Windows Vista Can't do OCR

[Arfur Million]

Whenever I try using the Microsoft Office Document Imaging programme to do
some OCR I get the message "OCR was not successful (no text was found) on
one or more pages". I've enabled OCR in the Control Panel option for
Microsoft Office. I'm using Vista Ultimate with Office Ultimate 2007.

I've found KB 918215 which describes a very similar looking problem with
Office 2003 - is there a similar fix for Office 2007? (I'm posting this to a
Vista group on the grounds that the DEP mentioned in the KB article might be
analogous to Vista's security facilities.)

Any help would be appreciated.

I must say that this is all very frustrating. I'm just trying to OCR a
document that I've scanned, and using the original manufacturer's software
this would have been a 3-click operation - it's a MicroTek ScanMaker 3800.
Now I've got to load the image with MS' (very basic) Fax software, save it
somewhere, locate the file, open it in Paint and save it as a tiff, open it
with MS Office Document Imaging (which had to be enabled) - all because MS
couldn't be bothered to ensure that Vista isn't backwardly compatible with a
reasonably recent piece of software. [/slightrant]

Grumpily,
Arfur

 

[DDW]

Re: Can't do OCR

crossposted to the office.misc group (you might get more replies
there)


On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:40:05 +0100, "Arfur Million"
<arfur_million@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Whenever I try using the Microsoft Office Document Imaging programme to do
>some OCR I get the message "OCR was not successful (no text was found) on
>one or more pages". I've enabled OCR in the Control Panel option for
>Microsoft Office. I'm using Vista Ultimate with Office Ultimate 2007.
>
>I've found KB 918215 which describes a very similar looking problem with
>Office 2003 - is there a similar fix for Office 2007? (I'm posting this to a
>Vista group on the grounds that the DEP mentioned in the KB article might be
>analogous to Vista's security facilities.)
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>I must say that this is all very frustrating. I'm just trying to OCR a
>document that I've scanned, and using the original manufacturer's software
>this would have been a 3-click operation - it's a MicroTek ScanMaker 3800.
>Now I've got to load the image with MS' (very basic) Fax software, save it
>somewhere, locate the file, open it in Paint and save it as a tiff, open it
>with MS Office Document Imaging (which had to be enabled) - all because MS
>couldn't be bothered to ensure that Vista isn't backwardly compatible with a
>reasonably recent piece of software. [/slightrant]
>
>Grumpily,
>Arfur
>

DDW
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[Arfur Million]

Re: Can't do OCR

"DDW" <dd.wright@KILLSPAMcomcast.net> wrote in message
news:lv17g4l8ovqc8frf8d17shsvdj5gp8v4cv@4ax.com...
> crossposted to the office.misc group (you might get more replies
> there)
>
>
> On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:40:05 +0100, "Arfur Million"
> <arfur_million@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Whenever I try using the Microsoft Office Document Imaging programme to do
>>some OCR I get the message "OCR was not successful (no text was found) on
>>one or more pages". I've enabled OCR in the Control Panel option for
>>Microsoft Office. I'm using Vista Ultimate with Office Ultimate 2007.
>>
>>I've found KB 918215 which describes a very similar looking problem with
>>Office 2003 - is there a similar fix for Office 2007? (I'm posting this to
>>a
>>Vista group on the grounds that the DEP mentioned in the KB article might
>>be
>>analogous to Vista's security facilities.)
>>
>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>>I must say that this is all very frustrating. I'm just trying to OCR a
>>document that I've scanned, and using the original manufacturer's software
>>this would have been a 3-click operation - it's a MicroTek ScanMaker 3800.
>>Now I've got to load the image with MS' (very basic) Fax software, save it
>>somewhere, locate the file, open it in Paint and save it as a tiff, open
>>it
>>with MS Office Document Imaging (which had to be enabled) - all because MS
>>couldn't be bothered to ensure that Vista isn't backwardly compatible with
>>a
>>reasonably recent piece of software. [/slightrant]
>>


Well, it seems it works when the document is scanned by the MODI programme
itself, at least I couldn't get it to work with tiffs created/converted by
other programmes. Problem solved, I suppose, but it is yet another programme
that is keen to fax my documents when I would have much preferred just to
use the original MicroTek supplied software. Oh well.

