I scanned a doc to ms word
I can copy it to other ms products but It will not copy it to a message
board window. Any ideas
hanks
Mike

It is still a picture of text rather than text. You need to run it through
OCR software (should have come with scanner).
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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I scanned a doc to ms word
I can copy it to other ms products but It will not copy it to a message
board window. Any ideas
hanks
Mike

The OCR doeosn't produce the same doc it all jarbled and ugly.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

It is still a picture of text rather than text. You need to run it through
OCR software (should have come with scanner).
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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!
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I scanned a doc to ms word
I can copy it to other ms products but It will not copy it to a message
board window. Any ideas
hanks
Mike

That is the nature of OCR. Different programs give different results,
though.
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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!
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The OCR doeosn't produce the same doc it all jarbled and ugly.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

It is still a picture of text rather than text. You need to run it
through
OCR software (should have come with scanner).
--
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!
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"gaby8" wrote in message
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I scanned a doc to ms word
I can copy it to other ms products but It will not copy it to a message
board window. Any ideas
hanks
Mike

It does help to scan the document with the recommended scanner settings
indicated by the OCR software.

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Charles Kenyon wrote:
That is the nature of OCR. Different programs give different results,
though.

"gaby8" wrote in message
...
The OCR doeosn't produce the same doc it all jarbled and ugly.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

It is still a picture of text rather than text. You need to run it
through
OCR software (should have come with scanner).
--
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!
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"gaby8" wrote in message
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I scanned a doc to ms word
I can copy it to other ms products but It will not copy it to a
message board window. Any ideas
hanks
Mike