Hi Kathy, So you don't have the electronic emails........ I had a family manuscript legal size paper copy I wanted in a text format, this is what I did. There is a online service you can use to convert a scanned image to a text.pdf file. Paste this into you web browser.
http://www.cvisiontech.com/online-conversion/general/main.html?lang=eng Answer the question "What would you like to do with your documents?" by checking OCR and none of the other options. Then select your files. I have converted 10 files at a time, I don't know if there is an upper limit or not. You will have to give an email address, company name (I gave "NA"), and a phone number. When the files are ready download and save to your harddisk. They will be in PDF format with a name like: yourfilename.bmp PdfCompressor-#####.pdf where ##### is a sequential number. In your PDF viewer use Edit>SelectAll then Copy. Next paste into your favorite text editor and remove the promotional text at the bottom of the page. You will need to proofread the TEXT file for errors. The PDF view will be as good as your scanned copy. The text file accuracy will depend on the quality of your scan. The following text will be inserted at the end of every page: "PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor." You will shortly receive a short promotional email for there product. You may receive additional emails, but I don't remembering them be a nuisance. Laird On 11/12/2010 12:07 PM, Kathy Meyer wrote: > Thanks everyone; I do not have the electronic emails in this case; I > printed them out 7 years ago (ok, I admitted it; I print things out > and stuff them in a file to work on later and it's much, much later!) > Otherwise, I would definitely copy/paste; these are fairly long emails > so will take some typing; luckily I'm a pretty quick typist! > > Yes, I want them to show up in reports somewhere other than endnotes; > of course, it would be good to be able to choose whether to show it or > not. I have not printed too many reports; really just some basics to > share with various branches of the family. > > So I'm hearing that if I create an event for each email (email from > JohnDoe 1 Jan 2003) and then put the text of the email into the > details of that event. I'm not seeing a source reference I would > attach to that because everything would be right there in the event; > it would be self explanatory. Then I would copy that event to the next > person and highlight the details pertaining to the 2nd person, the way > I do with census transcriptions. > > Just let me know if I'm understanding you all correctly. Thanks, Kathy > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Connie Sheets<[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, Jenny, >> >> I assumed Kathy did not have the electronic e-mails, only hard-copy >> print-outs of them. If she has actual e-mails, I agree I would copy and >> paste. >> >> My reason for posting, however, was to point out that if she puts the >> transcriptions (or copy/paste) only in the Source, not in the Event Note (or >> General Note), they will print as footnotes/endnotes, not in the body of the >> report. >> >> To each his/her own, of course, but I'd want that information in the body of >> the report, not buried in the source citation. >> >> To the extent that I attach scans/images in Legacy, it is for the purpose of >> using Legacy as my filing cabinet/finding aid. I usually don't bother >> printing images in Legacy reports unless it is the preferred photo of the >> person. >> >> Connie >> Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
