Normally you need an "OCR" program that will convert the scanned document to a useable file that a word processing program will recognize.  The OCR programs, that I've seen, give you the option to select where you want the scanned document to go (which program).  I don't know of any WordProcessing program that has built in OCR capabilites. 

If the scanning software you have or the OCR program you have won't recognize Word 2003, it may be time for an upgrade on those programs.

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@fireberd wrote:

Normally you need an "OCR" program that will convert the scanned document to a useable file that a word processing program will recognize.  The OCR programs, that I've seen, give you the option to select where you want the scanned document to go (which program).  I don't know of any WordProcessing program that has built in OCR capabilites. 

If the scanning software you have or the OCR program you have won't recognize Word 2003, it may be time for an upgrade on those programs.

Actually, Office 2002 and 2003 include OCR software.  http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2001/may01/05-31ScansoftPR.asp.  I've used it quite successfully.

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@bobh621 wrote:

I upgraded Works Suite 2002 selectively to Word 2003, and am having trouble scanning documents into Word 2003. Neither of my few years old scanners recognize Word 2003, so cannot scan directly into Word 2003. With Word 2003, I can scan documents into document imaging files but cannot convert these to readable Word files.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

What do you mean by the word "selectively"?

Office 2002 and 2003 include OCR software.  http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2001/may01/05-31ScansoftPR.asp.  This is an option that has to be installed for it to work.  You cannot import an image and then convert it, you have to read it in with the OCR software. 

rickmktg, I have used the Word 2003 Digital Imaging scanning, but when I try to use it I get a conversion page with a lot of gibberish, and none of the conversion options work. Still gibberish.

I upgraded Office 2003 selectively to include only Word and Power Point, not Excel.

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@bobh621 wrote:
I upgraded Office 2003 selectively to include only Word and Power Point, not Excel.

I would suggest that perhaps you need to install Office's OCR capabilities.  I would go to Add/Remove programs and run Office's install, you can check what options are or are not installed and then see if there are any OCR options not yet installed.