How......

[jonnie comet]

........can I scan a form into (say) Word, so that I can fill it in on the PC ?
Do I need some sort of O.C.R. software ?

I'm not sure if this is really obvious that I can, or really obvious that I can't....

Thanks for any help gents........

 

[centaur]

........can I scan a form into (say) Word, so that I can fill it in on the PC ?
Do I need some sort of O.C.R. software ?

I'm not sure if this is really obvious that I can, or really obvious that I can't....

Thanks for any help gents........

Yep. You need some OCR s/w...didn't any come with the scanner ?

 

[jonnie comet]

Yep. You need some OCR s/w...didn't any come with the scanner ?

...No it didn't......thanks for the reply anyway.......

...Any free stuff out there...???.....

 

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

You could scan it into .pdf and use Acrobat to make form boxes to fill in on screen.

 

[GSmonkey]

If it was a one off, I'd just scan it as a .jpg and post into word. You can then use text boxes to place text at the appropriate place.

 

[centaur]

...No it didn't......thanks for the reply anyway.......

...Any free stuff out there...???.....

Do a Google on 'Free OCR software'....plenty out there

 

[jonnie comet]

If it was a one off, I'd just scan it as a .jpg and post into word. You can then use text boxes to place text at the appropriate place.

..Yes, I thought about that, but it's a ball ache of a document that I need to fill in..........and I always try for the easy option....

OCR it is.........thanks for the replies lads.......