OmniWare Pro 12 ScanSoft manual Processing overview, Automatic, Manual, Combined

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Processing overview

The following flow diagram summarizes the processing steps:

Get Pages

from file page 48

from

scanner page 49

	Describe	Auto-
	page	zoning
	layout	page 53
	page 51
		Manual
	Apply a	zoning
	Apply a	page 54
	template	page 54
	template
	page 61

	Perform	Verify and
	OCR	Verify and
	OCR	edit
		edit
	with	page 66
	current
	settings	Proofread
	page 31	Proofread
	page 31	page 65
		page 65

Export pages

to file

page 79

to Clipboard

page 84

via Mail page 85

Here is an overview of the processing methods you can use. You will find step-by-step guidance for each of them in the following pages.

Automatic

The fastest and easiest way to process documents is to let OmniPage Pro do it automatically for you. Select settings in the Options dialog box and in the OmniPage Toolbox drop-down lists and then click Start. It will take each page through the whole process from beginning to end, when possible running in parallel. It will typically auto-zone the pages.

Manual

Manual processing gives you more precise control over the way your pages are handled. You can process the document page-by-page with different settings for each page. The program also stops between each step: acquiring images, performing recognition, exporting. This lets you, for instance, draw zones manually or change recognition language(s). You start each step by clicking the three buttons on the OmniPage Toolbox.

Combined

You can process a document automatically and view results in the Text Editor. If most pages are in order, but a few have not turned out as expected, you can switch to manual processing to adjust settings and re- recognize just those problem pages. Alternatively, you can acquire images with manual processing, draw zones on some or all of them, and then send all pages to automatic processing.

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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