Installing Microsoft Office Document Imaging as a printer

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Hi,

I am using: Windows Explorer (Microsoft® Windows® Operating System) on Windows XP Service Pack 2 build 2600, and I have the following question: I had the MDI working as if it were one of the installed printers even though I never recalled installing it (my machine had a version of microsoft works installed when I purchased the machine). After I installed Microsoft Office the mdi option disappeared. The program still exists on the computer and is in the program menu, but I can't see how to reinstall it as a printer.

Any ideas? Thanks
 
1. Close all running applications. If you have any Office application running, the driver will not be installed properly.
2. Go to "Control Panel" and "Add or Remove Programs".
3. Click on "Microsoft Office 2003" and then click on "Change".
4. Check "Add or Remove Features" and click "Next".
5. On the bottom of the page check "Choose advanced customization of applications." and click "Next".
6. Under Microsoft Office click on the + sign in front of "Office Tools"
7. Locate the object "Microsoft Office Document Imaging", click the icon and select "Not Available".
8. Click on "Update". This will uninstall the MODI driver.
9. Repeat steps 1 to 6 to go back to the same location you were before.
10. Locate the object "Microsoft Office Document Imaging", click the icon and select "Run from My Computer".
11. Click on "Update".

Once this is complete, you can go to "Control Panel" and then to "Printers and Faxes",
and if you see a printer with the name of "Microsoft Office Document Image Writer",
then the MODI (Microsoft Office Document Imaging) is properly installed.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
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| Hi,
|
| I am using: Windows Explorer (Microsoft® Windows® Operating System) on Windows XP Service Pack 2 build 2600, and I have the
following question: I had the MDI working as if it were one of the installed printers even though I never recalled installing it
(my machine had a version of microsoft works installed when I purchased the machine). After I installed Microsoft Office the mdi
option disappeared. The program still exists on the computer and is in the program menu, but I can't see how to reinstall it as a
printer.
|
| Any ideas? Thanks
 
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