He has printouts but needs to change some of the text. I have scanned one in but it saves as an image and the text cannot be manipulated in Word. Is there any way I could manipulate the text as there is a lot of work and I'll be up all night. This happened because he thinks he knows everything and wouldn't let me teach him how to save properly. Help!!
2006-10-23 12:41:36 · 17 answers · asked by Rachel Maria 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
To Jekin : I meant he knows everything in the sense that an 18 yr old knows everything ie. he knows nothing!
2006-10-23 14:09:01 · update #1
Scan the printouts with SimpleOCR. It's a free Optical Character Recognition program that will transcript them into text. You'll have to clean up the resulting text, but it will save you hours of work.
2006-10-23 12:50:32 · answer #1 · answered by Raul B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suppose you have checked your hard drive to see if you can find it.
Perhaps in future you could get AutoRecover to save files automatically and to save your work every few minutes.
It is a hard lesson and it's too bad Mum has to stay up all night.
I think the only way you can manipulate text in pdf document is if you have the expensive version of Adobe Reader.
A search for recover file not saved did come up with some resources but -- the are not free!
Best of luck with your dilemma!
2006-10-23 19:49:15 · answer #2 · answered by Kathleen A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most scanners these days have OCR (Optical Character Recognition), otherwise you can download the software online. OCR converts pictures as text into editable text format.
Remember to set "Autosave" in your text editing program. Are you SURE that the file (or part of it) is not saved, just in a directory where he can't find it? You can search the harddisk for all files changed within the last day or if he can remember part of the title, he should have a shot.
2006-10-23 19:53:57 · answer #3 · answered by Ivan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly you can try to 'restoring' your computer to to a time when a lot of his work was being produced and take it from there. It may end up being a long typing out job. I am sure he will now save as he works - and of course note the SAVE name.
2006-10-23 20:31:05 · answer #4 · answered by Whistler R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your scanning software should include a "save as text" program or choice. If he knows everything, maybe I shouldn't be answering this. Why are you doing his work for him if he knows it all?
2006-10-23 19:53:13 · answer #5 · answered by jekin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There may be a way to save it as a PDF document if you have a scanner/printer like lexmark or HP. If not, I would make HIM retype it AFTER he sits and learns how to save properly.
2006-10-23 19:49:56 · answer #6 · answered by Army Wife 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you could try to restore your pc to the date and time of the original document
Start
Accessories
System Tools
Restore my computer
This will giuve you an option of restoring your computer to a specific date and time
Hope it helps coz it's really infuriating when you lose work
GOOD LUCK
2006-10-23 19:51:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have scanned hard copy to a pdf file and then did select all and copy, and then pasted into word.
Perhaps you can give that a try.
2006-10-23 19:50:04 · answer #8 · answered by the Boss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to recovary on your computer to whenever it was still there. thou on some computers it will be gone for good, it may be worth a try! otherwise you'll need to type it all up again.
2006-10-23 19:51:01 · answer #9 · answered by rhiannon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what about systems restore you can go back in time to the date when he did his college work
thats
start, help and support then systems restore, choose date
2006-10-23 19:59:54 · answer #10 · answered by cazmo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