Cal Bear '66

Don't you have a friend that can burn it to CD for you? Also, places like
Kinko's have rental computers that you can do this, or they can do it for you.
Frequently places that do copying have this burn to CD service.

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"tcseacliff69" <tcseacliff69@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I had this written for me ,it was mailed to me on a floppy.someemployers do
> let you fax,but many want it copied and pasted. i have been having a problem
> copying and pasting this. I guess I will have to get an external floppy or
> re-type it myself. now all I have to do I guess is learn how to use word.
>
> "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>
>> I think he should just fax his resume if he wrote it himself. Or if he had
>> it
>> prepares by a resume service, he should ask for and electronic copy on CD and
>> then he could just fax the resume file instead of trying to convert a paper
>> copy
>> into an document file.
>>
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>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
>>
>>
>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>> news:0fvhb3p6ske344ph2dsf0rngch10q9am41@4ax.com...
>> > On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 15:02:04 -0700, tcseacliff69
>> > <tcseacliff69@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> rwell. iI am startimg to realize that a scanned doc is a photo of typed
>> >> document,so i used my default program for an OCR document omni-page came
>> >> with
>> >> my canon. my problem is as you stated taking a scanned document and making
>> >> it
>> >> readable somewhere else. I have a resume in a folder in documents on my
>> >> vista
>> >> home premium. two problems . one being my e-mail is no longer
>> >> supported(which
>> >> is msn premium,a microsoft product) and two being , I have a resume in an
>> >> OCR
>> >> format and cannot move it (paste) it onto an employers webpage, the page
>> >> says "paste your resume here. make sure it is properly formatted. that is
>> >> impossible,and that is my problem . why can't we just use snail mail, my
>> >> printer works so well,and i am quite adept at stamps and envelopes!!!!!
>> >> can
>> >> you help?
>> >
>> >
>> > I am again having great difficulty understanding you. Please rewrite
>> > the above with conventional spelling, punctuation, and grammar, and
>> > write very slowly and carefully. Try to make it extra easy for those
>> > trying to help you. If your native language isn't English, perhaps
>> > what you wrote would be acceptable, but if you are an English speaker,
>> > please write clearly.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:50:01 -0700, tcseacliff69
>> >> > <tcseacliff69@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > I have an HP pavillion w/ windows premium. seems new computers see no
>> >> > > need
>> >> > > for floppy discs any more.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Is the lack of a floppy drive pertinent to what you ask about below?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > > I have a scanner. when i scan my resume. i cannot
>> >> > > seem to format it properly to put it on other websites. I returned my
>> >> > > hp
>> >> > > scanner,was impossible to use, now have a canon all-in-one works great
>> >> > > but i
>> >> > > stll cannot save and send my resume properly. I can save it as a text
>> >> > > doc,
>> >> > > save it with adobe,I can look at it all I want but cannot copy and
>> >> > > paste
>> >> > > it!
>> >> > > either it reopens elswhere all changed around and un readable, doesn't
>> >> > > even
>> >> > > resemle a resume. and now i can't get it back into word, it only goes
>> >> > > into
>> >> > > some vista default storage area which I stll cannot get the e-mail
>> >> > > working?
>> >> > > is it possible to have scanned documents be read as written? they coy
>> >> > > beatifully but employers want them pested no-can-do!!HELP111
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Sorry, but I find it very difficult to understand exactly what you're
>> >> > trying to say here.
>> >> >
>> >> > Your problem appears to be that you have a printed resume and you're
>> >> > trying to scan it so you can have an electronic version to paste into
>> >> > Word to send to prospective employees.
>> >> >
>> >> > If that's the case, realize that you can hardly ever just scan a
>> >> > document, turn it into text, and paste it somewhere while still
>> >> > retaining the formatting.
>> >> >
>> >> > When you scan a document, you end up with a picture of the text, not
>> >> > the text itself. To turn that picture into real text, you need
>> >> > software called Optical Character Recognition (OCR, for short). The
>> >> > OCR software recognizes the pictures of the letters (with *some*
>> >> > degree of accuracy; 100% is never guaranteed) and generates the
>> >> > appropriate letters.
>> >> >
>> >> > Many scanners come with OCR software. Did yours? Which particular OCR
>> >> > program? Did you use it?
>> >> >
>> >> > After you've scanned the document and "OCRed" it, you have to
>> >> > proofread to correct any errors (at least a few are likely), and then
>> >> > edit the results in your word processing program (Word) to put back
>> >> > the formatting that was almost certainly lost.
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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>> >> >
>> >
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