OmniWare Pro 12 ScanSoft manual How to start the program

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How to start the program

To start OmniPage Pro 12 do one of the following:

XClick Start in the Windows taskbar and choose Programs ScanSoft OmniPage Pro 12.0OmniPage Pro 12.0.

XDouble-click the OmniPage Pro icon in the program’s installation folder or on the Windows desktop if you placed it there.

XDouble-click an OmniPage Document (OPD) icon or file name; the clicked document is loaded into the program. See “OmniPage Documents” on page 29.

On opening, OmniPage Pro’s title screen is displayed and then its desktop. See “The OmniPage Desktop” on page 22. It provides an introduction to the program’s main working areas.

There are several ways of running the program with a limited interface:

XUse the Schedule OCR program. Click Start in the Windows taskbar and choose ProgramsScanSoft OmniPage Pro 12.0 Schedule OCR. See “Processing with Schedule OCR” on page 47.

XClick Acquire Text from the File menu of an application registered with the Direct OCR™ facility. See “How to set up Direct OCR” on page 45.

XRight-click an image file icon or file name for a shortcut menu. Select a sub-menu item from ‘Convert To...’ to define a target.

XUse OmniPage Pro 12 with ScanSoft’s PaperPort® or Pagis® document management products, to add OCR services. See “How to use OmniPage Pro with PaperPort” on page 46.

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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 Readme File This User’s Guide Online HelpScanning and other information Using this Guide BoldOnline Html Help Getting online HelpContext-Sensitive Help Tech Notes Glossary Installation and setup System requirements Before installing OmniPage Pro 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 documentPrinting a document OmniPage DocumentsClosing a document Why save to OPD How to save to OPDSettings ScannerDirect OCR ProcessCustom Layout ProofingText Editor Processing documents Loading and recognizing sample image files Quick Start GuideScanning and recognizing a single Quick Start Guide Processing overview AutomaticManual CombinedOther applications Using the OCR WizardAt 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 greenDraw a single zone Working with zonesMake an irregular zone by addition Make an irregular zone by subtraction Join two zones of the same typeSplit a zone Table grids in the image Insert row dividers Insert column dividersMove dividers Remove dividersHow to save a zone template Using zone templatesHow to modify a zone template How to replace one template with another How to unload a templateHow 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 Editing character attributes Text and image editingEditing 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 To copy pages to the Clipboard Sending pages by mailTo 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