scan & open document into Works 8.5

I have scanned documents and tried to "open with" Works word. It tells me
that it cannot open it or the file may be corrupt. What am I doing wrong.
(Vista home premium--Canoscan LIDE 70) I have been trying for months.
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Do you own an application software to do "Optical Character
Recognition"(OCR) ?
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"West Monroe" <eaglesx4@msn.com(nospam)> wrote in message
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> I have scanned documents and tried to "open with" Works word. It tells me
> that it cannot open it or the file may be corrupt. What am I doing wrong.
> (Vista home premium--Canoscan LIDE 70) I have been trying for months.
> --
> new computer at 63

I have it on the scanner.
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"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> Do you own an application software to do "Optical Character
> Recognition"(OCR) ?
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> Mark L. Ferguson
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>
> "West Monroe" <eaglesx4@msn.com(nospam)> wrote in message
> news:769F12F5-B343-4100-8130-FA632988E2D6@microsoft.com...
> > I have scanned documents and tried to "open with" Works word. It tells me
> > that it cannot open it or the file may be corrupt. What am I doing wrong.
> > (Vista home premium--Canoscan LIDE 70) I have been trying for months.
> > --
> > new computer at 63
>

It may be creating a filetype that Works cannot open. Open the saved
document in wordpad and save it before opening it in Works Word.
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"West Monroe" <eaglesx4@msn.com(nospam)> wrote in message
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> I have it on the scanner.
> --
> new computer at 63
>
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> Do you own an application software to do "Optical Character
>> Recognition"(OCR) ?
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>> Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web
>> interface.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...eAPostAsAnswer
>> Mark L. Ferguson
>> .
>>
>> "West Monroe" <eaglesx4@msn.com(nospam)> wrote in message
>> news:769F12F5-B343-4100-8130-FA632988E2D6@microsoft.com...
>> > I have scanned documents and tried to "open with" Works word. It tells
>> > me
>> > that it cannot open it or the file may be corrupt. What am I doing
>> > wrong.
>> > (Vista home premium--Canoscan LIDE 70) I have been trying for months.
>> > --
>> > new computer at 63
>>

This is unbelieveable. I scaned the document into wordpad and it came out
looking as if I was on drugs. What have I done now? W.Monroe
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"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> It may be creating a filetype that Works cannot open. Open the saved
> document in wordpad and save it before opening it in Works Word.
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> interface.
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> Mark L. Ferguson
> .
>
> "West Monroe" <eaglesx4@msn.com(nospam)> wrote in message
> news:E1671842-312E-40E9-9D05-C18B51F54C81@microsoft.com...
> > I have it on the scanner.
> > --
> > new computer at 63
> >
> >
> > "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
> >
> >> Do you own an application software to do "Optical Character
> >> Recognition"(OCR) ?
> >> --
> >> Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web
> >> interface.
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...eAPostAsAnswer
> >> Mark L. Ferguson
> >> .
> >>
> >> "West Monroe" <eaglesx4@msn.com(nospam)> wrote in message
> >> news:769F12F5-B343-4100-8130-FA632988E2D6@microsoft.com...
> >> > I have scanned documents and tried to "open with" Works word. It tells
> >> > me
> >> > that it cannot open it or the file may be corrupt. What am I doing
> >> > wrong.
> >> > (Vista home premium--Canoscan LIDE 70) I have been trying for months.
> >> > --
> >> > new computer at 63
> >>

West Monroe wrote:
> I have scanned documents and tried to "open with" Works word. It tells me
> that it cannot open it or the file may be corrupt. What am I doing wrong.
> (Vista home premium--Canoscan LIDE 70) I have been trying for months.

What is the suffix on the scanned document. A scan produces a "picture"
not an editable document. Try opening it with MS paint and see what happens.

gls858