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Hi all,
How to a scan a document into word 2007 please
Thanks
Chris
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Obviously you need a scanner. The scanner should come with some basic
software that launches the scanned document in Word. However, if you want
the scanned item to be editable text, then you need another software utility
called OCR (Optical Character Recognition). Most scanners come with a basic
OCR package too. So you scan, run the OCR which should open a new document
with an editable new document.
The quality of the original document, the quality of the scan and the OCR
provided will have a major effect on how good the scanned document will be.
If you arte going to do a lot of this, then get a decent scanner and a good
OCR such as AbbeyyFineReader. Budget scanners come with budget software that
does a budget job.
AT the top end of the market, you can get automated scanners with OCR that
will automatically scan large documents (usually up to 50 or 100 duplex
pages) in just a minute or so. But you need a powerful PC and a matching
budget to achieve that.
--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP
"cjw064" <cjw064[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ACCED234-93BD-477C-8F7E-6D4ED905D1A5[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text] > Hi all,
> How to a scan a document into word 2007 please
> Thanks
> Chris
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The issue here, however, Terry, is that Insert | Picture | From Scanner or
Camera... is no longer available in Word 2007. Whether there's a way to
directly acquire OCR text, I don't know.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.
"Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> wrote in message
news:O2q4KNscHHA.3616[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > Obviously you need a scanner. The scanner should come with some basic
> software that launches the scanned document in Word. However, if you want
> the scanned item to be editable text, then you need another software
utility
> called OCR (Optical Character Recognition). Most scanners come with a
basic
> OCR package too. So you scan, run the OCR which should open a new document
> with an editable new document.
>
> The quality of the original document, the quality of the scan and the OCR
> provided will have a major effect on how good the scanned document will
be.
> If you arte going to do a lot of this, then get a decent scanner and a
good
> OCR such as AbbeyyFineReader. Budget scanners come with budget software
that
> does a budget job.
>
> AT the top end of the market, you can get automated scanners with OCR that
> will automatically scan large documents (usually up to 50 or 100 duplex
> pages) in just a minute or so. But you need a powerful PC and a matching
> budget to achieve that.
>
> --
> Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP
>
> "cjw064" <cjw064[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ACCED234-93BD-477C-8F7E-6D4ED905D1A5[ at ]microsoft.com...
> > Hi all,
> > How to a scan a document into word 2007 please
> > Thanks
> > Chris
>
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I see. Office 2007 has its own utility: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft
Office Tools, Microsoft Office Document Scanning. But it is just a front end
so that you still use the scanner driver and interface.
Terry
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> wrote in message
news:O3SVKstcHHA.3616[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > The issue here, however, Terry, is that Insert | Picture | From Scanner or > Camera... is no longer available in Word 2007. Whether there's a way to > directly acquire OCR text, I don't know. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup > so > all may benefit. > > "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> wrote in message > news:O2q4KNscHHA.3616[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Obviously you need a scanner. The scanner should come with some basic >> software that launches the scanned document in Word. However, if you want >> the scanned item to be editable text, then you need another software > utility >> called OCR (Optical Character Recognition). Most scanners come with a > basic >> OCR package too. So you scan, run the OCR which should open a new >> document >> with an editable new document. >> >> The quality of the original document, the quality of the scan and the OCR >> provided will have a major effect on how good the scanned document will > be. >> If you arte going to do a lot of this, then get a decent scanner and a > good >> OCR such as AbbeyyFineReader. Budget scanners come with budget software > that >> does a budget job. >> >> AT the top end of the market, you can get automated scanners with OCR >> that >> will automatically scan large documents (usually up to 50 or 100 duplex >> pages) in just a minute or so. But you need a powerful PC and a matching >> budget to achieve that. >> >> -- >> Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP >> >> "cjw064" <cjw064[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:ACCED234-93BD-477C-8F7E-6D4ED905D1A5[ at ]microsoft.com... >> > Hi all, >> > How to a scan a document into word 2007 please >> > Thanks >> > Chris >> >
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Hi Chris,
MS Office 2003 and 2007 have an optional installation item set, Microsoft Office Document Imaging and Microsoft Office Document
Scanning that you can choose from the Microsoft Office listing in Add/Remove Programs in the Windows control panel.
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<<"cjw064" <cjw064[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:ACCED234-93BD-477C-8F7E-6D4ED905D1A5[ at ]microsoft.com...
