Scan forms

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Is there a program that can enable a form to be scaned into the software wich
then enables the user to type into the form as they would do in the days of a
typewriter?
 
That is what's required! The scanned form is an "image" file (TIFF??) and it
needs to be converted to a "text" type file, which then could be used are
"fill in the blanks."

Also, if you can scan the forms as a PDF, then Adobe Acrobat should allow you
to "edit" the form.
 
From: "Yves Leclerc" <[email protected]>

| That is what's required! The scanned form is an "image" file (TIFF??) and it
| needs to be converted to a "text" type file, which then could be used are
| "fill in the blanks."
|
| Also, if you can scan the forms as a PDF, then Adobe Acrobat should allow you
| to "edit" the form.
|


Well unless this OCR has special capabilities to create forms like Adobe Acrobat (who now
owns FormFlow) simple OCR won't create a form. It will just create a Word document, as best
as it can, that represents what was scanned. From my experience, unless the scanned
document uses OCR printed character sets OCR does a poor job and the size of the font
matters.
 
David said:
From: "Uncle Grumpy" <[email protected]>

|
| David H. Lipman wrote:
|
|>> Yep, but it ain't free:
|>>
|>> http://www.nuance.com/omnipage/standard/
|
| Read the product description, doofus.

Doofus ?

Be nice SBC Internet user !
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Gonna complain to my ISP for calling a spade a spade? Freakin' shoot
your best shot, idjut.

You've not a clue what you're talking about on this subject. OR...
you've not a clue what the OP was asking for.

Either way, you're a doofus.
 
wfd37 said:
Is there a program that can enable a form to be scaned into the
software wich
then enables the user to type into the form as they would do in the
days of a
typewriter?
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You need an OCR.....
<http://www.digitalriver.com/v2.0-im...te/html/omnipage/omnipage_pro15_standard.html>
Or Microsoft Office XP and/or 2003 I forget which has an entry in word
File>scan document.
Adobe is another way to go. All three are expensive and hardly cost
effective for the
average home user.
 
From: "Frank" <[email protected]>

|
|
| You need an OCR.....
| <http://www.digitalriver.com/v2.0-img/operations/scansoft/site/html/omnipage/omnipage_pro1
| 5_standard.html> Or Microsoft Office XP and/or 2003 I forget which has an entry in word
File>> scan document.
| Adobe is another way to go. All three are expensive and hardly cost
| effective for the
| average home user.
|

The average home user doesn't do forms creation. If they are gov't. forms or such, they
should be already in PDF or other digital format obtainable from the issuing agency.
 
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