Regards,
Arfur

 

[Arfur Million]

Re: Can't do OCR

"Arfur Million" <arfur_million@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%rYMk.72328$N11.16924@newsfe13.ams2...
> "DDW" <dd.wright@KILLSPAMcomcast.net> wrote in message
> news:lv17g4l8ovqc8frf8d17shsvdj5gp8v4cv@4ax.com...
>> crossposted to the office.misc group (you might get more replies
>> there)
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:40:05 +0100, "Arfur Million"
>> <arfur_million@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Whenever I try using the Microsoft Office Document Imaging programme to
>>>do
>>>some OCR I get the message "OCR was not successful (no text was found) on
>>>one or more pages". I've enabled OCR in the Control Panel option for
>>>Microsoft Office. I'm using Vista Ultimate with Office Ultimate 2007.
>>>
>>>I've found KB 918215 which describes a very similar looking problem with
>>>Office 2003 - is there a similar fix for Office 2007? (I'm posting this
>>>to a
>>>Vista group on the grounds that the DEP mentioned in the KB article might
>>>be
>>>analogous to Vista's security facilities.)
>>>
>>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>I must say that this is all very frustrating. I'm just trying to OCR a
>>>document that I've scanned, and using the original manufacturer's
>>>software
>>>this would have been a 3-click operation - it's a MicroTek ScanMaker
>>>3800.
>>>Now I've got to load the image with MS' (very basic) Fax software, save
>>>it
>>>somewhere, locate the file, open it in Paint and save it as a tiff, open
>>>it
>>>with MS Office Document Imaging (which had to be enabled) - all because
>>>MS
>>>couldn't be bothered to ensure that Vista isn't backwardly compatible
>>>with a
>>>reasonably recent piece of software. [/slightrant]
>>>
>
>
> Well, it seems it works when the document is scanned by the MODI programme
> itself, at least I couldn't get it to work with tiffs created/converted by
> other programmes. Problem solved, I suppose, but it is yet another
> programme that is keen to fax my documents when I would have much
> preferred just to

Oops, I meant "scan" not "fax".

> use the original MicroTek supplied software. Oh well.
>
> Regards,
> Arfur
>

 

[Bob I]

Re: Can't do OCR



Arfur Million wrote:

> "DDW" <dd.wright@KILLSPAMcomcast.net> wrote in message
> news:lv17g4l8ovqc8frf8d17shsvdj5gp8v4cv@4ax.com...
>
>>crossposted to the office.misc group (you might get more replies
>>there)
>>
>>
>>On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:40:05 +0100, "Arfur Million"
>><arfur_million@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Whenever I try using the Microsoft Office Document Imaging programme to do
>>>some OCR I get the message "OCR was not successful (no text was found) on
>>>one or more pages". I've enabled OCR in the Control Panel option for
>>>Microsoft Office. I'm using Vista Ultimate with Office Ultimate 2007.
>>>
>>>I've found KB 918215 which describes a very similar looking problem with
>>>Office 2003 - is there a similar fix for Office 2007? (I'm posting this to
>>>a
>>>Vista group on the grounds that the DEP mentioned in the KB article might
>>>be
>>>analogous to Vista's security facilities.)
>>>
>>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>I must say that this is all very frustrating. I'm just trying to OCR a
>>>document that I've scanned, and using the original manufacturer's software
>>>this would have been a 3-click operation - it's a MicroTek ScanMaker 3800.
>>>Now I've got to load the image with MS' (very basic) Fax software, save it
>>>somewhere, locate the file, open it in Paint and save it as a tiff, open
>>>it
>>>with MS Office Document Imaging (which had to be enabled) - all because MS
>>>couldn't be bothered to ensure that Vista isn't backwardly compatible with
>>>a
>>>reasonably recent piece of software. [/slightrant]
>>>
>
>
>
> Well, it seems it works when the document is scanned by the MODI programme
> itself, at least I couldn't get it to work with tiffs created/converted by
> other programmes. Problem solved, I suppose, but it is yet another programme
> that is keen to fax my documents when I would have much preferred just to
> use the original MicroTek supplied software. Oh well.
>
> Regards,
> Arfur
>

Please be aware that "tiff" is a family of file formats. And you may
have to save it to a format that will work in MODI. If it is straight
B/W tiff G4 compression (fax format)tif file, it should work.

