Hello, I would like to scan a blank form into Word and be able to fill it in
over and over again with different information each time. When I scan it
using MS office scanning, it looks great and shows the ocr in the thumbnail
in the image to the left. Then I use the icon and "send to Word" at which
point the document looks different with parts of it being in the wrong place.
I don't know why this happens. Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thank you,
breighdi

It happens because the software that converts it to a Word file (OCR
software) isn't perfect.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"breighdi" wrote in message
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Hello, I would like to scan a blank form into Word and be able to fill it
in
over and over again with different information each time. When I scan it
using MS office scanning, it looks great and shows the ocr in the
thumbnail
in the image to the left. Then I use the icon and "send to Word" at which
point the document looks different with parts of it being in the wrong
place.
I don't know why this happens. Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thank you,
breighdi

I have found that the best (best results) is to remove all formating. Copy
all and paste into Notepad, then copy all and paste into a new blank word
document and apply your desired formatting. Just last week, a 128 page
document that had been scanned by someone else—about two hours...
Good luck.
"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message
...
It happens because the software that converts it to a Word file (OCR
software) isn't perfect.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"breighdi" wrote in message
...
Hello, I would like to scan a blank form into Word and be able to fill it
in
over and over again with different information each time. When I scan it
using MS office scanning, it looks great and shows the ocr in the
thumbnail
in the image to the left. Then I use the icon and "send to Word" at which
point the document looks different with parts of it being in the wrong
place.
I don't know why this happens. Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thank you,
breighdi

The Office OCR tool offers only rudimentary OCR functions. It will extract
the text but that's about all. No OCR software is perfect, but some are much
better than others and the best I have used by a wide margin is Finereader.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


breighdi wrote:
Hello, I would like to scan a blank form into Word and be able to
fill it in over and over again with different information each time.
When I scan it using MS office scanning, it looks great and shows the
ocr in the thumbnail in the image to the left. Then I use the icon
and "send to Word" at which point the document looks different with
parts of it being in the wrong place. I don't know why this happens.
Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you,
breighdi