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CHAPTER 13 Scanning Text Documents Using OCR Software.. 245 Creating a Slide Show from Scanned Photos.. 258 CHAPTER 15 Making Works of Art and Fun from Scanned Photos.. 264 Using PhotoSu

CHAPTER 13 Scanning Text Documents Using OCR Software 229

What OCR Software Does 230

A Look at the Leading OCR Programs 230

How OCR Software Works 232

Recognize the Limitations of OCR Software 232

Prepare Your Original Document for OCR Software to Read 233

Tips for More Accurate OCR Scanning 234

The Future of OCR Software 234

PART IV Additional Scanning Projects CHAPTER 14 Basic Scanning Projects for Home Hobbyists 237

Understand the Role of Your Image-Editing Software 238

Image-Editing Software Used for Examples in this Book 239 The Universal First Step: Importing the Image 239

Create Your Digital Photo Album 241

What Is a Digital Album? 241

Find out How Your Particular Editing Program Creates Digital Albums 242

A Look at How Some Popular Programs Create Digital Albums 243

What Can You Do with Your Digital Albums? 245

Creating a Slide Show from Scanned Photos 245

Adding Props, Shadows, and Faux Backgrounds to Your Photos 248 How to Add Props to a Photo 249

Add a Faux Background to Your Photo 253

Add a Drop Shadow 255

Personalizing Your Computer Desktop 256

Moving on to More Advanced Image-Editing Projects 258

CHAPTER 15 Making Works of Art and Fun from Scanned Photos 259

Creating Useful Objects from Templates 260

How Templates Make Finished Projects Easier 261

Don’t Be Afraid to Modify a Template 261

Projects You Can Create with Templates 262

How to Locate and Use Templates 263

Creating Your Own Project Template 263

Add Frames and Borders to Scanned Photos 264

Using PhotoSuite to Create Frames and Borders 264

Frames and Borders Using Other Image-Editing Programs 268 Creating Your Own Frame or Border Effect Without a Template 268

Adding Text, Captions, and Word Balloons to Scanned Photos 271

Adding Text and Captions to a Photo 272

Inserting a Word Balloon 273

Using Microsoft Word to Edit Text 276

Design Your Own Greeting Cards 277

Create Hundreds of Greeting Cards with PhotoSuite 278

Making a Card with PhotoDeluxe 280

Create an Illustrated Calendar 280

Designing a Calendar Using PhotoSuite 280

Creating a Calendar with PhotoDeluxe 282

Use Microsoft Word to Create a Calendar from Scanned Images 283

Making Novelty Items 284

Produce Magazine Covers 285

Bookmarks 288

Making T-Shirts from Scanned Photos and Drawings 290

Creating Customized Refrigerator Magnets 290

The Possibilities Are Endless 290

CHAPTER 16 Communicating Through Scanned Photos 291

Designing Stationery Using Scanned Photos and Images 292

Designing Stationery That Makes a Statement 292

Creating Professional-Looking Stationery from Templates 293 Experimenting with the PhotoSuite Stationery Templates 296 Creating Stationery with PhotoDeluxe 300

Designing Business Cards, Fliers, Brochures, and Logos 301

The Advantages of Making Your Own Business Cards 301

Make Your Own Logo 304

Promotional Fliers and Brochures 306

Use the Microsoft Word Newsletter Capabilities 309

Add Stylistic Touches to Your Newsletter 311

Name Tags, Gift Tags, and Signs 312

Enclose a Distinctive Gift Tag 312

Make Photographic Name Tags 313

Illustrate Everyday Signs 314

Create Coupons and Certificates 316

Add Impact to All Your Communication 318

CHAPTER 17 Adding Scanned Images to Your Web Pages and Email 319

Choose the Best Way to Share Your Scanned Photos 320

A Word about the Internet 321

How Computers “Talk” on the Internet 321

What You Need to Communicate on the Internet 321

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Attaching Scanned Photos to Email Messages 322 How Scanned Photos Travel over the Internet 322 Emailing an Image Using Your Scanner Software 323 Sending Email Directly from Your Image-Editing Program 326 Attaching a File to an Email Message 327 Email Your Photos Faster and Save Computer Space 330 Posting Scanned Photos on the Web Using a Communal Site 332 Posting Your Pictures on PhotoSuite’s GatherRound.com 332 Using Adobe’s Shutterfly.com 336 Creating Your Own Web Page 338 Finding Server Space to Post Your Page 339 Creating and Posting a Web Page Using PhotoSuite 4 339 Creating Your Site for Free Using Yahoo! GeoCities 343 Consider Microsoft FrontPage for Your Website 347 Sending Large Image Files Using a File Transfer Protocol 352 Evaluating Your Photo-Sharing Options 356 Index 319

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My thanks to the terrifically creative and knowledgeable staff at Osborne, particularly acquisitions editor Megg Bonar and acquisitions coordinator Alissa Larson for their responsiveness and flexibility Special thanks to technical editor Steve Bain, not only for his insight and attentiveness to accuracy, but also for actively coming up with many ideas for content Credit for the great idea of covering useful shareware belongs

to him Sincere thanks to Laurie Stewart, and the able assistance of Beth Young, Lyssa Wald, and Michael Mueller, and to Maureen Forys, Laura Ryan, Andrea Fox, and Jack Lewis for all their efforts in getting this book to your shelves.

Special thanks to my husband, Dan Welytok, and to all the friends and family members who served as tireless models for the photos that were the raw material for the scanning projects you see in this book.

Thanks go out to a few folks who helped us with the images for the book’s cover, specifically:

■ Epson America and Darryll Harrison Jr at Walt & Company

■ Hewlett-Packard Company and Nikki Riordan at Porter Novelli

■ Polaroid Corporation and Rachel Street

■ Gary Sloan, photographer (www.garysloan.com)

■ Visioneer Inc and Mike Griffith

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