No need to "picture this in (your) head". The
video shows it all - except for one step.
Ron appears to be using Open Office with a blank document (or Write) page open.
At second 4 - you see Insert | Picture | From File
At second 5 - you see the dialog box that allows navigation to the desired file
here shown as: "pre-job-application-form-thumb.gif"
At second 7 - the scanned form is now shown as an image anchored to paragraph
** This step is not included. It seems that for
David the Drawing Toolbar is always open. So, next is View | Toolbars | Drawing
At second 9 is the mouse selecting the T - for text box
At seconds 12 to end we see text boxes being created and filled in.
I used the full screen view of the YouTube video to catch all this.
...Bryce
At 05:52 AM 8/29/2011, you wrote:
>
>
>hum trying to picture this in my head . .
>
>--- On Sun, 8/28/11, Sue
><<mailto:whichsue%40yahoo.ca>whichsue@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>From: Sue <<mailto:whichsue%40yahoo.ca>whichsue@yahoo.ca>
>Subject: [Simply Computers] Re: Scan then type then print ?
>To:
><mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
>Date: Sunday, August 28, 2011, 1:26 PM
>
>Â
>
>Years ago, 20+, I worked for a Government
>Department and was asked to find a way of
>filling out pre-printed forms on the computer. I
>was not allowed to remake the form in it's
>entirety on the computer so came up with this
>solution. We used WordPerfect software at the
>time. Any good word processing software should work the same way.
>
>First you need a ruler that measures in 10ths of
>an inch. Measure from the top of the form to the
>first place you need to insert text let us say
>1.6 inches down. Then measure from the left of
>the page to where you want the text to begin,
>say 1.4 inches in. Pick your font wisely not too
>large. I used WordPerfects advance feature to
>insert an advance code 1.6 inches down and 1.4
>inches in from the edges of the paper. Type your
>text and then print just this first effort. Hold
>up the form you are filing in with the page with
>the first text printed on top matching the edges
>of both sheets to the light to make sure it is
>in the right position. If not then make
>adjustments until it is where you want it to be.
>If you have to make adjustments make the same
>fine tuning adjustments to all the other advance
>codes you insert later. You then continue
>inserting advance codes into the document on
>your screen for all the other boxes you need to fill in. (When I had
>everything in the right place I turned this into
>an onscreen merge to make form filling really
>quick. You will not need to do that for a one time use.)
>
>NEVER print on the original form ALWAYS use a
>copy, printer problems sometimes miss-feed your
>paper and you don't want to lose your only copy.
>
>You could also do this in a Desktop Publishing
>software too as explained in an earlier post.
>What you do there is have layers of text placed
>over the picture (your form). This is a lot of
>work to do to just fill out one form one time. I
>would personally not want to do that. Would use my tidiest handwriting instead.
>
>Sue
>
>--- In
><mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com,
>Robert Burns <joyseyhere@...> wrote:
> >
> > Where to start " interpreting " no idea about
> that; need more details pretty amusing and yes
> a 29 second video isn t good enough to
> understand and yes just loaded the latest
> version of open office so will try that soon
> and wonder if i cut / paste what i might scan
> must try our davids idea see how it works and look . . . later . .
> >
> > --- On Sun, 8/28/11, waltmatheus
> <<mailto:no_reply%40yahoogroups.com>no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: waltmatheus
> <<mailto:no_reply%40yahoogroups.com>no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Simply Computers] Re: Scan then type then print ?
> > To:
> <mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Sunday, August 28, 2011, 2:55 AM
> >
> >
> > ÂÂ
> >
> >
> >
> > Robert, I am having trouble interpreting your
> posts because of the lack of sentence
> structure. Please try to separate your
> thoughts/comments with periods, commas, and/or paragraphs.
> >
> > David, that video is a far cry from, "you can
> see how easy it is". Easy to someone already
> familiar with the concept and the use of OO.
> Not easy at all when one must interpret and try
> to understand the process in 29 seconds. I
> watched it a number of times and still have no idea what you were clicking on.
