Graham
Thu Nov 17 06:18:34 CST 2005
You are right - and it isn't :)
But it is not like you to miss such things ;)
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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Jezebel wrote:
> Seems an absurd thing to argue about, Graham. I'm sorry if your pride
> was injured.
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> "Graham Mayor" <gmayor@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:uPSkUH16FHA.2716@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Do you mean " I want to scan the form into word and then merge data
>> over it" ? is not likely to mean the use of mail merge?
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>> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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>> My web site www.gmayor.com
>> Word MVP web site
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>> Jezebel wrote:
>>> Only for mail merge purposes, which seems unlikely from the OP's
>>> wording.
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>>> "Graham Mayor" <gmayor@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>> news:%23jAx$Y06FHA.2036@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>> Table cells will work better than text boxes. Text boxes are not in
>>>> the text layer of the document and the merge is unlikely to see
>>>> fields within them.
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>>>> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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>>>> My web site www.gmayor.com
>>>> Word MVP web site
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>>>> Jezebel wrote:
>>>>> If it's just a one-off, scan it, import the graphic into Word,
>>>>> then use textboxes to place your data.
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>>>>> If it's something you're going to use often, re-create it as a
>>>>> Word form. Depending on complexity you might save time by
>>>>> scanning and using OCR (eg Microsoft Imaging); but in the end
>>>>> it's usually easier to start from scratch.
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>>>>> "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:22A11F2B-B48A-4893-B480-1BCC58E8953F@microsoft.com...
>>>>>> I have a form that I want to put data on. I want to scan the
>>>>>> form into word
>>>>>> and then merge data over it. Anyone know how to do that???
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>>>>>> Mike