How can I transfer my hard copy of my resume onto my computer by way of my scanner/printer?
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Lay your resume on the scanner, and then go to your computer and open up your scanner software. Scan the resume, when the scanned image is done, save it to a location on your hard drive that you will be able to find. Good place would be to create a directory such as C:\Documents & Settings\your log in ID name\MyDocuments\MyResume
If you have a hard copy, I would suggest using a scanner. Not many people have scanners around their home so at this point, its either type it back again on the computer or run down to Kinko's and see if they can scan the resume and put is a file format to bring back home with you.
**Warning-- you will only be able to view the document, not modify since it was scanned in as a "picture"
You can scan the resume, but it will be scanned into the computer as a picture so you will not be able to edit it.
But there are types of software that you can buy called Ocular Character Recognition (OCR) software, and it will take your scanned copy and convert it to a document format that you can edit. Try a Google search or go into a computer store and tell them you're looking for OCR software for your scanner.
If you mean that you don't know how to run your scanner software, that can be a toughie! On mine, once it was scanned, you would go into the little tools on the side, & get a picture box & on your page, (I was using Publisher, but you could use word) just draw out that square as big as you want your scanned item to be on the page. Then you "select" it by clicking it, (It will have "handles" on the side) & then go to the top you will see across the top "insert" & that will bring up a menu from it you will pick "from scanner" or something like that.
Hope that helps.
You also could just pay someone to put it onto a little drive A floppy disk & go from there, starting at the "insert" button.
Besides setting all margins to 1", the most important criteria for setting up a professional resume besides relevant text, is "scanability." Here are some helpful tips:
1. Place just below your identification header [your hame, address, phone, email address] any Conditional Warning Statement such as "Confidential Resume,"Do Not Contact Current Employer," etc.
2. Always fill-in an Objectives category [just below the Conditional Warning Statement] and make sure that he Objective will contribute to the profitability of your future employer;
3. Select a mono-type font such as Helvetica, Arial, Courier or Times Roman; do not select any cursive handwriting styles which cannot scanned;
4. Keep font sizes within a range of 10 to 12 pts.;
5. Avoid styling text with a justified alignment, keep it flushed left;
6. Instead of using tabs to set up blocked text entries, generate a table and use the column and row settings accordingly;
7. Do not place an i.d. picture anywhere on the resume, this is a major taboo due to discrimination issues;
8. Do not place any graphic text [saved as .gifs] onto the resume since it may be overlooked during the scanning phase;
9. List at the very end of the resume your interests which should include travel experiences, language skills, social interactions such as golf, team sports, tennis, etc.
In conclusion, the above helpful hints were designed to allow ease of scanning of your resume into PDF which can then be text captured for search purposes by your potential employer. If the original resume was created in Word, WordPerfect or Mac Appleworks, it can be Saved As a PDF file which then can be saved as an email attachment. Otherwise, you can simply use a scanner [with an OCR program] and scan a hard copy of the resume and then save as a PDF file or as a Word [.doc] which you have to reformat manually and style the paragraphs accordingly.
Failure to conform the resume to appropriate fonts and styles as outlined above will result in rejection of the resume simply due to the inability of the scanning device to properly index relevant resume entries.
Good luck!
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