> >
> >
> > --- In
> <mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com,
> Robert Burns <joyseyhere@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Ok i ll post the office error will try it
> again can t wait to try you idea sounds great if i understand it .
> >
> >
> > > From: David Ron <david.m.ron@>
> > > Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] Scan then type then print ?
> > > Date: Sunday, August 28, 2011, 1:37 AM
> > >
> > > I'm really only familiar with openoffice.
> So, I'd like to know why > that didn't work for
> you. What doyou mean by "weird "?
> > >
> > > -David
> >
> > > On Aug 27, 2011 10:33 PM, "Robert Burns" <joyseyhere@> wrote:
> > > > wow very fast video and no audio hum open office would open for me its
> > > weird so using abiword and trying what
> might be the best word processor I B
> > > M lotus does that work with your idea ? seems that i scan it then
> > > select all then copy to abi or lotus and then type away in the blanks and
> > > bingo ? ? later . . .
> >
> > > > From: David Ron <david.m.ron@>
> > > > Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] Scan then type then print ?
> > > > Date: Sunday, August 28, 2011, 12:17 AM
> > > >
> > > > Yes. A background image is an image that
> goes behind the text. This is a
> > > similar method that professional graphic
> artists use to touch up photographs
> > > (although, they call it "layering"). This
> is also similar to the advice to
> > > create a document and print it out over the
> top of a pre-printed form, but
> > > you can save yourself a lot of wasted paper
> by seeing exactly where the text
> > > will go before you print a single page. I posted a video on youtube about
> > > how it works so you can see how easy it is:
> > > >
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1BI2RiM05w>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1BI2RiM05w
> > > >
> > > > Notice how the application is an exact
> pixel-for-pixel representation of
> > > the original document. No OCR software will
> give you anything even close to
> > > this quality.
> > > >
> > > > --David
> >
> > > > On 08/23/2011 11:49 PM, Robert Burns wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> this what you recommended . . . backround image ??
> > > >>
> > > >> I've solved this problem in the past by taking the scanned
> > > >> image, bringing it in as a BACKGROUND IMAGE to a document in Microsoft
> > > Word
> > > >> or LibreOffice (free), and then using the text drawing tools to place
> > > text
> > > >> boxes over the places you are supposed
> to type. These boxes can be moved
> > > >> around with the mouse so you can place your text exactly where it
> > > belongs.
> > > >> The resulting document is pretty and easy to edit.
> >
> > > >> From: David Ron
> > > >> Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] Scan then type then print ?
> > > >> Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 1:08 AM
> > > >>
> > > >> What part doesn't make sense?
> > > >>
> > > >> - David
> >
> > > >> On Aug 22, 2011 4:51 PM, "Robert Burns" <joyseyhere@ <mailto:
> > > joyseyhere%40yahoo.com>> wrote:
> > > >> > hum can t picture that in my head
> >
> > > >> > From: David Ron
> > > >> > Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] Scan then type then print ?
> > > >> > Date: Monday, August 22, 2011, 11:52 AM
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I'm not a fan of the OCR advice because OCR generally has trouble
> > > >> preserving the exact look and feel of the original document's fonts,
> > > styles,
> > > >> and layout. I've solved this problem in the past by taking the scanned
> > > >> image, bringing it in as a BACKGROUND IMAGE to a document in Microsoft
> > > Word
> > > >> or LibreOffice (free), and then using the text drawing tools to place
> > > text
> > > >> boxes over the places you are supposed
> to type. These boxes can be moved
> > > >> around with the mouse so you can place your text exactly where it
> > > belongs.
> > > >> The resulting document is pretty and easy to edit.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > --David
> >
> > > >> > On 08/17/2011 09:41 PM, Robert Burns wrote:
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> Ok if i scan a document like a job appication to my desk top isn't
> > > their
> > > >> a program or software or something i can
> use to then open it and type the
> > > >> answers in the blanks and have it look
> neater then handwriting and then
> > > >> print it out and it looks great ?
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> Nothing i try works pdf or rtf or tif etc using a kodak ESO 3250
> > > printer
> > > >> can; have i missed something or is it a no go because of restrictions
> > > >> embedded by the owner or something like that ?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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