Scanning

searcher 52 · Post by **searcher 52** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:45 pm

I only joined here on 27 February 2007 and already you folks have been enormously helpful - so here I go with another query!

I have a problem when I scan a document of more than one page long. Lets say I want to scan a Will that runs to 2 pages. I have an HP scanner and use microsoft document imaging. I am not scanning it to turn it into a WP document using character recognition, I want a scanned image.

After I scan page 1 it asks me if I am finished or if I want to scan more pages, so of course in the Will example I say more please and scan the second page.
Then I can see that both pages have scanned and I want to save the scanned images as one document. can I do this and if so how?
Hope you understand what I mean.

Andrew

Post by **emanday** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:11 pm

Hi Andrew,

I use Photoshop, so I've never had need to use MS Document Imaging myself, but had a look at it. Then had a look at Microsoft Paint.

Of the two, Paint seems to make the "stitching" of two images relatively easy, but you'll need to play around with it till you get the size you want. I've just done it and it wasn't too much of a hassle. I'll have to do it again and write down what I did, so if you can't manage it, give a shout

Alternatively, Google for free graphics software. It's a long time since I went looking for any, but there are a few that could be good for what you want. Irfanview might do what you want.

heymarky · Post by **heymarky** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:10 pm

Caveat: I'm not familiar with the specific software you are using.

Having said that, most image file formats only have one picture in them. If you have two pictures, you could save the two images in separate files and then create a document file (Word, Acrobat, HTML) that includes both images.

You might try 'Save As' and see if your software offers TIFF as a format. TIFF files can have more than one image in them, but not all software that reads TIFF files bothers looking to see if there is more than one page, so you might end up with both pages in one file and only be able to see the first page when you open the file in some programs.

What I usually do is save both images as separate files and give them names like "XYZ_p01.jpg" and "XYZ_p02.jpg"

Sorry if I haven't explained this very well. Computers / Software is what I do professionally, so sometimes it's hard for me to talk to normal people about it.

Please feel free to ask about parts I haven't explained well, and I will try to make it clearer.

Post by **emanday** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:42 pm

heymarky has a point. You could paste them into a Word document, side by side, quite easily.

Are you planning to print these? Only going on my own experience, but these wills and testaments are very often hard enough to read anyway, unless you are lucky enough to have the facility to print in A3 or larger, that is.

Russell · Post by **Russell** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:21 am

Hi Andrew

Like you I use an HP scanner(HP 1200 3-in-one). I always save Will images as .tiff files because they are too hard to read usually and need to be enlarged on screen, for me anyway. The normal Microsoft programme allows you to select both title and file type before you save them to your folder.
I prefer not to use .jpg in case they suffer loss of definition over time.
I use Irfanview, which Mary recommended, for on-screen viewing and they print off full page (i.e. readable!) from it.

Russell