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Monday, December 23, 2013

Scanning into Word 2007

Scanning into Word 2007
There have been numerous complaints from new users of Word 2007 that the tool that allows documents to be scanned as images, directly into Word, appears to be missing in this version. In fact it is not missing, but very well hidden, However, fellow MVP Herb Tyson  spotted that the ancient WordBasic command to call the old dialog has been retained in the application, and so with a little juggling and the aid of a macro, it is possible to add the command to the QAT (Quick Access Toolbar)
The macro code is simplicity itself
Sub InsertFromScanner()
On Error Resume Next
WordBasic.InsertImagerScan
End Sub

 
but if you don't know to employ such codes or add them to the QAT (Quick Access Toolbar), see - http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm 
Clicking the button (or running the macro) produces the following familiar dialog: