pasting scanned docs

[Guest]

I have an HP pavillion w/ windows premium. seems new computers see no need
for floppy discs any more. I have a scanner. when i scan my resume. i cannot
seem to format it properly to put it on other websites. I returned my hp
scanner,was impossible to use, now have a canon all-in-one works great but i
stll cannot save and send my resume properly. I can save it as a text doc,
save it with adobe,I can look at it all I want but cannot copy and paste it!
either it reopens elswhere all changed around and un readable, doesn't even
resemle a resume. and now i can't get it back into word, it only goes into
some vista default storage area which I stll cannot get the e-mail working?
is it possible to have scanned documents be read as written? they coy
beatifully but employers want them pested no-can-do!!HELP111

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have an HP pavillion w/ windows premium. seems new computers see no need
for floppy discs any more.

Is the lack of a floppy drive pertinent to what you ask about below?

I have a scanner. when i scan my resume. i cannot
seem to format it properly to put it on other websites. I returned my hp
scanner,was impossible to use, now have a canon all-in-one works great but i
stll cannot save and send my resume properly. I can save it as a text doc,
save it with adobe,I can look at it all I want but cannot copy and paste it!
either it reopens elswhere all changed around and un readable, doesn't even
resemle a resume. and now i can't get it back into word, it only goes into
some vista default storage area which I stll cannot get the e-mail working?
is it possible to have scanned documents be read as written? they coy
beatifully but employers want them pested no-can-do!!HELP111

Sorry, but I find it very difficult to understand exactly what you're
trying to say here.

Your problem appears to be that you have a printed resume and you're
trying to scan it so you can have an electronic version to paste into
Word to send to prospective employees.

If that's the case, realize that you can hardly ever just scan a
document, turn it into text, and paste it somewhere while still
retaining the formatting.

When you scan a document, you end up with a picture of the text, not
the text itself. To turn that picture into real text, you need
software called Optical Character Recognition (OCR, for short). The
OCR software recognizes the pictures of the letters (with *some*
degree of accuracy; 100% is never guaranteed) and generates the
appropriate letters.

Many scanners come with OCR software. Did yours? Which particular OCR
program? Did you use it?

After you've scanned the document and "OCRed" it, you have to
proofread to correct any errors (at least a few are likely), and then
edit the results in your word processing program (Word) to put back
the formatting that was almost certainly lost.

 

[Guest]

rwell. iI am startimg to realize that a scanned doc is a photo of typed
document,so i used my default program for an OCR document omni-page came with
my canon. my problem is as you stated taking a scanned document and making it
readable somewhere else. I have a resume in a folder in documents on my vista
home premium. two problems . one being my e-mail is no longer supported(which
is msn premium,a microsoft product) and two being , I have a resume in an OCR
format and cannot move it (paste) it onto an employers webpage, the page
says "paste your resume here. make sure it is properly formatted. that is
impossible,and that is my problem . why can't we just use snail mail, my
printer works so well,and i am quite adept at stamps and envelopes!!!!! can
you help?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

rwell. iI am startimg to realize that a scanned doc is a photo of typed
document,so i used my default program for an OCR document omni-page came with
my canon. my problem is as you stated taking a scanned document and making it
readable somewhere else. I have a resume in a folder in documents on my vista
home premium. two problems . one being my e-mail is no longer supported(which
is msn premium,a microsoft product) and two being , I have a resume in an OCR
format and cannot move it (paste) it onto an employers webpage, the page
says "paste your resume here. make sure it is properly formatted. that is
impossible,and that is my problem . why can't we just use snail mail, my
printer works so well,and i am quite adept at stamps and envelopes!!!!! can
you help?

I am again having great difficulty understanding you. Please rewrite
the above with conventional spelling, punctuation, and grammar, and
write very slowly and carefully. Try to make it extra easy for those
trying to help you. If your native language isn't English, perhaps
what you wrote would be acceptable, but if you are an English speaker,
please write clearly.

