Scanning large newspaper pages on an A4 scanner

My Canon FB630U has been a reliable and trusty tool. Until now I've never
needed anything more than the software that came in the box -- admittedly a
bit long in the tooth by today's standards and the scanning tools built into
Microsoft Windows XP and Office XP. But I have a problem. I'm a journalist
and I've been scanning my newspaper clippings -- basically to save space but
I've been in this game for 25 years and some of the old papers are getting
fragile. My problem is scanning tabloid and broadsheet newspaper stories on
an A4 sized scanner. It's physically possible to scan stories by folding the
original, but I don't know how to stitch them back together afterwards. Are
there simple tools for this, or do I need to buy something more
sophisitcated?

Would Photoshop give me usable TIF files?

"J. A. Mc." wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 20:44:01 +1000, "wfb"
found these unused words floating
about:

My Canon FB630U has been a reliable and trusty tool. Until now I've never
needed anything more than the software that came in the box -- admittedly
a
bit long in the tooth by today's standards and the scanning tools built
into
Microsoft Windows XP and Office XP. But I have a problem. I'm a
journalist
and I've been scanning my newspaper clippings -- basically to save space
but
I've been in this game for 25 years and some of the old papers are
getting
fragile. My problem is scanning tabloid and broadsheet newspaper stories
on
an A4 sized scanner. It's physically possible to scan stories by folding
the
original, but I don't know how to stitch them back together afterwards.
Are
there simple tools for this, or do I need to buy something more
sophisitcated?

Most graphics programs today have layers and means for 'stitching'. You
could also use one of the free (or not free) panorama tools.

Try using Arcsoft's Panorama maker. Very easy to use and does a wonderful
job. www.arcsoft.com





"wfb" wrote in message
...
My Canon FB630U has been a reliable and trusty tool. Until now I've never
needed anything more than the software that came in the box -- admittedly
a
bit long in the tooth by today's standards and the scanning tools built
into
Microsoft Windows XP and Office XP. But I have a problem. I'm a journalist
and I've been scanning my newspaper clippings -- basically to save space
but
I've been in this game for 25 years and some of the old papers are getting
fragile. My problem is scanning tabloid and broadsheet newspaper stories
on
an A4 sized scanner. It's physically possible to scan stories by folding
the
original, but I don't know how to stitch them back together afterwards.
Are
there simple tools for this, or do I need to buy something more
sophisitcated?