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    MSword problem

    there is a problem with MS word
    is there a way I can fix it via the installation disk?

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    Also...OpenOffice writer won't properly open a filed scanned document .

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    Also...Firefox pdf will open it , but won't let me select/copy

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    Quote Originally Posted by cima2003 View Post
    Also...Firefox pdf will open it , but won't let me select/copy
    If the pdf file was created by scanning a piece of paper into a pdf file, you'll need an OCR (optical character reader) program to try and get the words off of the scanned image and back into an editable file.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cima2003 View Post
    Also...OpenOffice writer won't properly open a filed scanned document .
    Is the file you're trying to open supported by OpenOffice?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cima2003 View Post
    there is a problem with MS word
    is there a way I can fix it via the installation disk?

    THANKS...

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    Since you didn't mention which version, I had to take a WAG.

    How to install or repair and reinstall Office 2003 programs and features
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821593

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    it is not any OFFICE APP. it's just the plain and simple wordpad coming with WXPpro.
    OpenOffice writer won't properly open a filed scanned document , only unreadable letters.
    .Firefox pdf will open it , but won't let me selectall/copy
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    I tried also Openoffice writer and after scanning with OCR on it..... I couldn't copy/paste.
    at the moment I'm trying Readiris...but ...it says that MSwordpad is corrupted....but with other files it works, it's only with this the problem.
    I'll try Readiris with Openoffice (i'm not so sure on how to use it)

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    btw...I used SMART THRU scannerapp. to scan the doc.

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    OK ...using both Smart trhu and Readiris i finally copied and pasted
    thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by cima2003 View Post
    OK ...using both Smart trhu and Readiris i finally copied and pasted
    thanks
    Good to hear. Thanks for posting back.

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    do I have to uninstall anything before I

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    Quote Originally Posted by cima2003 View Post
    do I have to uninstall anything before I
    No, simply unzip it over your copy.

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    If you're scanning a piece of paper into a PDF file, your scanner is actually taking a picture of that piece of paper and then stuffing it inside a PDF file. And now, because it is a picture of a piece of paper, you're not going to be able to simply copy and paste any letters you see off of the image.

    To do something like that requires OCR software. It will look at a picture and try to determine what is and isn't characters. It then takes the characters it finds and puts them into a file that can be edited with programs like Notepad, WordPad, Word, etc. OCR software is NOT perfect. It can get it close to right, depending on the quality of the scan and other factors, but, 100% correct 100% of the time hasn't happened yet.

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