6.3Scanning Business Cards

CardMinder, which is application software for managing business card images, comes with the ScanSnap.

By using CardMinder, you can convert business cards into image files, and create a database of business cards by recognizing their text images via OCR (Optical Character Recognition).

The following describes how to start CardMinder and scan business cards with the ScanSnap.

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•For further details, refer to the "CardMinder User’s Guide." If CardMinder is already installed on your personal computer, you can view the User’s Guide by

selecting [Start] [All Programs] [CardMinder] [Manual]. (You can also view the User’s Guide from the initial screen of the "Setup CD-ROM" supplied with the ScanSnap.)

•In Left-Click Menu Mode: When CardMinder is started and becomes active, "CardMinder" is automatically selected in the "Application" drop-down list on the [Application] tab. When CardMinder is closed or becomes inactive, the application selected in the "Application" drop-down list returns to the previously selected one.

•In Quick Menu Mode: When CardMinder is started and becomes active, the ScanSanp Quick Menu is not displayed and the ScanSnap interacts with CardMinder every time a document is scanned. If you want to use other applications or perform other actions, exit or deselect CardMinder to make it inactive.

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