The Microsoft office document imaging problem
Scanner Plug-in for Microsoft Word is a powerful tool for scanning paper documents from MS Word. Scanner Plug-in is realized as standard Microsoft Office Ribbon. Go to the start menu programs and inside Microsoft Office Tools open Microsoft Office Document Scanning. In the scanning window, click the Scanner button and select your scanner. With Microsoft Office Lens for iOS or Android, you can scan receipts, business cards, notes, photos, and other types of documents through your mobile device. Learn how to use the free Office Lens app. Microsoft Office Document Imaging 2003 (MODI) adds programmability features to the document scanning and viewing tools that Microsoft Office 2002 (XP) included for the first time. Microsoft Office Document Imaging uses Microsoft Document Imaging Format (MDI), a file format based on the Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) that is designed to store images by page layout. In Office Document Imaging, you can open and save files in the MDI format as well as the Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) format.
Microsoft office document imaging is used to scan hard copies of documents and import them into your Microsoft office suite for editing. This software is ideal if you don’t have any software that came with your printer/scanner or you prefer to use software that you are familiar with.
This feature was always bundled in with the Microsoft office package from Office XP through to Office 2007 but now for some reason Microsoft have decided to take it out of the latest version Microsoft Office 2010.
Not to panic though you can still download the component from the Microsoft website and install it to give you this functionality back if that is what you need and prefer. This short tutorial will show you where to get it and how to install it.
Download and install Microsoft Office Document Imaging
1. First we need to get SharePoint designer 2007 which contains the MODI . This is available for free and can be downloaded from the link below. The download is close to 300Mb so will take a little while to download.
2. Once the file has downloaded double-click the file to begin the install. Accept the licence agreement and select customize as your installation
3. Expand the office tool section by pressing the plus and where it says Microsoft office document imaging click and select run all from my computer. Finally press the install button on the bottom to begin the installation.
Using Office Document Imaging
Once you have installed the SharePoint Designer you will be able to find Microsoft office document imaging under Microsoft and then office tools in your start menu.
Microsoft Office Document Imaging Software
It is then a case of opening the program and selecting the correct scanner and settings you require and then click the scan icon.