 

[Arfur Million]

Re: Can't do OCR

"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:O74MCrDOJHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
>
> Arfur Million wrote:
>
>> "DDW" <dd.wright@KILLSPAMcomcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:lv17g4l8ovqc8frf8d17shsvdj5gp8v4cv@4ax.com...
>>
>>>crossposted to the office.misc group (you might get more replies
>>>there)
>>>
>>>
>>>On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:40:05 +0100, "Arfur Million"
>>><arfur_million@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Whenever I try using the Microsoft Office Document Imaging programme to
>>>>do
>>>>some OCR I get the message "OCR was not successful (no text was found)
>>>>on
>>>>one or more pages". I've enabled OCR in the Control Panel option for
>>>>Microsoft Office. I'm using Vista Ultimate with Office Ultimate 2007.
>>>>
>>>>I've found KB 918215 which describes a very similar looking problem with
>>>>Office 2003 - is there a similar fix for Office 2007? (I'm posting this
>>>>to a
>>>>Vista group on the grounds that the DEP mentioned in the KB article
>>>>might be
>>>>analogous to Vista's security facilities.)
>>>>
>>>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>I must say that this is all very frustrating. I'm just trying to OCR a
>>>>document that I've scanned, and using the original manufacturer's
>>>>software
>>>>this would have been a 3-click operation - it's a MicroTek ScanMaker
>>>>3800.
>>>>Now I've got to load the image with MS' (very basic) Fax software, save
>>>>it
>>>>somewhere, locate the file, open it in Paint and save it as a tiff, open
>>>>it
>>>>with MS Office Document Imaging (which had to be enabled) - all because
>>>>MS
>>>>couldn't be bothered to ensure that Vista isn't backwardly compatible
>>>>with a
>>>>reasonably recent piece of software. [/slightrant]
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Well, it seems it works when the document is scanned by the MODI
>> programme itself, at least I couldn't get it to work with tiffs
>> created/converted by other programmes. Problem solved, I suppose, but it
>> is yet another programme that is keen to fax my documents when I would
>> have much preferred just to use the original MicroTek supplied software.
>> Oh well.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Arfur
>
> Please be aware that "tiff" is a family of file formats. And you may have
> to save it to a format that will work in MODI. If it is straight B/W tiff
> G4 compression (fax format)tif file, it should work.
>


Hi Bob,

Thanks for the info - I have since found that MODI's own scan facility does
work (presumably it know which format to use) but if I need to convert a
file from another format I'll use the parameters you mention.

Regards,
Arfur

 

[Bob I]

Re: Can't do OCR



Arfur Million wrote:

> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:O74MCrDOJHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
>>
>>Arfur Million wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"DDW" <dd.wright@KILLSPAMcomcast.net> wrote in message
>>>news:lv17g4l8ovqc8frf8d17shsvdj5gp8v4cv@4ax.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>crossposted to the office.misc group (you might get more replies
>>>>there)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:40:05 +0100, "Arfur Million"
>>>><arfur_million@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Whenever I try using the Microsoft Office Document Imaging programme to
>>>>>do
>>>>>some OCR I get the message "OCR was not successful (no text was found)
>>>>>on
>>>>>one or more pages". I've enabled OCR in the Control Panel option for
>>>>>Microsoft Office. I'm using Vista Ultimate with Office Ultimate 2007.
>>>>>
>>>>>I've found KB 918215 which describes a very similar looking problem with
>>>>>Office 2003 - is there a similar fix for Office 2007? (I'm posting this
>>>>>to a
>>>>>Vista group on the grounds that the DEP mentioned in the KB article
>>>>>might be
>>>>>analogous to Vista's security facilities.)
>>>>>
>>>>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>>I must say that this is all very frustrating. I'm just trying to OCR a
>>>>>document that I've scanned, and using the original manufacturer's
>>>>>software
>>>>>this would have been a 3-click operation - it's a MicroTek ScanMaker
>>>>>3800.
>>>>>Now I've got to load the image with MS' (very basic) Fax software, save
>>>>>it
>>>>>somewhere, locate the file, open it in Paint and save it as a tiff, open
>>>>>it
>>>>>with MS Office Document Imaging (which had to be enabled) - all because
>>>>>MS
>>>>>couldn't be bothered to ensure that Vista isn't backwardly compatible
>>>>>with a
>>>>>reasonably recent piece of software. [/slightrant]
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Well, it seems it works when the document is scanned by the MODI
>>>programme itself, at least I couldn't get it to work with tiffs
>>>created/converted by other programmes. Problem solved, I suppose, but it
>>>is yet another programme that is keen to fax my documents when I would
>>>have much preferred just to use the original MicroTek supplied software.
>>>Oh well.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Arfur
>>
>>Please be aware that "tiff" is a family of file formats. And you may have
>>to save it to a format that will work in MODI. If it is straight B/W tiff
>>G4 compression (fax format)tif file, it should work.
>>
>
>
>
> Hi Bob,
>
> Thanks for the info - I have since found that MODI's own scan facility does
> work (presumably it know which format to use) but if I need to convert a
> file from another format I'll use the parameters you mention.
>
> Regards,
> Arfur
>

You're welcome, have a great day!