Insert picture directly from scanner or camera into a Word 2010 document

One solution is to create a keyboard shortcut that allows you to start the default scanning software from within Word and to insert a scanned image directly into a document.

Click the File tab to display the Backstage view;
Now go down and click on Options to display the Word Options dialog box
A dialog box Word Options open
Click Customize Ribbon,
click Customize beside Keyboard shortcuts at the bottom
Another dialog box open named Customize Keyboard
In the Categories column Scroll down and choose All Commands
In the customize keyboard is another column Commands Box in it,
Select InsertImagerScan in Commands (It is alphabetically order)
By default, the keyboard shortcut is assigned to the Normal template so that the keyboard shortcut is always available but you can select the document or the attached document template
To change the keyboard shortcut key
Click on the Currect key to select it then,
Click on Press new shortcut keyand type in ctrl+shift+s (This is My Shortcut key)
At the bottom of the dialog box is a button Assign
click Assign,
Close andOK.

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