I only used two functions in Openoffice. The first was the insert image,
and the second was the text drawing tool to draw text on top of that image.
That's it, and that's why a 30 second video was all I needed to demonstrate
it. Could you tell me what part of the video was unclear to you?
- David
On Aug 27, 2011 11:56 PM, "waltmatheus" <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 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 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
>> >
>> > 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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