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:
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> this what you recommended . . . backround image ??
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> 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.
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> --- On Wed, 8/24/11, David Ron <david.m.ron@gmail.com <mailto:david.m.ron%40gmail.com>> wrote:
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> From: David Ron <david.m.ron@gmail.com <mailto:david.m.ron%40gmail.com>>
> Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] Scan then type then print ?
> To: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 1:08 AM
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> What part doesn't make sense?
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> - David
> On Aug 22, 2011 4:51 PM, "Robert Burns" <joyseyhere@yahoo.com <mailto:joyseyhere%40yahoo.com>> wrote:
> > hum can t picture that in my head
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> > --- On Mon, 8/22/11, David Ron <david.m.ron@gmail.com <mailto:david.m.ron%40gmail.com>> wrote:
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> > From: David Ron <david.m.ron@gmail.com <mailto:david.m.ron%40gmail.com>>
> > Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] Scan then type then print ?
> > To: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Monday, August 22, 2011, 11:52 AM
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> > 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.
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> > --David
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> > On 08/17/2011 09:41 PM, Robert Burns wrote:
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> >> 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 ?
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> >> 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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