He says "I want to ... can I do this ...?" That is a request for
practical advice. On Feb 23, 3:52*am, "Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com" wrote: Sorry, but I cannot see anywhere in the original post were there was the slightest indication that the user was asking if it made sense to do it that way as against it being theoretically possible. And, while challenges are being issued, I'd like to have you show me what I have overlooked. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "grammatim" wrote in message ... Greg chose to take his hissy-fit to email. He doesn't recognize that OP wasn't asking whether it was theoretically possible; he wanted to know if it made sense to do it that way. On Feb 22, 6:24 pm, "Greg Maxey" wrote: Peter, Still can't admit that you can be wrong?. Would you like to make a small wager? You send me a scanned blank form inserted as an image in a Word document and I send it back filled out. Then you send a check for $100.00. |
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I'm not sure that that will help you, but it is relatively easy for anyone
reasonably competent in Word to do this. I do it regularly, for single pages, but it is more complex if the form has multiple pages. What I do is place the scanned image (I usually take pages from PDFs, but scanned images work in the same way) in the header - as a background - and position it to fit the page. Then in the main body of the document add text boxes (text boxes usually serve my purposes well, but are not the only way) and move and position them over the spaces in the form. If there are many boxes to fill in, the display can tend to jump about a little if all the text boxes are anchored to a single paragraph. Depending on the complexity of the form, you may be able to simply type in the document body, or perhaps use a table, and space the text appropriately. There is no magic bullet; Word cannot interpret the image, and each form is a one-off, but it isn't particularly difficult once you know how. -- Enjoy, Tony www.WordArticles.com "DonR" wrote in message ... I actually found a solution in something called "Microsofft Office Document Imaging" which is not installed by default, but resides in "Office" and can be installed. httpffice.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102548791033.aspx "DonR" wrote: It's not a tax form I only used that as an example. "Greg Maxey" wrote: Don, Yes with a little effort you could do this (see my follow up to Peter Daniels for the basic concept). In Word2007 the Insert Frame command is located on the Developer TabControls GroupLegacy Forms splitButton A better altenative may be to look and see if there is a IRS online tax form for the tax form that you are trying to fill out. On Feb 22, 12:54 pm, DonR wrote: I want to copy a preprinted form, something like a blank tax return, into Word and then use the keyboard to enter data into the form. Can I do this in Word 2007 and if so .. how? |
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It's been awhile since I've used Microsoft Office Document Imaging for
something like this but I have in the past and I do think adding the text boxes to the image in it is a little easier than trying to do it in Word, even when you know what you're doing. ;-) But either way, the task can be fairly simple or a lot of work depending on the form you're trying to fill in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com wrote in message ... I'm not sure that that will help you, but it is relatively easy for anyone reasonably competent in Word to do this. I do it regularly, for single pages, but it is more complex if the form has multiple pages. What I do is place the scanned image (I usually take pages from PDFs, but scanned images work in the same way) in the header - as a background - and position it to fit the page. Then in the main body of the document add text boxes (text boxes usually serve my purposes well, but are not the only way) and move and position them over the spaces in the form. If there are many boxes to fill in, the display can tend to jump about a little if all the text boxes are anchored to a single paragraph. Depending on the complexity of the form, you may be able to simply type in the document body, or perhaps use a table, and space the text appropriately. There is no magic bullet; Word cannot interpret the image, and each form is a one-off, but it isn't particularly difficult once you know how. -- Enjoy, Tony www.WordArticles.com "DonR" wrote in message ... I actually found a solution in something called "Microsofft Office Document Imaging" which is not installed by default, but resides in "Office" and can be installed. httpffice.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102548791033.aspx |
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And a simple "no" is NOT practical advice. Practical advice is "you can, but
