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Answer» new member,new to computers. Please help, Dell C521,dell scanner,Windows XP.My wife has forms from work on floppy disc, on old comp. these downloaded & could be written no problem. On new XP floppy downloads fragmented. Also tried emailing forms from work to home,this works for other comps. but not this one, tried scanning paper form into computer, forms fragment and cannot be written on.THANKS in anntice. wassgI'm having difficulty trying to make sense of your post. Quote from: wassg on May 08, 2007, 07:44:47 AM ... My wife has forms from work on floppy disc, on old comp. these downloaded & could be written no problem. On new XP floppy downloads fragmented. Also tried emailing forms from work to home,this works for other comps. but not this one, tried scanning paper form into computer, forms fragment and cannot be written on.thanks in anntice. wassg Are both computers, the "old comp" and the "new XP", at home? Quote from: wassg on May 08, 2007, 07:44:47 AM these downloaded & could be written no problem. What does "could be written" mean? Quote from: wassg on May 08, 2007, 07:44:47 AM On new XP floppy downloads fragmented. Please elaborate on "fragmented". Exactly what happens? Please clarify the facts. Your wife has forms on floppy disk that came from a scanner at work. Is that it? And, at home, these forms can be viewed OK on the old comp but not on the XP comp. Is that it? thanks. sorry for confusion, I am new to all this. wife's "forms" from her work place on floppy disc worked fine on old computer (now scrap) but will not work on new windows XP. Text is scattered about on the form and strait lines distorted. Also tried emailing "forms" from workplace to home, same sort of problems as using floppy. Also tried scanning a paper copy to computer ,can not get this to work. these "forms" must be capable of being written on in normal text, as in "filling in a form". NB. her workmates have succesfully emailed these "forms" to home computers. Have just realised we may have language differences! Im english, will fill in personel detail when I work out how to. Thanks, wassgWho has language differences? I think you need to get the facts straight. I'm not aware of any scanned IMAGE that can be filled in on computer screen, although I'm not an expert on scanning software. But, I get the impression you're really talking about a PDF DOCUMENT, which, in some cases, can have fill-in capability. Exactly what type of file are you talking about? What software is being used to create these files? Sounds (maybe) like MS Office / MS Word version conflicts? Thanks,I am ignorant, whats aPDF file? Just do not understand why used to work and now does not, also why cant email when others can. Do not know how these files were created, different files by different people. Maybe I should go away and study more, but where ? wassgA Microsoft Word file will the extension .doc added to the name. An Excel file will have the extension .xls added to the name. To open a .doc file, you need Word or some other word processing program that recognizes .doc files in order to open it. To open a .xls file, you need Excel or another spreadsheet program that will recognize .xls files. Get the idea? Normally, the filename for computer files consists of the unique filename, which WOULD precede the period, and an extension indicating the type of file. That's why I was asking about the type of file you're talking about. If it's a file with a filename with a .pdf extension, then it's a file that requires software that can read .pdf files, such as Adobe Reader. If you try to open such a file with Word, it won't look right; it will probably be unreadable. If none of this is making sense to you, then you do, indeed, need to "go away and study more". Have her try e-mailing them as an attachment instead of an open document.The phrase "The blind leading the blind" KEEPS coming into my mind... Thanks , at least I now have some idea what to look for. Just a thought, if I knew all this stuff I would not be needing help ? wassgQuote from: wassg on May 09, 2007, 04:21:45 AM Thanks , at least I now have some idea what to look for. Just a thought, if I knew all this stuff I would not be needing help ? wassg No worries mate

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new member,new to computers. Please help, Dell C521,dell scanner,Windows XP.My wife has forms from work on floppy disc, on old comp. these downloaded & could be written no problem. On new XP floppy downloads fragmented. Also tried emailing forms from work to home,this works for other comps. but not this one, tried scanning paper form into computer, forms fragment and cannot be written on.THANKS in anntice. wassgI'm having difficulty trying to make sense of your post.

Quote from: wassg on May 08, 2007, 07:44:47 AM

... My wife has forms from work on floppy disc, on old comp. these downloaded & could be written no problem. On new XP floppy downloads fragmented. Also tried emailing forms from work to home,this works for other comps. but not this one, tried scanning paper form into computer, forms fragment and cannot be written on.thanks in anntice. wassg

Are both computers, the "old comp" and the "new XP", at home?

Quote from: wassg on May 08, 2007, 07:44:47 AM

these downloaded & could be written no problem.

What does "could be written" mean?

Quote from: wassg on May 08, 2007, 07:44:47 AM

On new XP floppy downloads fragmented.

Please elaborate on "fragmented". Exactly what happens?

Please clarify the facts. Your wife has forms on floppy disk that came from a scanner at work. Is that it? And, at home, these forms can be viewed OK on the old comp but not on the XP comp. Is that it?

thanks. sorry for confusion, I am new to all this. wife's "forms" from her work place on floppy disc worked fine on old computer (now scrap) but will not work on new windows XP. Text is scattered about on the form and strait lines distorted. Also tried emailing "forms" from workplace to home, same sort of problems as using floppy. Also tried scanning a paper copy to computer ,can not get this to work. these "forms" must be capable of being written on in normal text, as in "filling in a form". NB. her workmates have succesfully emailed these "forms" to home computers. Have just realised we may have language differences! Im english, will fill in personel detail when I work out how to. Thanks, wassgWho has language differences?

I think you need to get the facts straight. I'm not aware of any scanned IMAGE that can be filled in on computer screen, although I'm not an expert on scanning software. But, I get the impression you're really talking about a PDF DOCUMENT, which, in some cases, can have fill-in capability.

Exactly what type of file are you talking about? What software is being used to create these files? Sounds (maybe) like MS Office / MS Word version conflicts?

Thanks,I am ignorant, whats aPDF file? Just do not understand why used to work and now does not, also why cant email when others can. Do not know how these files were created, different files by different people. Maybe I should go away and study more, but where ? wassgA Microsoft Word file will the extension .doc added to the name. An Excel file will have the extension .xls added to the name. To open a .doc file, you need Word or some other word processing program that recognizes .doc files in order to open it. To open a .xls file, you need Excel or another spreadsheet program that will recognize .xls files. Get the idea?

Normally, the filename for computer files consists of the unique filename, which WOULD precede the period, and an extension indicating the type of file. That's why I was asking about the type of file you're talking about. If it's a file with a filename with a .pdf extension, then it's a file that requires software that can read .pdf files, such as Adobe Reader. If you try to open such a file with Word, it won't look right; it will probably be unreadable.

If none of this is making sense to you, then you do, indeed, need to "go away and study more".

Have her try e-mailing them as an attachment instead of an open document.The phrase "The blind leading the blind" KEEPS coming into my mind...
Thanks , at least I now have some idea what to look for. Just a thought, if I knew all this stuff I would not be needing help ? wassgQuote from: wassg on May 09, 2007, 04:21:45 AM

Thanks , at least I now have some idea what to look for. Just a thought, if I knew all this stuff I would not be needing help ? wassg

No worries mate

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