On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:52:58 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi -- > >I'm so angry I could spit, and I'm hoping OOo will be my knight in >shining cordoroy. > >As part of my genealogical research, I used to be able to scan >multi-page documents and save them as PDF files in one step with the >software that came with my printer. After my computer died this >spring, I bought a new one with (cough) Vista and everything's now a >mess and there's very little that I can get to work like it did before >and, specifically, the software that came with my printer is useless. >I tried scanning multi-part documents into OOo using: > >Insert > Picture > Scan > Request > >I select "document feeder" and it scans the first page, but then it's >like it's waiting for something to go on to the other pages, and I >can't figure out what it's waiting for. So I'm having to scan each >page separately -- it would be nice if I could just have it scan all >the pages at once -- is this possible? > >Also, the defaults for the scanning dialog all have to be changed for >each scan, so an eleven page document requires a considerable bit of >"messing around." How can I permanently change the defaults? I use >the Windows software for scanning imagesd, so I don't need those as >default settings in OOo. Specifically, the default paper size is, for >some reason, legal size (8-1/2" x 14") and if I forget to change that, >I have to re-scan the page. > >I checked OOo help, but that didn't go into any details. Google >didn't help. > >Can anyone suggest a way to make this easier? Or is there a better >solution that doesn't involve OOo (besides switching back to XP). > >TIA
Thank you for the help. FYI -- I got PDFCreator to work with Vista with a little messing around and it's almost painless to do what I want to do. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