it's not worth the trouble" - which is what Greg and I both said. -- Cheers! Gordon Bentley-Mix Word MVP Uninvited email contact will be marked as SPAM and ignored. Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup. "grammatim" wrote in message ... He says "I want to ... can I do this ...?" That is a request for practical advice. On Feb 23, 3:52 am, "Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com" wrote: Sorry, but I cannot see anywhere in the original post were there was the slightest indication that the user was asking if it made sense to do it that way as against it being theoretically possible. And, while challenges are being issued, I'd like to have you show me what I have overlooked. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "grammatim" wrote in message ... Greg chose to take his hissy-fit to email. He doesn't recognize that OP wasn't asking whether it was theoretically possible; he wanted to know if it made sense to do it that way. On Feb 22, 6:24 pm, "Greg Maxey" wrote: Peter, Still can't admit that you can be wrong?. Would you like to make a small wager? You send me a scanned blank form inserted as an image in a Word document and I send it back filled out. Then you send a check for $100.00. Otherwise figure it out yourself. grammatim wrote: I'd like to see you try it. On Feb 22, 2:06 pm, "Greg Maxey" wrote: No is not the correct answer. A preprinted form scanned into Word is an InLineShape (or picture) but there is nothing to prevent a user from placing frames over the blank spaces in the image and then entering text into these frames. The insert frames control is located on the Forms toolbar in Word2003. The frame can be anchored outside the pre-printed form image and then positioned appropriately. grammatim wrote: No. A scanned document is a picture of a document. On Feb 22, 12:54 pm, DonR wrote: I want to copy a preprinted form, something like a blank tax return, into Word and then use the keyboard to enter data into the form. Can I do this in Word 2007 and if so .. how?- |
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On the occasions when I have wanted to do this, rather than text boxes, I
just have the image behind the text and adjust paragraph spacing before and indents, tab stops the get the text that I enter aligned with the spaces on the form. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... It's been awhile since I've used Microsoft Office Document Imaging for something like this but I have in the past and I do think adding the text boxes to the image in it is a little easier than trying to do it in Word, even when you know what you're doing. ;-) But either way, the task can be fairly simple or a lot of work depending on the form you're trying to fill in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com wrote in message ... I'm not sure that that will help you, but it is relatively easy for anyone reasonably competent in Word to do this. I do it regularly, for single pages, but it is more complex if the form has multiple pages. What I do is place the scanned image (I usually take pages from PDFs, but scanned images work in the same way) in the header - as a background - and position it to fit the page. Then in the main body of the document add text boxes (text boxes usually serve my purposes well, but are not the only way) and move and position them over the spaces in the form. If there are many boxes to fill in, the display can tend to jump about a little if all the text boxes are anchored to a single paragraph. Depending on the complexity of the form, you may be able to simply type in the document body, or perhaps use a table, and space the text appropriately. There is no magic bullet; Word cannot interpret the image, and each form is a one-off, but it isn't particularly difficult once you know how. -- Enjoy, Tony www.WordArticles.com "DonR" wrote in message ... I actually found a solution in something called "Microsofft Office Document Imaging" which is not installed by default, but resides in "Office" and can be installed. httpffice.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102548791033.aspx |
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The word "practical" is yours. That notwithstanding, it is not impractical
to do it in Word 2007. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "grammatim" wrote in message ... He says "I want to ... can I do this ...?" That is a request for practical advice. On Feb 23, 3:52 am, "Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com" wrote: Sorry, but I cannot see anywhere in the original post were there was the slightest indication that the user was asking if it made sense to do it that way as against it being theoretically possible. And, while challenges are being issued, I'd like to have you show me what I have overlooked. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "grammatim" wrote in message ... Greg chose to take his hissy-fit to email. He doesn't recognize that OP wasn't asking whether it was theoretically possible; he wanted to know if it made sense to do it that way. On Feb 22, 6:24 pm, "Greg Maxey" wrote: Peter, Still can't admit that you can be wrong?. Would you like to make a small wager? You send me a scanned blank form inserted as an image in a Word document and I send it back filled out. Then you send a check for $100.00. Otherwise figure it out yourself. grammatim wrote: I'd like to see you try it. On Feb 22, 2:06 pm, "Greg Maxey" wrote: No is not the correct answer. A preprinted form scanned into Word is an InLineShape (or picture) but there is nothing to prevent a user from placing frames over the blank spaces in the image and then entering text into these frames. The insert frames control is located on the Forms toolbar in Word2003. The frame can be anchored outside the pre-printed form image and then positioned appropriately. grammatim wrote: No. A scanned document is a picture of a document. On Feb 22, 12:54 pm, DonR wrote: I want to copy a preprinted form, something like a blank tax return, into Word and then use the keyboard to enter data into the form. Can I do this in Word 2007 and if so .. how?- |
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