Hi Frenchy,
MS intentionally pulled the feature out of Office 2007 other than through the Clip Organizer and/or MS Office Document
Imaging/Scanning. The direct scan feature has reliability issues that can end up losing your document and it could conflict with
some of the newer digital devices out there now.
3rd party scanner programs (ones that come with the scanner/printer, or that can be downloaded) usually don't need Word's 'help' to
use their 'send to' feature.
You can still call the Insert from Scanner dialog in Word using a macro that you add to your Quick Access Toolbar, but it relies on
your scanner being the available source and being 'there' when Word calls it.
Here's a basic example. Some of the Word folks here will likely be able to improve it <g>, but it's at your own risk.
'===============
Sub FromScannerToWord2007()
'Word 2007 quickie macro to insert from scanner'
'by Bob Buckland ?
- 10Apr2007
'Warning: Use at your own risk
' May not work reliably
'
On Error GoTo Oops
WordBasic.InsertImagerScan
Oops:
End Sub
'================
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OK, this is a REAL bummer there is no longer an Insert Picture or Document
from Scanner as a direct and simple 1-2 click action.
I have read various moans about this and I am hopeful someone has a clear
work-around now in place. Scanning into clipart and then pasting from there
is a pain, especially as the scanned file is usually never needed after the
scan and insert.
Help appreciated
Frenchy>>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP
*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
