process zones on an ignore background. Draw a process zone to enclose columns of text to have them handled automatically. They will be decolumnized in the Text Editor’s NF view and RFP view, but kept in columns in True Page view.

Ignore zone (gray)

Use this to draw an ignore zone, to define a page area you do not want transferred to the Text Editor. Auto-zoning will not place zones here. To exclude a given page area from many pages (for example a header or page numbers), place an ignore zone in a template. You normally draw ignore zones on a process background.

Text zone (brown)

Use this to draw a text zone. Draw it over a single block of text. Zone contents will be treated as flowing text, without columns being found. If you want columns of text to be handled automatically, enclose them in a process zone.

Table zone (blue)

Use this to have the zone contents treated as a table. Table grids can be automatically detected, or placed manually as described in the next section. Table zones must be rectangular. The Text Editor displays the table in an editable grid. For many output file types, you can choose whether to export tables in grids or in columns separated by tabs.

Graphic zone (green)

Use this to enclose a picture, diagram, drawing, signature or anything you want transferred to the Text Editor as an embedded image, and not as recognized text. Embedded images can be exported with the document to target applications supporting graphics.

Text and table zones have a zone content setting. Alphanumeric contents validates all characters needed for your language choice. Recognition results from a numeric zone will contain only numbers and number-related punctuation. No letters will be placed. Use the zone’s shortcut menu to change this setting.

Right-click outside a zone for a shortcut menu tailored for the whole image. It allows you to zoom in or out or rotate the image. When an image is rotated, all zones on it are deleted.

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OmniWare Pro 12 ScanSoft manual Ignore zone gray, Text zone brown, Table zone blue, Graphic zone green