OmniWare Pro 12 ScanSoft manual System requirements

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System requirements

You need the following minimum system requirements to install and run OmniPage Pro 12:

XA computer with a Pentium or higher processor

XMicrosoft Windows 98 (from second edition), Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0 (with at least Service Pack 6), Windows 2000 or Windows XP

X64MB of memory (RAM), 128MB recommended

X90MB of free hard disk space for the application files plus 5MB working space during installation

X5MB for Microsoft Installer (MSI) if not present (This is present as part of the operating system in Windows Me, Windows 2000 and Windows XP)

XSVGA monitor with 256 colors, but preferably 16-bit color (called High Color in Windows 2000 and Medium Color in XP) and 800 x 600 pixel resolution

XWindows-compatible pointing device

XCD-ROM drive for installation

XA compatible scanner with its own scanner driver software, if you plan to scan documents. Please see the Scanner Guide at ScanSoft’s web site (www.scansoft.com) for a list of supported scanners.

Performance and speed will be enhanced if your computer’s processor, memory, and available disk space exceed minimum requirements.

12Installation and setup

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Contents Page G a L N O T I C E S N T E N T S O C E S S I N G D O C U M E N T S O O F I N G a N D E D I T I N G D E This User’s Guide Online Help Readme FileScanning and other information Using this Guide BoldGetting online Help Online Html HelpContext-Sensitive Help Tech Notes Glossary Installation and setup System requirements Installing OmniPage Pro Before installing OmniPage ProTo install OmniPage Pro Setting up your scanner with OmniPage Pro Setting up your scanner with OmniPage Pro How to start the program New features in OmniPage Pro Registering your softwareDramatic increase in accuracy Streamlined interfaceBetter proofing and verifying Formatting levels for display and savingSuperior page analysis Advanced saving optionsIntroduction What is optical character recognition OmniPage Pro’s OCR capabilitiesGraphics Text formattingDocuments in OmniPage Pro Basic processing stepsBring a set of images into OmniPage Pro Perform OCR to generate editable textOmniPage Desktop Image PanelMenu bar ToolbarsImage Panel Text EditorOmniPage Toolbox Managing documents ThumbnailsDocument Manager Customizing Document Manager columns Deleting pages from a documentOmniPage Documents Printing a documentClosing a document Why save to OPD How to save to OPDSettings ScannerDirect OCR ProcessProofing Custom LayoutText Editor Processing documents Quick Start Guide Loading and recognizing sample image filesScanning and recognizing a single Quick Start Guide Processing overview AutomaticManual CombinedUsing the OCR Wizard Other applicationsAt a later time Automatic processing Stopping and restarting automatic processing Manual processing Combined processing Start automatically and finish manuallyStart manually and finish automatically Processing with the OCR Wizard Processing from other applications How to set up Direct OCR How to use Direct OCRHow to use OmniPage Pro with PaperPort Processing with Schedule OCR Defining the source of page images Input from image filesInput from scanner Scan black and whiteScan grayscale Scan colorScanning with an ADF Brightness and contrastDescribing the layout of the document Scanning without an ADFSingle column, no table Multiple columns, no tableSingle column with table SpreadsheetZones and backgrounds Automatic zoningAuto-zone a whole Auto-zone a part of aManual zoning Auto-zone a page backgroundDrawing zones on an ignore background Drawing zones on a process backgroundZone types and properties Process zone oliveIgnore zone gray Text zone brownTable zone blue Graphic zone greenWorking with zones Draw a single zoneMake an irregular zone by addition Join two zones of the same type Make an irregular zone by subtractionSplit a zone Table grids in the image Insert row dividers Insert column dividersMove dividers Remove dividersUsing zone templates How to save a zone templateHow to modify a zone template How to unload a template How to replace one template with anotherHow to delete a template file Proofing and editing Editor display and views Green Non-dictionary words These were recognizedNo Formatting view Retain Fonts and Paragraphs viewProofreading OCR results True Page viewVerifying text Verifying text User dictionaries Starting a user dictionaryLoading or unloading a user dictionary Editing or deleting a user dictionaryTraining Manual trainingIntelliTrain Training files Text and image editing Editing character attributesEditing paragraph attributes Paragraph styles TablesHyperlinks Editing in TrueOn-the-fly editing Reading text aloud To hear text Use these keysYou also have the following keyboard controls Saving and exporting Saving original images Saving recognition results Saving a document as you work Selecting a formatting level No Formatting NFRetain Fonts and Paragraphs RFP Flowing Page FPSelecting advanced saving options True Page TP SpreadsheetChapter Copying pages to Clipboard Sending pages by mail To copy pages to the ClipboardTo send pages by e-mail Saving and exporting Technical information Troubleshooting Solutions to try firstTesting OmniPage Pro To test OmniPage Pro in VGA mode Windows NTIncreasing memory resources Increasing disk spaceText does not get recognized properly Problems with fax recognition System or performance problems during OCRAdvanced features in Schedule OCR Odma supportSupported file types File types for opening and saving imagesFile types for saving recognition results RFPUninstalling the software To uninstall or reinstall OmniPage ProD E Index Processing steps, 21 Overview of processing Index