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How do I scan in a picture from a scanner onto a word document. I can only find insert from file. Word 2003 has a insert picture from Scanner or Camera, however I cannot find this feature with 2007.

Edited on Thu 10 Jul 2008, 07:57

RE: MS Word

Hi Steven, Thanks for the post, in answer to your question

1. The From Scanner or Camera option for adding pictures to a document is not available in Microsoft Office Word 2007.
2. Instead, you are expected to add pictures from your camera or scanner by downloading the pictures to your computer first and then copying them from your computer into Word.
The second part of that is true enough. You could do it that way.
The first part, however, is not necessarily true. In Word 2003, the command used was InsertImagerScan.
You can access this functionality in Word 2007 following these steps;

Assigning the InsertImagerScan command to a keyboard shortcut:

Choose Office button>Word Options>Customize>Keyboard shortcuts: Customize.
Set Categories to All Commands.
Set Commands to InsertImagerScan.
Click in Press new shortcut key: and press a key combination you

 

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