[Hank Laskin]

Is there a way to scan a blank form into word and be able to type and
complete each section of this form?

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Thank you in advance for your assistance
HankL

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Not easily. If this is a once and done form, it's not worth the time and
effort you'd have to go thru to get it to the point where you could fill it
in.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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"Hank Laskin" wrote in message
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Is there a way to scan a blank form into word and be able to type and
complete each section of this form?

--
Thank you in advance for your assistance
HankL

[Poprivet]

Hank Laskin wrote:
Is there a way to scan a blank form into word and be able to type and
complete each section of this form?

I've done that a few times for one-ups. Scan the form, save it to a format
my graphics program can use, and then use that programs text features to add
the text where I need it. It's clumsy, but it'll work.

Pop`

[Peo]

If it's a preprinted form you're going to use a lot of time, here's what I
once did (and this was way-back in Word 97, so it ought to work in most
"modern Word's"):
1. Scan the preprinted form, and save it as an image file on your hard drive.
2. Create a new, blank document in Word, and insert the scanned form as an
image from the file you just saved after scanning.
3. Add text boxes right on top of all the fields on the printed form image
that you'll need to fill in.
4. Try and fill in some of the fields by typing in the textboxes. Any text
inside those textboxes will by default be with the "normal" text style, and
you may have to tweak the both the font size of this "normal" style and the
positioning of the textboxes to ensure the text you type in fits neat and
snuggly inside the preprinted fields.
5. When you're satisfied with how everything works, clear out any "test
entries" you made in the textboxes.
6. If the form is about yourself or your business, there may be fields
that'll always contain the same information each time, like e.g. name or
company name: Fill in such fields now. Similar with fields that almost always
have the same "answer"; by "pre-filling" them now, you'll only need to edit
them in the few cases the "standard answer" doesn't apply.
7. Finally, save the whole ting as a template under a descriptive name.

Now, each time you need to fill in this kind of form, you just create a new
document in Word, using your new template. Fill in the fields by clicking
inside them, and type in the information. And don't forget to check those
"almost always the same answer"-kind of fields. Afterwards, you can print the
whole thing, and/or save it for the records on your hard drive.

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Can I run that on my trusty ol' Commodore 64...? ;-)


"Hank Laskin" skrev:

Is there a way to scan a blank form into word and be able to type and
complete each section of this form?

--
Thank you in advance for your assistance
HankL

[OE]

If it's any help, this is what I do:

Scan the form. Save to hard drive.
Open Word (I use 2003).
Insert picture (form) in header, adjusting to size of paper.
Close Header
Type in appropriate places
Before printing, delete header.
I use this quite a lot so have saved a blank document (with the header) as a
template. It's simple then to Open Document based on this template, type
form and, again, delete Header before printing.

"Peo" wrote in message
...
If it's a preprinted form you're going to use a lot of time, here's what I
once did (and this was way-back in Word 97, so it ought to work in most
"modern Word's"):
1. Scan the preprinted form, and save it as an image file on your hard
drive.
2. Create a new, blank document in Word, and insert the scanned form as an
image from the file you just saved after scanning.
3. Add text boxes right on top of all the fields on the printed form image
that you'll need to fill in.
4. Try and fill in some of the fields by typing in the textboxes. Any text
inside those textboxes will by default be with the "normal" text style,
and
you may have to tweak the both the font size of this "normal" style and
the
positioning of the textboxes to ensure the text you type in fits neat and
snuggly inside the preprinted fields.
5. When you're satisfied with how everything works, clear out any "test
entries" you made in the textboxes.
6. If the form is about yourself or your business, there may be fields
that'll always contain the same information each time, like e.g. name or
company name: Fill in such fields now. Similar with fields that almost
always
have the same "answer"; by "pre-filling" them now, you'll only need to
edit
them in the few cases the "standard answer" doesn't apply.
7. Finally, save the whole ting as a template under a descriptive name.

Now, each time you need to fill in this kind of form, you just create a
new
document in Word, using your new template. Fill in the fields by clicking
inside them, and type in the information. And don't forget to check those
"almost always the same answer"-kind of fields. Afterwards, you can print
the
whole thing, and/or save it for the records on your hard drive.

--
Can I run that on my trusty ol' Commodore 64...? ;-)


"Hank Laskin" skrev:

Is there a way to scan a blank form into word and be able to type and
complete each section of this form?

--
Thank you in advance for your assistance
HankL