OmniWare Pro 12 ScanSoft manual Setting up your scanner with OmniPage Pro

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XClick on Scan to begin the sample scan.

XIf necessary, click on Inverse Image… or Missing Image… and make the appropriate selections.

XOnce the image appears correctly in the window, click on Next.

XSelect the item that most appropriately describes your scanner, then click on Next.

XClick on Next to proceed to page size.

XThe page sizes that the Scanner Wizard believes your scanner to support are listed in the window. To make any changes to the page sizes, click on Advanced, make the changes and then click on Next.

XInsert a page with text but no pictures into your scanner. Click on Next to begin a scan in black-and-white mode.

XIf necessary, click on Inverse Image… or Missing Image… and make the appropriate selections.

XOnce the image appears correctly in the window, click on Next.

XIf you have a color scanner, insert a color photograph or a page with a color picture into your scanner. Click on Next to begin a scan in color mode. If necessary, click on Inverse Image… or Missing Image… and make the appropriate selections. Once the image appears correctly in the window, click on Next. If your scanner cannot scan in color, skip this step.

XInsert a photograph or a page containing a picture into your scanner. Click on Next to begin a scan in grayscale mode. If necessary, click on Inverse Image… or Missing Image… and make the appropriate selections. Once the image appears correctly in the window, click on Next.

XYou have successfully configured your scanner to work with OmniPage Pro 12! Click on Finish.

To change the scanner settings at a later time, or to set up a different scanner, reopen the Scanner Setup Wizard from the Windows Start menu or from the Scanner panel of the Options dialog box. To test and repair an improperly functioning scanner, open the Scanner Setup Wizard from the Windows Start menu and select ‘Test scanner or digital camera’ in the first panel, then work through the procedure described above.

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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 Bold Using this GuideGetting 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 Streamlined interface New features in OmniPage ProRegistering your software Dramatic increase in accuracyAdvanced saving options Better proofing and verifyingFormatting levels for display and saving Superior page analysisIntroduction Text formatting What is optical character recognitionOmniPage Pro’s OCR capabilities GraphicsPerform OCR to generate editable text Documents in OmniPage ProBasic processing steps Bring a set of images into OmniPage ProImage Panel OmniPage DesktopToolbars Menu barText Editor Image PanelOmniPage Toolbox Thumbnails Managing documentsDocument Manager Deleting pages from a document Customizing Document Manager columnsOmniPage Documents Printing a documentClosing a document How to save to OPD Why save to OPDProcess SettingsScanner Direct OCRProofing Custom LayoutText Editor Processing documents Quick Start Guide Loading and recognizing sample image filesScanning and recognizing a single Quick Start Guide Combined Processing overviewAutomatic ManualUsing the OCR Wizard Other applicationsAt a later time Automatic processing Stopping and restarting automatic processing Manual processing Start automatically and finish manually Combined processingStart manually and finish automatically Processing with the OCR Wizard Processing from other applications How to use Direct OCR How to set up Direct OCRHow to use OmniPage Pro with PaperPort Processing with Schedule OCR Input from image files Defining the source of page imagesScan color Input from scannerScan black and white Scan grayscaleBrightness and contrast Scanning with an ADFScanning without an ADF Describing the layout of the documentSpreadsheet Single column, no tableMultiple columns, no table Single column with tableAuto-zone a part of a Zones and backgroundsAutomatic zoning Auto-zone a wholeDrawing zones on a process background Manual zoningAuto-zone a page background Drawing zones on an ignore backgroundProcess zone olive Zone types and propertiesGraphic zone green Ignore zone grayText zone brown Table zone blueWorking 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 Remove dividers Insert row dividersInsert column dividers Move 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 Retain Fonts and Paragraphs view Editor display and viewsGreen Non-dictionary words These were recognized No Formatting viewTrue Page view Proofreading OCR resultsVerifying text Verifying text Editing or deleting a user dictionary User dictionariesStarting a user dictionary Loading or unloading a user dictionaryManual training TrainingIntelliTrain Training files Text and image editing Editing character attributesEditing paragraph attributes Editing in True Paragraph stylesTables HyperlinksOn-the-fly editing To hear text Use these keys Reading text aloudYou also have the following keyboard controls Saving and exporting Saving original images Saving recognition results Saving a document as you work Flowing Page FP Selecting a formatting levelNo Formatting NF Retain Fonts and Paragraphs RFPTrue Page TP Spreadsheet Selecting advanced saving optionsChapter Copying pages to Clipboard Sending pages by mail To copy pages to the ClipboardTo send pages by e-mail Saving and exporting Technical information Solutions to try first TroubleshootingTo test OmniPage Pro in VGA mode Windows NT Testing OmniPage ProIncreasing disk space Increasing memory resourcesText does not get recognized properly System or performance problems during OCR Problems with fax recognitionOdma support Advanced features in Schedule OCRFile types for opening and saving images Supported file typesRFP File types for saving recognition resultsTo uninstall or reinstall OmniPage Pro Uninstalling the softwareD E Index Processing steps, 21 Overview of processing Index