scan & open document into Works 8.5

West Monroe · May 14, 2008

I have scanned documents and tried to "open with" Works word. It tells me
that it cannot open it or the file may be corrupt. What am I doing wrong.
(Vista home premium--Canoscan LIDE 70) I have been trying for months.

Mark L. Ferguson · May 14, 2008

Do you own an application software to do "Optical Character
Recognition"(OCR) ?
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West Monroe · May 15, 2008

I have it on the scanner.
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Mark L. Ferguson said:
Do you own an application software to do "Optical Character
Recognition"(OCR) ?
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Mark L. Ferguson · May 15, 2008

It may be creating a filetype that Works cannot open. Open the saved
document in wordpad and save it before opening it in Works Word.
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West Monroe said:
I have it on the scanner.

West Monroe · May 15, 2008

This is unbelieveable. I scaned the document into wordpad and it came out
looking as if I was on drugs. What have I done now? W.Monroe

gls858 · May 15, 2008

West said:
I have scanned documents and tried to "open with" Works word. It tells me
that it cannot open it or the file may be corrupt. What am I doing wrong.
(Vista home premium--Canoscan LIDE 70) I have been trying for months.

What is the suffix on the scanned document. A scan produces a "picture"
not an editable document. Try opening it with MS paint and see what happens.

gls858