Re: Text Over Picture - Update

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I filled a transparent, page-size autoshape with blanks. Brought it forward. Then saved it as a .dotx file. I open the .dotx file and insert my scanned ..jpg file. I can now click the cursor anywhere on the page and "X" a box, fill in text data, etc. Then I either fax the form back to the vendor or print if I need to. Will work for any form scanned as a picture file.

"Mike" <lagunasrfr@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OIshjAQ8IHA.3260@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You're right. I solved it by inserting a transparent rectangular autoshape the size of the form and putting the pic behind it. Still works like a text box-you've got to have an area covered with text to move the cursor to it. Thought about making a macro to fill the transparent autoshape with blanks. Then I could move the cursor anywhere on the page.
"macropod" <macropod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:u0ipPiP8IHA.1204@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
That's probably because, while the image is in the body of the document and is covering a blank area, there's no text for it to be behind. Therefore, clicking over the image selects it.

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Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Mike" <lagunasrfr@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eqXP3VN8IHA.3696@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks, Suzanne, for clarifying the "behind text" feature.

"Click and Type" doesn't make any difference. The mouse cursor is the "grab" icon. When I double-click, nothing changes. "Click and Type" is enabled by default at installation and has been active the whole time I've been trying to get this to work.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:u95Xb8M8IHA.3336@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Think about it: If you didn't have the picture behind the text, you wouldn't be able to place the cursor anywhere on the page and type, either. And that's what you're doing--just entering text in a document that happens to have a background picture. Either enable (shudder) "Click and type," which will allow you to type anywhere (double-click where you want to type), or use normal text placement techniques (tabs, indents, Space Before), or insert text boxes or frames to contain the text.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Mike" <lagunasrfr@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23LHPvsM8IHA.1428@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks macropod,

I tried putting the image in a header, but it doesn't work. I just get the "grab" icon when I click any place in the image.

I don't know why "text through image" and "send behind text" don't do the job.

I have been able to overtype the form just as you would do with a typewriter: enter key, tab keys, space bar and alpha/num keys. But I can't just put the cursor anywhere on the form and type - again, I just get the "grab" cursor anywhere I click with the mouse.

To get to a spot, say in the middle of the form, I have to hit enter key (cursor starts at top left of the form) 15 or 20 times to get it to the line I want and then tab or space over to the location on that line.

Should be and interesting experiment for someone to test. Just scan any 8 1/2 by 11 paper and try to get it to work.

Thanks again

"macropod" <macropod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Oo0$r5E8IHA.1200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Mike,

You could put the image into the document header, rather than the body. Then you should be able to type over it in the normal manner.

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Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Mike" <lagunasrfr@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ej2SheE8IHA.3384@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I scanned a vendor form as a .jpg and inserted it as a full page into Win07. I "sent the picture to the back." I want to print over the pic (fill out the form), print it and send it back to the vendor. I can't move the cursor with the mouse, but it will respond to the tab, space and left-arrow keys. I would like to be able to type over the pic in the normal fashion of entering text.

Any solution or suggestion?

PS: I didn't scan by OCR because the form has graphics and bar codes, etc.









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