Hi all,
How to a scan a document into word 2007 please
Thanks
Chris>>
--
Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP
*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
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Suzanne,
There is a method for getting to Insert Picture from scanner, but you have to go throught he Insert=>Clipart=>Organize Clips choice
to get to it in the File menu of the Office clip organizer. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827100/en-us?FR=1
For document scanning, rather than picture input, installing the optional MS Office Document Imaging and scanning feature set is
the same in 2007 as in 2003.
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<<"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> wrote in message news:O3SVKstcHHA.3616[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
The issue here, however, Terry, is that Insert | Picture | From Scanner or
Camera... is no longer available in Word 2007. Whether there's a way to
directly acquire OCR text, I don't know.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill <<
--
Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP
*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
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Thanks for the follow-up, Bob. Nice to know it's not *entirely* unavailable.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.
"Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote
in message news:Oz%23ddLTdHHA.4352[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > Suzanne,
>
> There is a method for getting to Insert Picture from scanner, but you have
to go throught he Insert=>Clipart=>Organize Clips choice
> to get to it in the File menu of the Office clip organizer.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827100/en-us?FR=1
>
> For document scanning, rather than picture input, installing the optional
MS Office Document Imaging and scanning feature set is
> the same in 2007 as in 2003.
> ===============
> <<"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> wrote in message
news:O3SVKstcHHA.3616[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> The issue here, however, Terry, is that Insert | Picture | From Scanner or
> Camera... is no longer available in Word 2007. Whether there's a way to
> directly acquire OCR text, I don't know.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill <<
> --
>
> Bob Buckland ?:-)
> MS Office System Products MVP
>
> *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
>
>
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Thanks for pointing that out, Bob - I haven't installed 2007 on the systems
at work myself, and apparently our techs took the shortcut. Hence, the
result of not being able to locate it. I found it odd that it would be
withdrawn - glad to know it hasn't been :)
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 4/2/07 10:13 AM, in article #1fFrETdHHA.4308[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl, "Bob
Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226At Beautiful Downtowncompuserve.com> wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Hi Chris,
>
> MS Office 2003 and 2007 have an optional installation item set, Microsoft
> Office Document Imaging and Microsoft Office Document
> Scanning that you can choose from the Microsoft Office listing in Add/Remove
> Programs in the Windows control panel.
>
> ===============
> <<"cjw064" <cjw064[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ACCED234-93BD-477C-8F7E-6D4ED905D1A5[ at ]microsoft.com...
> Hi all,
> How to a scan a document into word 2007 please
> Thanks
> Chris>>
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You're probably aware of this, but for the benefit of any interested others
another poster supplied the following in the docmanagement forum:
MODI
Description: The Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI) tool set and code
dependencies on MODI are removed.
Reason for change: This technology is replaced with XPS.
Migration path: Online fax vendors or others who rely on MODI technology can
either download MODI or update their applications to use the new XPS
technology.
from here:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/e55b85c1-213f-47d5-809c-aba9331ae0331033.mspx?mfr=true
--
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
"Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote
in message news:%231fFrETdHHA.4308[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > Hi Chris,
>
> MS Office 2003 and 2007 have an optional installation item set, Microsoft
> Office Document Imaging and Microsoft Office Document
> Scanning that you can choose from the Microsoft Office listing in
> Add/Remove Programs in the Windows control panel.
>
> ===============
> <<"cjw064" <cjw064[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ACCED234-93BD-477C-8F7E-6D4ED905D1A5[ at ]microsoft.com...
> Hi all,
> How to a scan a document into word 2007 please
> Thanks
> Chris>>
> --
>
> Bob Buckland ?:-)
> MS Office System Products MVP
>
> *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
>
>
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Hi Taz,
As a guess I wouldn't expect the MS Office Document Imaging app (MS Paper) to survive in the next version. It's original name 'MS
Paper' is what led into the XPS development. MS doesn't often provide its Office graphic file formats that it then discontinues to
3rd party folks, or there would be converters for both .MIX and for .MDI files out there in other graphic apps <g>). That would lead
to them being more widespread in use, but MS marketing apparently doesn't see it that way <g>). If I recall correctly MS Office
Document Imaging originally wasn't going to be in Office 2007, but perhaps XPS wasn't far enough along at that point to be able to
transition to it easily.
