Reply To: replacing line scanned document with half tone

Right i have got somewhere, after i scan on my HP Scanjet 8300 i have the ability to crop the subject that i have scanned so i just crop to the picture that i require and send the file to a pictures folder.

After i have taken all the original scanned pages into Indesign i create a rectangle image frame over the original picture, then in swatches choose the paper option and it blanks out the original image. I then choose file, place and pick the descreened scanned image and then tick show import options and replace selected item, click OK and the image goes into the box.

I then adjust the image just to make sure it is positioned correctly and hey presto it works

Thanks for the tips, it gets the brain working again!!