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Create "model" cell to make a table from
At first, I felt you didn't really answer my question. But it turns out that
the type of media file you use when scanning in a B+W graphic is critical. My first attempt was a jpeg, and word did read it, but it was a fuzzy, poor quality image. After reading about XML, I tried the scan as a tiff, because that is word's language (I think). This produced a great quality image that worked in Word. Unfortunately it didn't address the problem of Word having a mind of it's own about what to select, or the fact that the commands I needed were in there somewhere, but never all up at the same time. I had success with the project by leaving Word altogether. Select is pretty straightforeward in Paint. Draw a box around it and select. It turns out that a good quality image in Paint is achieved by scanning in as a Windows bitmap. (Word can't read a bitmap, though). Then I went to my Microsoft Works word processor, with far less commands and simple dropdown menus, and was able to complete the desired changes to size and shape, copy and paste a whole page of them, and finish the project. Thank-you again for the help. It guided me in the right direction, at least. Karyn C "Graham Mayor" wrote: If you scan to jpg, you simply create a graphical image of the original.Such an image is not editable in Word If you scan to RTF, you have used some form of OCR (Optical Character Reading) software to convert the image to editable text. OCR software is rarely going to accurately reproduce the document and much editing will usually be required to produce a workable facsimile of the original. There is no simple shortcut, though starting with decent OCR software such as Finereader will help. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Karyn C wrote: Hello, I am trying to make a printing master for "product cards" of various sizes and shapes. I am a beginner, and by beginner's luck, I succeeded in doing one size and shape from a jpeg scan. I didn't note my steps, but can,t seem to do it again. This time I have scanned in the original design as an rtf. The quality of the image is much sharper than the jpeg, so I would like to use this format. Some functions in some menus don't work with this format. I've noticed. The old paste-up printing artwork is in the form of a table, (what is scanned in), and I need to select a cell from this and change borders and size. When I try to select anything, the "tool box" or whatever it's called, the work area selected, is either the whole image, in this case, 8 cells as two rows of four, or I have been able to select two as one row. I need to select just one, redo it's borders and make a whole page of them. I've been at it for days, trying on my own, reading, reading, reading, but nothing addresses exactly this issue. Also I wish the Table tools would just stay up! They keep vanishing and I still need them. I don't want to insert a table first, I want to make a gridless table from a selected cell. There must be a way. Thank-you in advance for your expertise. I have visited the MVP. homepage. I assumed you were employees of Microsoft. Hope I was clear enough with my question so the advice hits the mark. Karyn C |
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