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 Posted 5th October 2011 09:45 IP   
I have loads of reports to type up but have only got them on paper.
When I scan (via photocopier) it's automatically saved as a pdf which I can only copy as a whole picture and paste onto word but can't seem to edit the actual text.
So far I am just typing it up but there must be a quicker way ?!
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Posted 5th October 2011 09:54 IP
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Kathy Lees wrote:
I have loads of reports to type up but have only got them on paper.
When I scan (via photocopier) it's automatically saved as a pdf which I can only copy as a whole picture and paste onto word but can't seem to edit the actual text.
So far I am just typing it up but there must be a quicker way ?!
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I've not tried it but this looks promising:
http://smartsoft-free-pdf-to-word-c...n.softonic.com/
OR this:
http://www.pdftoword.com/
Some pdf readers allow you to select the text of the pdf which you could then simply copy and paste into word
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Posted 5th October 2011 12:10 IP
Thanks, cad.
But we can't download or install anything in this school. 
Looks like I'll spend the whole day typing then !
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Posted 5th October 2011 12:17 IP
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So far I am just typing it up but there must be a quicker way ?!
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That depends upon how quick your typing is 
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Posted 5th October 2011 15:06 IP
quite often those programs only work if the text was originally created in Word or a design package.
The scan is essentially a complete image, so that's why you can't edit the text, it thinks the whole page is a picture.
If you can't download any software that might help, then re-typing is pretty much your only option.
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Posted 5th October 2011 15:52 IP
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mrs miggins wrote:
quite often those programs only work if the text was originally created in Word or a design package.
The scan is essentially a complete image, so that's why you can't edit the text, it thinks the whole page is a picture.
If you can't download any software that might help, then re-typing is pretty much your only option.
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Begs the question, who is typing them in originally and to what. Kaff should be able to remove the scan stage of the process and get a electronic copy prior to report being printed out!
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Posted 5th October 2011 17:00 IP
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mrs miggins wrote:
quite often those programs only work if the text was originally created in Word or a design package.
The scan is essentially a complete image, so that's why you can't edit the text, it thinks the whole page is a picture.
If you can't download any software that might help, then re-typing is pretty much your only option.
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Also, I tried some software years ago in my old job, which scanned a document in then converted it to word more often than not the words were all jumbled up. It wasn't worth it so I ended up typing it all up anyway.
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Posted 5th October 2011 17:09 IP
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JustNat wrote:
Also, I tried some software years ago in my old job, which scanned a document in then converted it to word more often than not the words were all jumbled up. It wasn't worth it so I ended up typing it all up anyway.
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Same. It never turns out right.
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Posted 5th October 2011 18:02 IP
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shiny wrote:
Begs the question, who is typing them in originally and to what. Kaff should be able to remove the scan stage of the process and get a electronic copy prior to report being printed out!
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Well of course, there should be an electronic original somewhere, depending on the age of the docs, but that doesn't mean to say anyone knows or has access!
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Posted 6th October 2011 15:09 IP
The person who has the elctronic copy wasn't available and their colleague were unable to help. As this was against time I just had to type them.
In a previous job when I scanned a document I was able to then select the text and paste into word because it wasn't automatically saved as a pdf. Even if a lot of it was jumbled up, tidying it up was still quicker than typing the whole damn thing.
I was considering taking the documents home to scan but not only would it mean using up my own time but I very much doubt the headteacher would be ok with me taking home confidential files.
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Posted 7th October 2011 17:54 IP
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Kathy Lees wrote:
The person who has the elctronic copy wasn't available and their colleague were unable to help. As this was against time I just had to type them.
In a previous job when I scanned a document I was able to then select the text and paste into word because it wasn't automatically saved as a pdf. Even if a lot of it was jumbled up, tidying it up was still quicker than typing the whole damn thing.
I was considering taking the documents home to scan but not only would it mean using up my own time but I very much doubt the headteacher would be ok with me taking home confidential files.
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You can get softwhere known as 'OCR' which will take a scanned image and convert it into editable text.
The software works out what all the letters are, and in what order - it can handle the scan being slightly on the slant etc.
This may clarify it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...nition_software
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optica...ter_recognition
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