Scan form into database

[goslincm]

I've not worked with Adobe very much but wondering if there is a way to work with the data from forms that are scanned.

 

[jmgalvin]

You'd have to work with the OCR built in - a pretty hit or miss proposition, as is most OCR.

You can give it a try but you'll probably end up doing a lot of fix up stuff.

Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4

 

[goslincm]

Would I have any other options available with dealing with many forms completed in Adobe so I could utilize that information?

 

[jmgalvin]

If you're referring to "scan" as placing a printed form on a scanner, no.

I guess you could scan it in another format and then create an image field in a database and insert it, but you have no text editing ability no any ability to put the data in txt, etc, fields.

If you're using "scan" in some other context, you'd have to give more details.

Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4

 

[goslincm]

In the past I worked with OmniForm software, the forms you created in that software allowed you to import the forms into a database.

Not being that familar with Adobe I was merely wondering if forms created and saved had any similar options. But what I'm hearing is that it does not I guess.