Handy Tips

30
Apr
2012

Scanning into Microsoft Office 2010

So it appears that Microsoft removed the ability to scan directly into a document in Office 2007.

It’s a pretty silly move I suppose, so I tried to work out a way to bring the functionality back, first of all, here’s how Microsoft suggests you should do it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924462
Step 1: Use the software that was included with your scanner to scan and save the image to your computer.

… Yeah, no thanks.

Here’s two actual solutions to the problem:

Option 1: Using a Key Combo

Install your scanner drivers as per normal.
In Word, press the alt key and type ips (note: don’t hold them down or it won’t work, just type out ips).

Word will then pop up asking you what scanner you want to use. It didn’t bring up the scanner interface on the machine I was working with, it just went right ahead and scanned the whole document, so this may not be the best solution for some. Note that the next solution is more difficult and does exactly the same thing as this one.

Source: Comments on this page: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/realworld/360373/how-to-scan-into-word-2010

Option 2: Creating a button on the Ribbon

This option is a lot more complicated, make sure you get all the steps right and in order! When you’re done you’ll have a button on your Insert tab of the Ribbon.

  1. Open Word and go to the View Tab then click on Macros.
  2. Give the macro a name (eg. Scan)
  3. Enter the following text EXACTLY:  Application.WordBasic.InsertImagerScan
  4. Save and Close the Window
  5. Right click anywhere on the Ribbon and Select “Customise the Ribbon”
  6. On the right hand pane, click on the Insert category and click New Group.
  7. Rename the Group to anything you like (eg. Scan)
  8. On the Left Hand Pane, Change the drop down box at the top to Macros then select the Macro you made in step 2-4 and click the Add button (so it appears underneath the scan group you made in Step 6.
  9. Rename it to something better like “Scan Document” and pick a pretty picture for it.
  10. Click Okay and you’re done!

Now you can just click the button to Scan a document. It’s exactly the same as the alt-ips option above though, but might be easier for people to remember so they can click the button.

Source: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/realworld/360373/how-to-scan-into-word-2010

If this helped you, please leave a comment to say thanks 😀

Ducky

Posted by duck in How-To Guides, 33 comments
30
Jul
2009

Disabling StickyKeys for Good.

Update: It still works!  29/1/17

This guide explains not only how to disable StickyKeys for one user, but it will disable it for every user on the computer which makes it perfect for System Administrators.

NOTE, SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE POST FOR A SINGLE CLICK VERSION OF THE WHOLE PROCESS.

This guide will first disable it for the local user and the .default user (the user who’s active when noone is logged in ie. the Login Screen) and then will explain how to disable it for the Default User which is the user that is called upon when a new user is created.  This is limited in that it will only let you disable it for users who have not logged in on the computer before.

In my situation with a Novell Network, these steps should be done before the image of the computer is created or before the computer gets used by normal users.

This has been tested by me and appears to work fine on Windows XP Service Pack 2 machines, if it works for you please leave a comment saying so.

Here we go:

Part 1 – Disabling StickyKeys for the current user and when noone is logged in.

Open up Notepad and copy/paste this code into it, alternately you can download the file here:  StickyKeys Fixer

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; For the Current User (Usually Me)
;Disable Sticky Keys
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\StickyKeys]
“Flags”=”506”

;Disable Filter Keys
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\Keyboard Response]
“Flags”=”122”

;Disable Toggle Keys
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\ToggleKeys]
“Flags”=”58”

; For when noone is logged in
;Disable Sticky Keys
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Accessibility\StickyKeys]
“Flags”=”506”

;Disable Filter Keys
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Accessibility\Keyboard Response]
“Flags”=”122”

;Disable Toggle Keys
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Accessibility\ToggleKeys]
“Flags”=”58”

Save this file as stickykeys.reg and place it anywhere. When saving it, under “Save as Type” in the save dialogue, change it to “All Files”, this way it will let you save it as .reg and not .reg.txt.

Double click the file and select Yes to add it to the registry.

If you’re the only user of the machine, you can stop here. If you wish to disable it for all other users too, please continue.

Part 2 – Disabling StickyKeys for all new users

Please note that this will only disable it for users who DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE AN ACCOUNT YET ON THE MACHINE. If you wish to disable it for users who already have an account on the machine, you will need to run that reg file from part one as each user.

This solution is great for networks where a new user account is created on each machine as the user logs in through a server of some sort.

  1. Open Reg Edit (Windows Key + R -> regedit -> Enter)
  2. Click on “HKEY_USERS”
  3. Goto File -> Load Hive
  4. Select:  C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\NTUSER.DAT
  5. For the key name enter anything (this guide will assume you called it “blah”)
  6. Expand open “HKEY_USERS” and you will see the hive you added (“blah”).
  7. Open up the hive:  blah -> Control Panel -> Accessibility
  8. Make the following changes:
    StickyKeys -> Flags = 506
    Keyboard Response -> Flags = 122
    ToggleKeys -> Flags = 58
  9. Select the Hive you added (“blah”) and go to File -> Unload Hive
  10. Click OK to the dialogue.

It’s important that you Unload the Hive when you’re done with it, failure to do so could cause issues later.

That’s it!

Every new user should now have StickyKeys disabled 😀

If you liked this guide, please comment and let me know how it went for you.

Ducky

EDIT:  OK, this one I’m quite proud of. SUPER STICKY KEYS FIX <–Click there to download, then extract the archive, and double click StickyKeysUltimateFix.bat. It will disable Sticky Keys for the currently logged in user, the .DEFAULT user as well as “Default User”. This works on XP, and might just work on Windows Vista/7. If you use it, please leave a comment and let me know how it worked for you.
In a network environment, you should run this before you start getting users on, as it won’t affect users whose accounts are already created.
If you feel a bit sus about the files, you can open all of them in a text editor to see what it does.

    1. Open Reg Edit (Windows Key + R -> regedit -> Enter)

    2. Click on “HKEY_USERS”

    3. Goto File -> Load Hive

    4. Select: C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\NTUSER.DAT

    5. For the key name enter anything (this guide will assume you called it “blah”)

    6. Expand open “HKEY_USERS” and you will see the “hive” you added (“blah”).

    7. Open up the hive: blah -> Control Panel -> Accessibility

    8. Make the following changes:
      StickyKeys -> Flags = 506
      Keyboard Response -> Flags = 122
      ToggleKeys -> Flags = 58

    9. Select the Hive you added (“blah”) and go to File -> Unload Hive

    10. Click OK to the dialogue.

Posted by duck in How-To Guides, IT Issues, School