It seemed odd that the removal of insert/scan from camera feature was going away when digital cameras/phones etc with USB plugins
finally became popular and widespread, but... :)
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"CyberTaz" <typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet> wrote in message news:eptZgJfdHHA.4172[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
You're probably aware of this, but for the benefit of any interested others
another poster supplied the following in the docmanagement forum:
MODI
Description: The Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI) tool set and code
dependencies on MODI are removed.
Reason for change: This technology is replaced with XPS.
Migration path: Online fax vendors or others who rely on MODI technology can
either download MODI or update their applications to use the new XPS
technology.
from here:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/e55b85c1-213f-47d5-809c-aba9331ae0331033.mspx?mfr=true
--
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones >>
--
Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP
*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
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You can install the MODI (Microsoft Office Document Imaging) in the Office
Tools, also available in Office 2007.
See
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/13/how-to-open-mdi-microsoft-document-imaging-format-with-office-2007/ for a description.
OCR and document management works as great as in Office 2003.
For the physical scan you still need the scanner+driver, though.
--
Ansgar
"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Hi Taz, > > As a guess I wouldn't expect the MS Office Document Imaging app (MS Paper) to survive in the next version. It's original name 'MS > Paper' is what led into the XPS development. MS doesn't often provide its Office graphic file formats that it then discontinues to > 3rd party folks, or there would be converters for both .MIX and for .MDI files out there in other graphic apps <g>). That would lead > to them being more widespread in use, but MS marketing apparently doesn't see it that way <g>). If I recall correctly MS Office > Document Imaging originally wasn't going to be in Office 2007, but perhaps XPS wasn't far enough along at that point to be able to > transition to it easily. > > It seemed odd that the removal of insert/scan from camera feature was going away when digital cameras/phones etc with USB plugins > finally became popular and widespread, but... :) > > ==== > "CyberTaz" <typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet> wrote in message news:eptZgJfdHHA.4172[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > You're probably aware of this, but for the benefit of any interested others > another poster supplied the following in the docmanagement forum: > > MODI > Description: The Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI) tool set and code > dependencies on MODI are removed. > Reason for change: This technology is replaced with XPS. > Migration path: Online fax vendors or others who rely on MODI technology can > either download MODI or update their applications to use the new XPS > technology. > from here: > http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/e55b85c1-213f-47d5-809c-aba9331ae0331033.mspx?mfr=true> > -- > Regards |:>) > Bob Jones >> > -- > > Bob Buckland ?:-) > MS Office System Products MVP > > *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* > > > |
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I did this and it installed but when I go to scan a document I get an message
stating that an error has occured and to send info to microsoft....any ideas
how to correct this......
"ansi" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > You can install the MODI (Microsoft Office Document Imaging) in the Office > Tools, also available in Office 2007. > See > http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/13/how-to-open-mdi-microsoft-document-imaging-format-with-office-2007/ for a description. > > OCR and document management works as great as in Office 2003. > For the physical scan you still need the scanner+driver, though. > -- > Ansgar > > > "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: > > > Hi Taz, > > > > As a guess I wouldn't expect the MS Office Document Imaging app (MS Paper) to survive in the next version. It's original name 'MS > > Paper' is what led into the XPS development. MS doesn't often provide its Office graphic file formats that it then discontinues to > > 3rd party folks, or there would be converters for both .MIX and for .MDI files out there in other graphic apps <g>). That would lead > > to them being more widespread in use, but MS marketing apparently doesn't see it that way <g>). If I recall correctly MS Office > > Document Imaging originally wasn't going to be in Office 2007, but perhaps XPS wasn't far enough along at that point to be able to > > transition to it easily. > > > > It seemed odd that the removal of insert/scan from camera feature was going away when digital cameras/phones etc with USB plugins > > finally became popular and widespread, but... :) > > > > ==== > > "CyberTaz" <typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet> wrote in message news:eptZgJfdHHA.4172[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > You're probably aware of this, but for the benefit of any interested others > > another poster supplied the following in the docmanagement forum: > > > > MODI > > Description: The Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI) tool set and code > > dependencies on MODI are removed. > > Reason for change: This technology is replaced with XPS. > > Migration path: Online fax vendors or others who rely on MODI technology can > > either download MODI or update their applications to use the new XPS > > technology. > > from here: > > http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/e55b85c1-213f-47d5-809c-aba9331ae0331033.mspx?mfr=true> > > > -- > > Regards |:>) > > Bob Jones >> > > -- > > > > Bob Buckland ?:-) > > MS Office System Products MVP > > > > *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* > > > > > > |
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