[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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?
Seems to me that that is something to do with the scanner software, rather than OOo. >> 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. Where are you seeing those defaults? In the scanning software? What is that (brand/model)? Is that scanner software meant to work with Vista? >> 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. I don't understand how that is going to help the original user. I didn't think PDFCreator did scanning - or am I missing something? In what way are you suggesting PDFCreator can be used? Also, how, exactly did you get PDFCreator to work with Vista? (As that is a bit off-topic, perhaps it should be over at the forum at http://www.pdfforge.org/forum) -- Bob Long --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
