I know this has been asked before but I could not find the thread. But I
need a freeware program that allows me to scan a paper form and type
information into to feilds. Is there anything that can do this? Thank you.

Tabasco Kid wrote:
> I know this has been asked before but I could not find the thread.
> But I need a freeware program that allows me to scan a paper form and
> type information into to feilds. Is there anything that can do this?
> Thank you.

FillOutAForm:

http://www.jdmcox.com/

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On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:11:50 GMT, Tabasco Kid <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
<news:G_mGf.2820$NR.2059@dukeread12>:

> I know this has been asked before but I could not find the thread. But I
> need a freeware program that allows me to scan a paper form and type
> information into to feilds. Is there anything that can do this? Thank you.

Even better IMHO would be a program that allows you to feed the actual
form into the printer and fill it in WITHOUT having to scan it first -
i.e., enter the information to be placed on the form and the horizontal
and vertical co-ordinates (in units that are easily understood - say,
points (=1/72 inch)) from a fixed position on the paper - say the top left
corner and it printed the data on the form itself. I used to have such a
program 'way back in the mists of time, for a dot-matrix printer. It was
brilliant but, like most everything else from the era of dinosaurs and
pterodactyls, it got buried somewhere, never to be seen again and I have
never seen anything quite the same since.

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> Even better IMHO would be a program that allows you to feed the actual
> form into the printer and fill it in WITHOUT having to scan it first -
> i.e., enter the information to be placed on the form and the horizontal
> and vertical co-ordinates (in units that are easily understood - say,
> points (=1/72 inch)) from a fixed position on the paper - say the top left
> corner and it printed the data on the form itself. ......
>
You could do that by physically measuring the form and using your word
proccessor to place the words exactly where you want on the page.

Cheers
Daphne

On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:56:21 GMT, Daphne Eze <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
<news:F1sGf.359774$tl.201717@pd7tw3no>:

> > Even better IMHO would be a program that allows you to feed the actual
>> form into the printer and fill it in WITHOUT having to scan it first -
>> i.e., enter the information to be placed on the form and the horizontal
>> and vertical co-ordinates (in units that are easily understood - say,
>> points (=1/72 inch)) from a fixed position on the paper - say the top left
>> corner and it printed the data on the form itself. ......
>>
> You could do that by physically measuring the form and using your word
> proccessor to place the words exactly where you want on the page.

One could, yes, but only with great difficulty which may render the game
not worth the candle. One would have to factor into the measurements such
things as left margin, right margin, top margin bottom margin, leading,
paragraph indents, and so on and so on. And I think you mean a desktop
publisher, not a word processor.

The program I refer to enabled form filling without all the attendant
bullsh** that you get with a WP or DTP package. 'Orses for courses.



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Nicolaas Hawkins wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:56:21 GMT, Daphne Eze <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> <news:F1sGf.359774$tl.201717@pd7tw3no>:

>> > Even better IMHO would be a program that allows you to feed the actual
>>
>>>form into the printer and fill it in WITHOUT having to scan it first -
>>>i.e., enter the information to be placed on the form and the horizontal
>>>and vertical co-ordinates (in units that are easily understood - say,
>>>points (=1/72 inch)) from a fixed position on the paper - say the top left
>>>corner and it printed the data on the form itself. ......
>>>
>>
>>You could do that by physically measuring the form and using your word
>>proccessor to place the words exactly where you want on the page.
>
>
> One could, yes, but only with great difficulty which may render the game
> not worth the candle. One would have to factor into the measurements such
> things as left margin, right margin, top margin bottom margin, leading,
> paragraph indents, and so on and so on. And I think you mean a desktop
> publisher, not a word processor.
>
> The program I refer to enabled form filling without all the attendant
> bullsh** that you get with a WP or DTP package. 'Orses for courses.

I believe you can fill in a form pretty easily if you use an old-fangled
device known as "the typewriter". . . ain't progress wonderful. . .

Susan
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On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:46:15 -0500, Susan Bugher <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in <news:(E-Mail Removed)>:

> Nicolaas Hawkins wrote:
>> On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:56:21 GMT, Daphne Eze <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> <news:F1sGf.359774$tl.201717@pd7tw3no>:
>
>>> > Even better IMHO would be a program that allows you to feed the actual
>>>
>>>>form into the printer and fill it in WITHOUT having to scan it first -
>>>>i.e., enter the information to be placed on the form and the horizontal
>>>>and vertical co-ordinates (in units that are easily understood - say,
>>>>points (=1/72 inch)) from a fixed position on the paper - say the top left
>>>>corner and it printed the data on the form itself. ......
>>>>
>>>
>>>You could do that by physically measuring the form and using your word
>>>proccessor to place the words exactly where you want on the page.
>>
>> One could, yes, but only with great difficulty which may render the game
>> not worth the candle. One would have to factor into the measurements such
>> things as left margin, right margin, top margin bottom margin, leading,
>> paragraph indents, and so on and so on. And I think you mean a desktop
>> publisher, not a word processor.
>>
>> The program I refer to enabled form filling without all the attendant
>> bullsh** that you get with a WP or DTP package. 'Orses for courses.
>
> I believe you can fill in a form pretty easily if you use an old-fangled
> device known as "the typewriter". . . ain't progress wonderful. . .
>
> Susan

.... and more easily still if you do it by hand using another, even
older-fangled, device known as a "pen"(for those of us who can still
remember how to write) :-þ

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Tabasco Kid wrote:
> I know this has been asked before but I could not find the thread. But I
> need a freeware program that allows me to scan a paper form and type
> information into to feilds. Is there anything that can do this? Thank you.


http://www.miraplacid.com/ works good for me

L.D. wrote:

> Tabasco Kid wrote:
>
>> I know this has been asked before but I could not find the thread. But
>> I need a freeware program that allows me to scan a paper form and type
>> information into to feilds. Is there anything that can do this? Thank
>> you.
>
>
>
> http://www.miraplacid.com/ works good for me

Trialware, not freeware. $79.95 to be exact.

-Craig

Craig wrote:
> L.D. wrote:

>> http://www.miraplacid.com/ works good for me

> Trialware, not freeware. $79.95 to be exact.

erm. . . AFAIK the Liteware version is free. . .

http://www.miraplacid.com/mf/

Lite Edition (version 2.1)
Miraplacid Form Lite Edition

OTOH. . .

<q>
Miraplacid Form requires Microsoft DOTNET runtime.

* OS supported: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 with DOTNET runtime
* DOTNET Runtime version: 1.0 or 1.1
</q>

Susan
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