[Help_needed]

I am trying to use Scansoft to convert ocr files to WORD 2002.
When they display in WORD there is a grey box around text.
Also, the first character, an ordered alpha is uneditable. All
othere text is all right.

[Graham Mayor]

OCR software comes in varying abilities and none of it is perfect. Some
format with frames or text boxes which make editing a nightmare. Others are
simply poor at translating. In your case it seems that you may have both
problems. It may help to scan to plain text (which doesn't support frames or
text boxes) and add the formatting yourself. You could ask a ScanSoft forum
how best to setup the software to work with Word. It may, for example, be
possible to set it not to use frames.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




"Help_needed" wrote in message
...
I am trying to use Scansoft to convert ocr files to WORD 2002.
When they display in WORD there is a grey box around text.
Also, the first character, an ordered alpha is uneditable. All
othere text is all right.

[Graham Mayor]

OCR software comes in varying abilities and none of it is perfect. Some
format with frames or text boxes which make editing a nightmare. Others are
simply poor at translating. In your case it seems that you may have both
problems. It may help to scan to plain text (which doesn't support frames or
text boxes) and add the formatting yourself. You could ask a ScanSoft forum
how best to setup the software to work with Word. It may, for example, be
possible to set it not to use frames.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




"Help_needed" wrote in message
...
I am trying to use Scansoft to convert ocr files to WORD 2002.
When they display in WORD there is a grey box around text.
Also, the first character, an ordered alpha is uneditable. All
othere text is all right.