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Where can I get some support for Microsoft Word?

More specifically, if anyone knows why when I scan a document in Spanish and
it loads in Word, some words for example, Los, turns into 105 or llamas
turns into lla"^"as or something like that...Seems like it doesn't like some
letters and/or words.

Anybody know what's up with that?

Thanks,

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| Where can I get some support for Microsoft Word?
|
| More specifically, if anyone knows why when I scan a document in Spanish and
| it loads in Word, some words for example, Los, turns into 105 or llamas
| turns into lla"^"as or something like that...Seems like it doesn't like some
| letters and/or words.
|
| Anybody know what's up with that?
|
| Thanks,
|
| d
 
Dan said:
Where can I get some support for Microsoft Word?

More specifically, if anyone knows why when I scan a document in Spanish and
it loads in Word, some words for example, Los, turns into 105 or llamas
turns into lla"^"as or something like that...Seems like it doesn't like some
letters and/or words.

Anybody know what's up with that?

Thanks,

d
Click to expand...
This has more to do with your OCR software and the clarity of your
original copy than it does with word. If the original isn't really crisp
and clear the OCR will misread the character and put it what it "thinks"
is the correct letter.

gls858
 
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Dan Galfano said:
Where can I get some support for Microsoft Word?

More specifically, if anyone knows why when I scan a document
in
Spanish and it loads in Word, some words for example, Los,
turns into
105 or llamas turns into lla"^"as or something like
that...Seems like
it doesn't like some letters and/or words.

Anybody know what's up with that?
Click to expand...



This is not a Microsoft Word issue at all. Your OCR software,
first of all, isn't perfect, and depending on how clear the
original text is, may make mistakes.

Over and above what mistakes it may make, if it expects to find
English text, it will probably rule out correct renderings of
Spanish words (like "Los") because it thinks there's no such
word, and find the closest English rendering that it can.
 
It sounds more like a scanner/OCR issue than a WORD problem.
Update your scanner software.


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| Where can I get some support for Microsoft Word?
|
| More specifically, if anyone knows why when I scan a
document in Spanish and
| it loads in Word, some words for example, Los, turns into
105 or llamas
| turns into lla"^"as or something like that...Seems like it
doesn't like some
| letters and/or words.
|
| Anybody know what's up with that?
|
| Thanks,
|
| d
|
|
 
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