Linda: I think what you should do is the following: open the program, I have open book, Hit controll+O to open, tab over and select all files, then go back and simply open the JPG file, it should scan. This is what I do for pdf files and I assume it's the same. Hope this helps you! John Fioravanti ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Parent" <mslparent25@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 11:59 AM Subject: RE: jpg files > I entered on the file name and arrowed down to scan black and white or text. > Then my scanner scanned it but I don't know what the scanner did with the > results because the file stayed the same. I'm thinking I have to open the > file and print it but when I tried that, it wouldn't print. This is getting > me nuts. > > Linda Parent > > -----Original Message----- > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On > Behalf Of Yardbird > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 11:39 AM > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: jpg files > > > In other words, are you saying that instead of putting a paper into the > scanner as usual, you press control O,locate the .jpg file on your hard > drive, load it, and then press the key command to begin a scan? > scan function operate on something that's se > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nermin Hasic" <voy44@xxxxxxxx> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:28 AM > Subject: Re: jpg files > > > Hi Linda, > > to convert a .jpg file to text, you will need a so-called optical character > recognition programme, such as OpenBook, FineReader, Omnipage or the like. > Load it into the programme you have, and start the recognition process, as > you would normally do when you place a page on your scanner. Just that this > time it is an image already there, rather than a page you put on a scanner. > > Regards, > Nermin > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - Jetzt mit 1GB Speicher kostenlos - Hier anmelden: > http://mail.yahoo.de > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the > way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the > list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.7/112 - Release Date: 9/26/2005 > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.7/112 - Release Date: 9/26/2005 > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the > way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the > list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx