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Paper forms into Word
I have specialized paper forms, that I once used I typriter to enter the data
into. How can I manage that when I type the data in word It will be printed in the right space on the form ? |
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Paper forms into Word
This is one of the hardest things to do with a computer. It is far easier to
recreate the form on the computer and fill it in. You are talking about hours per page and everything will need to be adjusted if you change printers, or possibly even update your computer's operating system. If you really want to tackle it, I'll tell you what to do. My recommendation, though, is to instead scan your document in and either put form fields on top of it using tables or frames, or recreate the form as text. (Recreating is probably better in the long run because you'll have much smaller and simpler documents. For any of these three options (printing on your printed forms, printing on an image of your form, or recreating the form) you'll need to learn about what Word calls an "online form." Check this in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. I would recommend reading at least the first three of Ms. Chapman's articles before you tackle your first conversion. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Karol" wrote in message ... I have specialized paper forms, that I once used I typriter to enter the data into. How can I manage that when I type the data in word It will be printed in the right space on the form ? |
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