common scan to excel problem

[cmlm]

Reading the f.a.q.'s, this seems to be a common problem. I also nee
some help with scanning a document from Hp to Excel. I need to edit th
document once scanned. On opening the document in Excel after scannin
I get a distorted image of the document. Please Help!:confused

 

[Gord Dibben]

cmlm

You can scan as text using a good OCR program to create a text file.

You can then open the text file in Excel and use the Text Import Wizard to
place the text data in rows and columns.

You would have to change text numerics back into real numerics and do some
formatting/manipulation.

It is not easy and requires that your OCR program be able to do a good job
recognizing characters.

I use an HP Scanjet 4300C with fair success.

Check out the Help for "HP PrecisionScan LTX" and troubleshooting the "I did
not get what I wanted" section.

I think 90% recogn1tion is considered fairly good.

Gord Dibben Excel MVP