Converting a text image into an HTML document
When you’ve scanned and saved a text image (in TIFF or PICT format), you can convert it to an HTML file for use on the Internet.
1If necessary, open the Dispatcher window.
2Click Archive and open the archive that contains the image you want to convert to HTML.
3Drag the thumbnail of the text image from the archive to the TextBridge
This opens the TextBridge application.
4In the TextBridge dialog box that appears, make the selections you want.
For an explanation of the features, see your TextBridge manual.
5When the TextBridge settings are what you want, click Go.
Depending on what you chose in TextBridge, you may have to click a Continue button one or more times to get to the next step.
6In the “Add pages and continue” dialog box, select your document and click Continue.
7In the Save Output As dialog box that appears, select a Dispatcher archive folder, choose HTML from the Text
TextBridge optical character recognition converts the file to text and saves the image in HTML format.
8When you are finished converting images, quit the TextBridge application.
The document appears as an HTML thumbnail in the Dispatcher archive. You can now drag and drop the HTML thumbnail to applications in the Dispatcher that support and read HTML files, such as
Note: TextBridge converts images to text and saves them as HTML files but does not read HTML files.
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