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    1. JPEGS IMAGES TO WORD DOCUMENTS
    2. Mal Parr

    3. I've been emailed a large quantity of pages of text, saved as JPEG images. Is there a quick and easy way to convert these to Word documents? At present I have opened the first one as a jpeg image, done a print of it, scanned the print as a text document, then OCR'd it and finally saved it as a Word document. This seems extremely long-winded. When I tried a "Save as" on the jpeg, to save as a Word document, I ended up with a page of gobbledegook. Any advice greatly appreciated. Mal, W. Australia.

    07/19/2004 04:20:07
    1. Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] JPEGS IMAGES TO WORD DOCUMENTS
    2. Alfred d. Eller

    3. A JPEG immage is a photo or graphic immage of a something. In the case of a page of text, it is just a picture of that page so OCR or copying it by hand are about your only options for changing it to editable text. Some OCR software will read JPG files directly so that you do not have to print and then scan them into the program. I have "OmniPage Pro14" and it does this. I like it because I can "scan" a page with my digital camera, then bring it home and OCR it. It is a whole lot easier than carrying the scanner, and computer to the court house. I ordered OmniPage Pro14 through: http://www.scantips.com/ It was about 1/3 the regular price that way. There is the other option of inserting the file into the word document as a picture. Alfred RootsMagic-Users-Admin@RootsWeb.com ======================== ============== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mal Parr" <parrsbay@iinet.net.au> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 8:20 AM Subject: [Gen-Comp-Tips] JPEGS IMAGES TO WORD DOCUMENTS > I've been emailed a large quantity of pages of text, saved as JPEG > images. Is there a quick and easy way to convert these to Word > documents? > At present I have opened the first one as a jpeg image, done a print of > it, scanned the print as a text document, then OCR'd it and finally > saved it as a Word document. > This seems extremely long-winded. When I tried a "Save as" on the jpeg, > to save as a Word document, I ended up with a page of gobbledegook. > Any advice greatly appreciated. > > Mal, W. Australia. > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list send a message to GEN-COMP-TIPS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ >

    07/19/2004 04:08:50