 

[Cal Bear '66]

I think he should just fax his resume if he wrote it himself. Or if he had it
prepares by a resume service, he should ask for and electronic copy on CD and
then he could just fax the resume file instead of trying to convert a paper copy
into an document file.

 

[Guest]

you answered my question. next time i hope i can ask my question in a more
aapropriate manner. sorry my grammar and puntuation were not up to your
standards. i wish computers and software were easier to use then i would not
have to bother you with my stupid questions and bad grammar. yes. I speak
english, I don't speak computer,there was no need to criticize my last post,I
don't do this often and find all this computer talk difficult to grasp. I
thought these forums were for us to learn things, not to be told by people
like you, how stupid we are!

 

[Guest]

I had this written for me ,it was mailed to me on a floppy.someemployers do
let you fax,but many want it copied and pasted. i have been having a problem
copying and pasting this. I guess I will have to get an external floppy or
re-type it myself. now all I have to do I guess is learn how to use word.

I think he should just fax his resume if he wrote it himself. Or if he had it
prepares by a resume service, he should ask for and electronic copy on CD and
then he could just fax the resume file instead of trying to convert a paper copy
into an document file.

 

[Cal Bear '66]

Don't you have a friend that can burn it to CD for you? Also, places like
Kinko's have rental computers that you can do this, or they can do it for you.
Frequently places that do copying have this burn to CD service.

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I had this written for me ,it was mailed to me on a floppy.someemployers do
let you fax,but many want it copied and pasted. i have been having a problem
copying and pasting this. I guess I will have to get an external floppy or
re-type it myself. now all I have to do I guess is learn how to use word.

 

[Guest]

will a cd solve the problem of being a picutre of a document and not a copy?
If so that would be sweet. thanks.

 

[Cal Bear '66]

Don't the employers want a document file and not a fax?
If you can scan your resume that is a picture, so why do you need OCR software?
What exactly do these employers want -- a fax (picture), a graphic file
(picture) or an electronic document, such as xxxx.doc, xxxx.rtf?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

you answered my question. next time i hope i can ask my question in a more
aapropriate manner. sorry my grammar and puntuation were not up to your
standards. i wish computers and software were easier to use then i would not
have to bother you with my stupid questions and bad grammar. yes. I speak
english, I don't speak computer,there was no need to criticize my last post,I
don't do this often and find all this computer talk difficult to grasp. I
thought these forums were for us to learn things, not to be told by people
like you, how stupid we are!

It has nothing to do with how stupid you are, or how stupid your
questions are. I said nothing about your intelligence, because I know
nothing about your intelligence.

You can interpret my message as "criticizing" your post if you want
to, but that wasn't at all my point. It was simply a plea for you to
write intelligible English, to make it easier for me to help you.

My "standards" are irrelevant. If you are looking for help, it's in
*your* best interests to make it as easy for those trying to help you
as possible.

If you write clearly, you make it possible for me (and others) to help
you. If you don't write clearly, helping you is very difficult, and
most people won't be willing to make the effort.

It's entirely your choice. I don't care at all. I'm happy to help you
if I can, but not if you make trying to help a chore for me.

 

[Guest]

most of the sites just say "paste resume here". I assume a word doument. I
used my scanner because of the lack of floppy drive on my new computer and my
lack of knowlege to know that a scan won't work. one employer's HR dept. let
me fax my document to them. i wish they all would. I used the OCR because the
documents were not staying formatted as written. I guess I will try to make a
disc and try that. reading these posts is amazing how much there is to know
about vista and computing in general.

 

[Cal Bear '66]

It seems as though your resume is a Word document (xxxx.doc extension), and if
you can get it copied to CD, you should be able to use the file with no further
actions on your part. Unless, of course you would like to edit the document,
which you would be able to do if you have Word installed on your computer. If
you have Word 2007, one word of caution: save the document in the older .doc
format, employers may not be able to read Word 2007's new .docx format.