Fortunately, you can use Word to “type it in” instead. Follow these steps: Scan the form and save it as a picture to your My Pictures folder, or any folder where your picture files are kept.

Microsoft Word lets you create interactive forms that can be filled out digitally. To get started, enable the Developer tab in Word, which gives you access to a variety of form controls. From there, ...

ASHIMPA: The Mysterious Word (Transit Children’s Editions, 40 pp., $19.95, ages 3 to 7), by the author-illustrator Catarina Sobral, is a Portuguese import, and I suspect it worked better in the ...