Hi George,
it is possible but you will have to use what is know as OCR software.
From Webophedia
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/o/optical_character_recognition.html
Often abbreviated OCR, optical character recognition refers to the branch of
computer science that involves reading text from paper and translating the
images into a form that the computer can manipulate (for example, into ASCII
codes). An OCR system enables you to take a book or a magazine article, feed
it directly into an electronic computer file, and then edit the file using a
word processor.

Two of the better know programs are;
http://www.abbyy.com/
http://www.scansoft.com/omnipage/

Mike Baynes
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From:    George A Clark <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Pre-printed forms

Here is what I want to do...scan a form into my word processor and then
be able to type into this form.Can this be done .

Thanks,

George Clark

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