Cal Bear '66

Don't the employers want a document file and not a fax?
If you can scan your resume that is a picture, so why do you need OCR software?
What exactly do these employers want -- a fax (picture), a graphic file
(picture) or an electronic document, such as xxxx.doc, xxxx.rtf?


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"tcseacliff69" <tcseacliff69@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C3700D52-D21A-4A64-94CC-4CCDD2E9039D@microsoft.com...
> will a cd solve the problem of being a picutre of a document and not a copy?
> If so that would be sweet. thanks.
>
> "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>
>> 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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>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
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>> "tcseacliff69" <tcseacliff69@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news7C0A35C-0419-4E67-8E6A-3ED44572D753@microsoft.com...
>> >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.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> 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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