OmniWare Pro 12 ScanSoft manual Quick Start Guide, Loading and recognizing sample image files

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Quick Start Guide

This topic takes you step-by-step through the basic OCR process.

Loading and recognizing sample image files

You will find sample image files in the program folder, both single-page and multi-page files. First try reading these files using the procedure presented below, except for the references to a scanner. See “Input from image files” on page 48. The results provide you with a benchmark of the recognition quality you should expect from your own files of comparable quality.

Next, try scanning a page from your scanner.

Scanning and recognizing a single page

Turn your scanner on and be sure it is working correctly. Choose a page with good-quality clear text for this test.

We assume OmniPage Pro’s default settings are set and that your document is in the language you specified for interface language during installation. Open the Options dialog box from the Tools menu and choose Use Defaults if you are not using the program for the first time.

You will process the document automatically and save the recognition results to a file. You will proof the document but will not edit it inside the Text Editor.

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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 Dramatic increase in accuracy New features in OmniPage ProRegistering your software Streamlined interfaceSuperior page analysis Better proofing and verifyingFormatting levels for display and saving Advanced saving optionsIntroduction Graphics What is optical character recognitionOmniPage Pro’s OCR capabilities Text formattingBring a set of images into OmniPage Pro Documents in OmniPage ProBasic processing steps 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 OPDDirect OCR SettingsScanner ProcessCustom Layout ProofingText Editor Processing documents Loading and recognizing sample image files Quick Start GuideScanning and recognizing a single Quick Start Guide Manual Processing overviewAutomatic 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 filesScan grayscale Input from scannerScan black and white Scan colorScanning with an ADF Brightness and contrastDescribing the layout of the document Scanning without an ADFSingle column with table Single column, no tableMultiple columns, no table SpreadsheetAuto-zone a whole Zones and backgroundsAutomatic zoning Auto-zone a part of aDrawing zones on an ignore background Manual zoningAuto-zone a page background Drawing zones on a process backgroundZone types and properties Process zone oliveTable zone blue Ignore zone grayText zone brown 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 Move dividers Insert row dividersInsert column 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 No Formatting view Editor display and viewsGreen Non-dictionary words These were recognized Retain Fonts and Paragraphs viewProofreading OCR results True Page viewVerifying text Verifying text Loading or unloading a user dictionary User dictionariesStarting a user dictionary Editing or deleting a user dictionaryTraining Manual trainingIntelliTrain Training files Editing character attributes Text and image editingEditing paragraph attributes Hyperlinks Paragraph stylesTables 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 Retain Fonts and Paragraphs RFP Selecting a formatting levelNo Formatting NF 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