How can I fill in a form I scanned into a word document?

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I am doing a grant application with many forms to fill out. I would like to
scan them into word and fill them out on the computer as it would look more
professional. How do I do this? Any help is very much appreciated.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

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I am doing a grant application with many forms to fill out. I would like to
scan them into word and fill them out on the computer as it would look more
professional.

You'll find lots of information on how to create forms at www.mousetrax.com and
word.mvps.org

Basically, you'd scan in the form as a graphic. Insert that as a picture in the
header/footer layer. Place the form fields over it. (Then, possibly, delete the
picture and just print to the pre-printed forms.)

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Charles Kenyon]

Word is not good for this. You'll spend a _lot_ of time.

Consider using special software. A form filler program comes with the
PaperPoint software that comes with my scanner.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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