[Ham-Computers] Re How To Chain Pages

Thu, 1 Jan 2004 11:51:01 -0500

Sorry, but that does not solve the problem by importing it into a word
processing program. Remember, it is already stripped of all delineators, titles
merged with first line and so forth. This is not fixed by word wrap.	

I have options of where I would like to scan to: image file, Word Pad, text file
and so forth. If I scan and then use the OCR to convert to text into Word Pad,
it works fine. However, it will not allow me to import files into this document.

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From: Jay Eimer <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Re How To Chain Pages
Date: Thursday, January 01, 2004 11:03 AM

The problem stems from the OCR process - your OCR program isn't finding an
end of line and inserting a CRLF.  But if you import into a word processor
(instead of a text editor) that will "word wrap" then it won't be a problem.

DOS commands are the best way to concatenate the files.

But the real solution (that I've been advocating for years) is to just send
everything in electronic mode.  I don't know how many times someone has
wanted to FAX me something, instead of emailing it.  Come on, guys, I use my
computer as my fax machine anyway!  But I can't edit a fax, they take 10
times (or more) space on my hard drive, and never mind printing them out.

Tell your contacts to email word files as attachments - then YOU have full
control of what it looks like.

Jay
AD5PE
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Re How To Chain Pages

> Ron,
>
> I should have been more clear. I can't scan into text for use by a DOS
word
> processing program. Word Pad allows you to save in three text formats;
rich text
> .rtf, regular text .txt or MS DOS text .txt The third choice does not use
the
> automatic default of a 255 character line length. Which scrambles the
document.
>
>
> The save to a text file option on the HP scanner uses the 255 character
line
> length and is useless.
>
> I am going to have the guy who sent me all of these pages by regular mail
all
> neatly printed out, resend them in an e-mail. Then I can cut/paste into
Word
> Pad, save it out as a MS DOS .txt file and use a DOS word processing
program to
> insert them!
>
> I looked in Word Pad Ron, but I found nothing about insert a file or
appending
> to the existing document, at least not by any name that suggested that is
what
> it did.
>
> What a ridiculous job for such a simple thing! If I were not totally
blind, I
> would just type this in and be done with it. But I would have to get a
reader
> and do it by dictation, not going to happen over the holidays. Everyone is
busy.
>
>
> Thanks Ron.
>
> Duane W8DBF
>
>
> ----------
> From: Ronald KA4INM Youvan <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Re How To Chain Pages
> Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 12:17 PM
>
> > Precisely what I do when using DOS.
>
>    So use DOS programs.
>
> > However, Word Pad refuses to allow me to load that text file saved in
the
> > 'windows\temp' directory. It says it is already open and can not be
loaded. I
> > even exited Word pad and came back and tried to load it. Made no
difference.
>
> > Any thoughts why?
>
>    If Word Pad refuses to allow you to load a different text file
> use an different text editor.  (or a WORD PROCESSOR)
>
>    Can you use/have anything that allows file concatenation?
> In LINUX it would be:
>
> cat 1.txt. 2.txt 3.txt . . . 30.txt > final.txt
>
>    I haven't done windows since July 1997 and my DOS is rusty.
> -- 
>         73 (= Best Regards) de: Ron [email protected]
>      100% LINUX, since July, 1997   SENT Time and Date are UTC
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