[Ham-Computers] Re How To Chain Pages
Duane Fischer, W8DBF
[email protected]
Thu, 1 Jan 2004 19:00:24 -0500
I am that guy, as he sent them by regular mail and I am trying to scan them into
a single document.
Duane W8DBF
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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 6:38 PM
Then the guy who's sending this stuff to you doesn't know what he's doing -
tell him to send you the raw files in email, where at least you can edit
them without having the OCR screw them up further.
Jay
AD5PE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Re How To Chain Pages
> 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.
>
>
>
>
> ----------
> 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]
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