[thelist] ms word formatting

John C Bullas jcbullas at nildram.co.uk
Mon Jan 12 13:36:21 CST 2004


At 19:19 12/01/2004, you wrote
>are these really the only solutions?  If so MS word is very limited indeed.

Not as a word processor.. it was never designed to bring dead flat forms to 
life (see below)


>thanks
>Andrew

Probably YES ;(

However try asking the MS_word Yahoogroup of 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/word-ms/
879 users many of which use the more exotic features of word as they are 
registered blind ;)

FB

You could always buy this?
http://www.scansoft.com/omnipage/

see...
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/typePDF.html

and an example
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/phd/pdf/approvalform.pdf

or use PDF functionality to set up forms, your problem is you want to use 
the non-existent architecture within
a flat image of a form with no online functionality to produce an eform.. 
like trying to make an advent calendar
out of a picture of a house ....


> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Jeff Wilhelm [mailto:jwilhelm at summit7solutions.com]
> >Sent: 12 January 2004 17:20
> >To: andrew at humanbehaviour.co.uk
> >Subject: RE: [thelist] ms word formatting
> >
> >
> >There are two things you can try.
> >
> >1) scan the original - copy and paste it onto the page, remove the margins
> >so it's like you're looking at a computerized version of the form with the
> >blank fields. Set the image to allow text to flow through it, and now you
> >know exactly where to put the items, and before printing just delete the
> >image you pasted in.
> >
> >2) Get out a ruler and use it to measure (using the Word ruler on the
> >computer) where you put items. It may not be as exact as the first method,
> >but may work fine for you.
> >
> >Jeff



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