OmniWare Pro 12 ScanSoft manual Documents in OmniPage Pro, Basic processing steps

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Chapter 2

Documents in OmniPage Pro

OmniPage Pro 12 handles documents one at a time. When you acquire your first image (from scanner or from file) a new document is started. Further acquired images are added to the same document, until you save and close it.

A document in OmniPage Pro consists of one image for each document page. After you perform OCR, the document will also contain recognized text, displayed in the Text Editor, possibly along with graphics and tables. See “The OmniPage Desktop” on page 22.

Basic processing steps

There are two main ways of handling documents: with automatic processing or manual processing. See “Automatic processing” on page 38 and “Manual processing” on page 40. The basic steps for both processing methods are broadly the same:

1.Bring a set of images into OmniPage Pro.

You can scan a paper document with or without an Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) or load one or more image files. The resulting images can appear as thumbnails in the Image Panel along with the image of the first page entered. The document pages are summarized in the Document Manager. See “Defining the source of page images” on page 48.

2.Perform OCR to generate editable text.

During OCR, OmniPage Pro creates zones around elements on the page that will be processed, and then interprets text characters or graphics in each zone. Manual and template zoning are also possible. After OCR, you can check and correct errors in the document using the OCR Proofreader and edit the document in the Text Editor.

3.Export the document to the desired location.

You can save your document to a specified file name and type, place it on the Clipboard, or send it as a mail attachment. You can save it as an OmniPage Document (OPD) as described later. You can save the same document repeatedly to different destinations, different file types, with different settings and levels of formatting. See “Saving and exporting” on page 77.

What is optical character recognition

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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 Registering your software New features in OmniPage ProDramatic increase in accuracy Streamlined interfaceFormatting levels for display and saving Better proofing and verifyingSuperior page analysis Advanced saving optionsIntroduction OmniPage Pro’s OCR capabilities What is optical character recognitionGraphics Text formattingBasic processing steps Documents in OmniPage ProBring a set of images into OmniPage Pro Perform OCR to generate editable textImage 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 OPDScanner SettingsDirect OCR ProcessProofing Custom LayoutText Editor Processing documents Quick Start Guide Loading and recognizing sample image filesScanning and recognizing a single Quick Start Guide Automatic Processing overviewManual CombinedUsing 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 black and white Input from scannerScan grayscale Scan colorBrightness and contrast Scanning with an ADFScanning without an ADF Describing the layout of the documentMultiple columns, no table Single column, no tableSingle column with table SpreadsheetAutomatic zoning Zones and backgroundsAuto-zone a whole Auto-zone a part of aAuto-zone a page background Manual zoningDrawing zones on an ignore background Drawing zones on a process backgroundProcess zone olive Zone types and propertiesText zone brown Ignore zone grayTable 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 column dividers Insert row 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 Green Non-dictionary words These were recognized Editor display and viewsNo Formatting view Retain Fonts and Paragraphs viewTrue Page view Proofreading OCR resultsVerifying text Verifying text Starting a user dictionary User dictionariesLoading or unloading a user dictionary Editing or deleting a user dictionaryManual training TrainingIntelliTrain Training files Text and image editing Editing character attributesEditing paragraph attributes Tables Paragraph stylesHyperlinks Editing in TrueOn-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 No Formatting NF Selecting a formatting levelRetain Fonts and Paragraphs RFP Flowing Page FPTrue 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