If you scan then select all then copy into a text document, it should work.
Cheers Catherine Vallee Cannaregio 4118 30121 Venezia Tel +39 041 241 23 23 Cel +39 340 572 62 57 --- En date de : Mar 22.7.08, Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > De: Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Objet: Re: [users] Information - Scanning "into" Writer > À: [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mardi 22 Juillet 2008, 8h50 > 2008/7/22 James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Harold Fuchs wrote: > > > >> On 21/07/2008 12:39, James Knott wrote: > >> > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> > >>>> I am trying to find a way to scan a > document,send as a PDF file so I > >>>> can > >>>> type into it and than print it. I know > there is software that will do > >>>> this but it is very expensive,and way out > of my price range,that is why > >>>> I > >>>> am wondering if you have any thing like > this that will > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> Sincerely,Jon Bennett > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> With OpenOffice, you can can the document into > Writer and then export to > >>> PDF. I have also scanned in a document and > used it as the background and > >>> then added appropriate text over top. > >>> > >>> > >>> a) Forwarding to unsubscribed OP. > >> b) To James Knott: please, which software > package/s allow/s OCR scanning > >> into Writer? Which OS/s do/es this/these package/s > run under? I don't mean > >> RTF. Or, even with RTF, which software package/s > can actually invoke > >> OpenOffice Writer when they have finished > scanning? On which OS's? > >> > >> I didn't say OCR scanning, I said I scanned > in a document, used it as > > background and then entered new text. > > > OK, I'll try again. Please explain in detail what > software you used and what > file type(s) ("extensions" in Windows > terminology) you used to get the > document as a background into Writer. Sorry, but to me > "scan the document > into Writer" sounded as if your scanning software > invoked Writer in the same > way as mine invoked Word when I had MS Office installed: my > scanning > software would actually invoke Word when it had finished > scanning the > document; there was *no* intermediate saved file (unless > the scanning > software created and then removed a temporary working file > for its own > internal purposes) and I did not have to intervene in any > way. I'd dearly > love to find some good scanning software that would work in > this way with > OOo; hence my persistence. > > > > -- > Harold Fuchs > London, England > Please reply *only* to [email protected] _____________________________________________________________________________ Envoyez avec Yahoo! Mail. Une boite mail plus intelligente http://mail.yahoo.fr --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
