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A rather annoying side effect of scanning a typed document and converting it to text
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How to rework your old articles from print-outs
If you’re anything like me, you keep stacks of clippings. But if you own the copyright to the articles, and you want to update them , how can you do so? The good news is that you don't need to retype them. In this article I explain how to convert them into text for word processing.
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Most printers double up (or triple up) as scanners and photocopiers as well these days.
How to scan a document into a pdf file
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How to get a paper document into a digital (pdf) version -- and how to correct it if it comes out upside down.
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How do you keep your clippings?
If you keep them in paper format, they take up more and more room as your portfolio grows. If you keep them in boxes in the loft, as I do, you never get to see them anyway. I think if you’re going to store them in printed format you should go the whole hog and keep them nicely bound in some sort of presentation folder, and place them on shelves in your living space so that they can be admired by you and anyone who happens to browse your bookshelves!