[Ham-Computers] Re How To Chain Pages

[Ronald KA4INM Youvan]

I would scan them in one page at a time and name them 1 through 30 .
I would convert them into text with an ocr program one at a time.
Saving them as 1.txt and 2.txt etc.
I would load the file 1.txt, go to the bottom of the document then,
I would insert (appending) 2.txt, go to the bottom of the document
then I would insert (appending) 3.txt, go to the bottom of the
document . . .

   I would save with a final name after every section is added
(overwriting the previous save or pre pending a number onto
the front) 1myjorn.txt, 2myjorn.txt

   I would search the final document for the 1 in a thousand words
that ocr gets wrong and correct as required.

   Ron

Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
  	
> I have thirty pages of a document. I must scan each one. My objective is to put
> them all together into a single document and save it out as one file in .txt
> format. 	
  	
> I tried scanning into Word Pad. No good. It wants to save every single page as a
> separate file. Then when I try to load the first file from the 'windows\temp'
> directory where they are being stored, it refuses to allow it. Gave up on that. 
	
> Then I tried to scan into a text file. It too saves each one as a separate file.
> Fine. I went into the word processing program and loaded the first file. I
> figured I would just add the second one to the end of the first, as in append
> it. Well, it used a line of 255 characters by default. Hence, the title is on
> the same line as the first sentance! Not useable that way and no option to set
> the desired margins for the text file from the scanner.	
	
> So tell me, how the heck can I scan these pages and build them into a single
> file?	
> 	
> I am using either Word Pad or a DOS word proscessing program, Professional Write
> 2.22 	
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