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Article #2051Re: Recommendation for scanner
From: David Basiji
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 18:06
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 18:06
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unregistered@newcastle.ac.uk (Scott A. McIntyre) writes:
>Question about scanning: I need to scan in a pre printed form, fill
>out the bits using something like Create, and then print it out on
>the pre printed form...has anyone figured out a way of getting this to
>work?
>Until now I scan the form, use create, paste the tiff into a create
>document (which never fits and alaways has to be scaled to A4 size)
>add what I want where I want, delete the background tiff, and print on
>the form....that always misaligns, either too high, low, left, or
>right...
>Help?
>Scott
How about dragging the tiff into Diagram(!), locking it (so it can't be
selected) and putting textfields wherever you need them. Fill out the
textfields however you want and print the sucker. Next time you want
to fill out the form, just change the text.
Dave
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