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How can I scan a document into MS Word?
I want to scan an put-of-print book (I own the copyright) into a TIFF doc so
that it can be sent to a print-on-demand publisher. How do I scan it into Word? |
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How can I scan a document into MS Word?
Mon, 16 Jan 2006 07:40:05 -0800 from Jed
: I want to scan an put-of-print book (I own the copyright) into a TIFF doc so that it can be sent to a print-on-demand publisher. How do I scan it into Word? Is this a trick question? Use a scanner, of course. Its accompanying software will guide you through the process. Just make sure you select TIFF in the file type when doing Save As. But "scan it into Word"?? You wouldn't do that. If you have an image to be printed, send your publisher the image. On the other hand, if you want to edit the text, even just changing fonts, you still don't ant the TIFF files in Word -- in fact you don't want TIFF files at all. You'll need software called "OCR" or "text recognition" -- it will direct the scanner and then lead you through the process of creating a text file. Omnipage is one of the better known packages for this, but most scanners come with some form of text-recognition software. Caution: You will not get true commercial print quality with the typical scanner. I would try one sample page and see if your publisher's print quality is acceptable. If not, it's most likely scanner resolution that is your problem. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ |
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How can I scan a document into MS Word?
Jed,
You've asked two questions here. Many scanners come with software that will scan and produce a file in TIFF format. They may also come with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software which will feed into a word processing file (such as Word). A problem with OCR is that it may have a problem recognising characters and will put in what it thinks it sees. That means you will have to proof read your book again. It may be useful though if you intend to update the text. The ease of updating is also another Achilles heal in that it makes it easy for anyone to plagiarise your work. Hope that helps! Regards. Bill Ridgeway Computer Solutions "Jed" wrote in message ... I want to scan an put-of-print book (I own the copyright) into a TIFF doc so that it can be sent to a print-on-demand publisher. How do I scan it into Word? |
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