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DeathStar1 · 03-08-2006, 09:37 AM

Heya,

we're discussing various ways to go paperless and streamline production. The folks at another board suggested we go with a cmopany to set up the document scanning process, and I think I've found one that's reliable, so that route is fixed, but now we've got another question...

Apparently, we get documents each month that have to be typed in manually in order to be edited and then faxed. This is a 2 hour process depdning on the length of the document.

I know there's a way to scan it in directly into Microsoft Word to be editble, wich I beleive is called OCR. But, is there any way to scan it in and go directly to Excel for it to be editble? The employees here find Excel a bit easier to setup than word. This way, they can save an hour or two, scan it in, type it up, and FAx it directly from their machine, without having to type it up, print, and then fax.

Also, We're looking for something that can create a digital signature maker, sort of like what the UPS guy has when he gives you your packages. I know they have drawing tablets with digital pens, but I'm not sure about the signatures..

Thanks for any help

Neil

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DeathStar1 *Neil* Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Local Time: 08:53 PM Local Date: 01-08-2009 Posts: 3,319	Question for the Buisness Employees who work with computers :) Heya, we're discussing various ways to go paperless and streamline production. The folks at another board suggested we go with a cmopany to set up the document scanning process, and I think I've found one that's reliable, so that route is fixed, but now we've got another question... Apparently, we get documents each month that have to be typed in manually in order to be edited and then faxed. This is a 2 hour process depdning on the length of the document. I know there's a way to scan it in directly into Microsoft Word to be editble, wich I beleive is called OCR. But, is there any way to scan it in and go directly to Excel for it to be editble? The employees here find Excel a bit easier to setup than word. This way, they can save an hour or two, scan it in, type it up, and FAx it directly from their machine, without having to type it up, print, and then fax. Also, We're looking for something that can create a digital signature maker, sort of like what the UPS guy has when he gives you your packages. I know they have drawing tablets with digital pens, but I'm not sure about the signatures.. Thanks for any help Neil