scanning headers or headed paper

[Peter Brown]

I send out prospective paperwork to potential customers, but we're only a
small company and our headed paper is expensive. I've scanned the top of the
headed paper and can use it as a header. I've scanned the whole headed paper
(with footers, margins etc) and copied and pasted it into a word document.
Now how to I write in word on this document so that when i print it out the
word document is framed by the scanned image??

Peter

 

[Paul Heslop]

I send out prospective paperwork to potential customers, but we're only a
small company and our headed paper is expensive. I've scanned the top of the
headed paper and can use it as a header. I've scanned the whole headed paper
(with footers, margins etc) and copied and pasted it into a word document.
Now how to I write in word on this document so that when i print it out the
word document is framed by the scanned image??

Peter

I'm no expert and there may be an easier way but you could make the
whole headed paper a background, then you can type on top of it. I've
not done this before but found this on google, followed instructions
and managed to type on top of an image on the page. Worth a try if you
don't get any better hints, or you may find something else of interest
on the site,

http://www.ehow.com/how_11120_add-background-picture.html

 

[Paul Heslop]

I'm no expert and there may be an easier way but you could make the
whole headed paper a background, then you can type on top of it. I've
not done this before but found this on google, followed instructions
and managed to type on top of an image on the page. Worth a try if you
don't get any better hints, or you may find something else of interest
on the site,

http://www.ehow.com/how_11120_add-background-picture.html

Sorry peter, that info may be slightly erroneous, it may only show the
image in web format and not in normal documents, one other website
says it won't print out.

 

[Paul Heslop]

I send out prospective paperwork to potential customers, but we're only a
small company and our headed paper is expensive. I've scanned the top of the
headed paper and can use it as a header. I've scanned the whole headed paper
(with footers, margins etc) and copied and pasted it into a word document.
Now how to I write in word on this document so that when i print it out the
word document is framed by the scanned image??

Peter

Okay, the only thing I can think of offhand is to kind of section your
original, cut the footers and headers etc into separate images
(assuming they were on white paper?) and paste them onto a blank doc.
Once you have them in the desired places then save this as something
like blankdoc. This will be your template for future paperwork... just
keep your original stuff in case you accidentally save over this
doc... or make a backup copy of it.

 

[CSM1]

I send out prospective paperwork to potential customers, but we're only a
small company and our headed paper is expensive. I've scanned the top of
the headed paper and can use it as a header. I've scanned the whole headed
paper (with footers, margins etc) and copied and pasted it into a word
document. Now how to I write in word on this document so that when i print
it out the word document is framed by the scanned image??

Peter

Depending on how complex the headed paper is, you can convert a scanner
image to a editable Microsoft Word Doc file with OCR technology.

There are bundled OCR programs and stand-alone programs. .
The Stand-alone programs are usually more accurate.

OmniPage is one of the best today:
http://www.nuance.com/omnipage/

Abbyy Fine Reader is also one of the best today.
http://www.abbyy.com/finereader_ocr/


If you have logos (graphics) in the header, you can paste a image into Word
if you keep the image of the logo only, not the whole page.

Once you have created a working document you can then save that document as
a template in Word.
It would then be available as a NEW document.

 

[Paul Heslop]

If you have logos (graphics) in the header, you can paste a image into Word
if you keep the image of the logo only, not the whole page.

Once you have created a working document you can then save that document as
a template in Word.
It would then be available as a NEW document.

I was wondering about that, and your pointers on the OCR stuff, which
I am only just getting used to myself, are very good.

 

[Surfer!]

I send out prospective paperwork to potential customers, but we're only a
small company and our headed paper is expensive. I've scanned the top of the
headed paper and can use it as a header. I've scanned the whole headed paper
(with footers, margins etc) and copied and pasted it into a word document.
Now how to I write in word on this document so that when i print it out the
word document is framed by the scanned image??

This sounds a horrible solution - scanned letter heading never really
looks right and can make you look a right set of cheapskates.

I haven't seen your headed paper, but the usual form is some kind of
logo and some text.

At the very least, use some kind of image processing software to create
an image from your scan which is *just* the logo. Then you can put that
in the word document and type everything else.

You would also find it a lot easier if you create a custom template for
your documents of two pages - the first is the header, the second (in a
new section) is the continuation which might be plain paper.

You put the top stuff in the header and the bottom stuff in the footer,
and you will find the typing goes in-between.

However, do you not have some original digital artwork for the headed
paper? If so use that instead - the result will be far superior.

If not, the next best solution is again to use image processing software
and create a layer over the logo, then redraw the logo using the
software with the one underneath as a template. Finally get rid of the
bottom layer, save the top in an appropriate format (PNG or GIF is good
for logos) and use that instead of the scanned one.

 

[Don Phillipson]

I send out prospective paperwork to potential customers, but we're only a
small company and our headed paper is expensive. I've scanned the top of the
headed paper and can use it as a header. I've scanned the whole headed paper
(with footers, margins etc) and copied and pasted it into a word document.
Now how to I write in word on this document so that when i print it out the
word document is framed by the scanned image??

MS Word has so many typo gadgets that it probably makes
available what WordPerfect calls a "watermark," i.e. an
image overprinted by main text. You could probably
adjust an image of your letterhead (screen density, darkness
of printing) to make custom letter paper this way.

 

[Terry]

You should learn to use Word, find out what font is used to create your
header and create a template in Word.

That way you just open the template and type in what you want and print.

 

[theo]

You should learn to use Word,

or WordPerfect, or OpenOffice, or Lotus WordPro, or......
(in legal services, I use them all, and more)
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