There is a little utility called ABBYY Screenshot Reader that will read your scanned text from your computer screen and convert it to text, which can be then pasted into the notes of Legacy. It costs $10 and is one of the best ten dollars I've ever spent. I own and use Abbyy OCR software and Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended but this little utility does things so simply and fast, that I use it for anything I can see on screen and want to quickly convert to text. As with all OCR software, it usually isn't 100% but comes pretty close and is far faster than re typing. I always paste the text into TextPad and check it over before pasting into my Legacy notes.
Here is a link to the Abbyy website and to the utility. You can download and try for free for 15 days to see if it is something that would work well for you. I've used Abbyy products for several years now and have been extremely pleased with their products and their support. http://www.abbyy.com/screenshot_reader/ Mary ------------------- From: James Gallagher [mailto:gallagher.jame...@yahoo.com] I have a few Newspaper articles that I would like to copy into a person's note pad without typing them all in. <snip> Thanks Jim Gallagher Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
