Windows XP-PRO (SP2) & Office XP-PRO 2002 (SP3)

[Snoopers-868th]

I have run into a problem involving Microsoft Document Imaging and Microsoft Document Scanning under Microsoft Office Tools on the Program Menu.

Can anyone tell me if you scan a file using the Microsoft Document Scanning what options you have when saving the file?

I seem only to have one save option which is called Tagged Image File (.tif) which I can only open using Document Imaging.

I am unable to open the tif file (created as above) using Microsoft Photo Editor.

[Snoopers-868th]

Please refer to the title for my OS and Office Bundle as if you do not have these your answers may not be relevant.

Thanks all.

[kinoxi]

Do you have the software that came with scanner?

[Snoopers-868th]

Yes, but I don't believe that is my issue. Why do you ask?

[txroadkill]

http://www.bravaviewer.com/reader.htm

 

This will let you open it, but I don't think this is what you're looking for.

[Paleo Conservative]

The solution is shell out several hundred bucks and upgrade to Windows Vista and Office 2007. You'll probably need to buy a memory and hard drive upgrade too.

[Snoopers-868th]

I am trying to resolve if Microsoft Document Imaging and Scanning ONLY offers the .tif and if that .tif file is only available to same. I need someone to experiment and confirm they are operating the same way. Thanks

[VeniVidiVici]

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HP010771031033.aspx

[Snoopers-868th]

The solution is shell out several hundred bucks and upgrade to Windows Vista and Office 2007. You'll probably need to buy a memory and hard drive upgrade too.

Hey, let's not get nasty. I like my microsoft. LOL

[Master of Orion]

Try this. It's free.

http://www.irfanview.com/

[SpaceBar]

Tiff files are 24 bit uncompressed and therefore quite large even for modest sized scanned images, but is also the de-facto standard output format for scanners/imagers. Simply open the tiff file with a photo editing program and convert it to a more space friendly format like gif, jpg, or png, then import the new file into your document.

[Snoopers-868th]

I have read this link over and over again and the OR between tagged tif file and Microsoft Document Imaging file can be read to mean there are two methods of saving the scanned file OR tagged tif and MDI are the same thing. I have used this program in the past and I was sure that I could save a regular tif file to be opened in any program but that does not seem to be the case of late. How do you read this, if I may ask?

[TexasTransplant]

Can't help you with your problem, I'm still trying to figure out why my DVD drawer opens each time I hit refresh.

TT

[Snoopers-868th]

Tiff files are 24 bit uncompressed and therefore quite large even for modest sized scanned images, but is also the de-facto standard output format for scanners/imagers. Simply open the tiff file with a photo editing program and convert it to a more space friendly format like gif, jpg, or png, then import the new file into your document.

I realize all that you are saying. And I know all about scanning to different formats. I am specifically talking about the Microsoft Document Imaging/Scanning process and what its results are and how and if you can even use that "tagged image file" with ANOTHER program? Thanks

[Snoopers-868th]

Don't hit refresh. LOL

[jdm]

Anything but F5!

[georgel]

I scan from ACDSee Foto Canvas; use the edit tools to make sure the scan is what I want and then save it as a jpg (or any other format). I'll insert that jpg into any document I want. Quick, easy and dependable.

[jdm]

I recommend IrfanView just like the previous poster. I've been using it since 2002 without any problems.

[Abcdefg]

TIFF files can be uncompressed or compressed. This is a very flexible format that is also lossless. Office has an option in the setup to handle these files.

[LibFreeOrDie]

Questions:

1. What file format DO you want the images to be saved in?
2. What applications/programs do you want to place the images in eventually?

You can insert TIFs into a Word doc.

To convert the TIFs in a Word doc to JPEGs and PNGs, use File > Save As to save the Word doc as HTML (Web page).

This creates a folder containing the JPEG and PNG images.

You really need to get a decent image editor, such as Paint Shop Pro ($100), to save images in different formats.

[Abcdefg]

There are also some good free graphics programs available.