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- From: basiji@milton.u.washington.edu (David Basiji)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: Recommendation for scanner
- Message-ID: <basiji.713729162@milton>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 18:06:02 GMT
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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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