Nuance OMNIPAGE PRO 7 FOR MACINTOSH User Manual

OmniPage Pro

for Macintosh

CAERE CORPORATION

100 Cooper Court

Los Gatos, California

95030-3321

European Offices:

Caere GmbH

Innere Wiener Strasse 5

81667 Munich

Germany

Please Note

In order to use this program, you should know how to work in the Macintosh environment. Please

refer to your Macintosh documentation if you have questions about how to use menus, dialog boxes,

scroll bars, and so on.

OmniPage Pro for Macintosh

Version 7

AnyPage, True Page®, Language Analyst®, and 3D OCR® are trademarks of Caere Corporation.

Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed

as trademarks. Such designations appearing in this manual have been printed in initial caps.

Welcome

Welcome to OmniPage Pro, and thank you for buying our software!

The following documentation has been provided to help you learn

about OmniPage Pro.

This

Users Manual

This manual provides information on features and procedures. It

includes an introduction to OmniPage Pro, installation and setup

instructions, task-oriented instructions, ways to customize tools,

settings guidelines, and technical information.

OmniPage Pro Guide

These provide online information on features and procedures. They use

coach marks to help you find onscreen items quickly. See Getting

Online Help on page 14 for more information.

Release Notes

This contains last-minute information about OmniPage Pro. Please read

this before installing the application.

Scanner Setup Notes

This contains the latest information about supported scanners and

scanner setup.

and

OmniPage Pro Tutorial

Using This Manual

This manual is written with the assumption that you know how to work

in the Macintosh environment. Please refer to your Macintosh users

manual if you have questions about how to use dialog boxes, menus,

scroll bars, and so on.

The following conventions are used in this manual.

Convention Purpose

Italicized text

Command key symbol (a) Illustrates keyboard shortcuts

Note symbol Introduces a tip or an item of

Warning symbol Introduces cautionary text

 Emphasizes menu

commands, dialog box

options, labeled buttons, and

file names

For example:

Choose

menu.

 Emphasizes new terms the

first time they are used

 Emphasizes important words

in a sentence

for certain tasks

For example:

aj means press the Command

key and the letter j

note

Open...

in t he File

Chapter 1

Introduction to

OmniPage Pro

You probably do most of your business correspondence and other

written projects on your computer. However, certain sources of

information may not be immediately usable on a computer.

For example, if you want to incorporate information from a magazine

article into a document in your word processor, you somehow have to

get the text from the article into your computer. Painstakingly retyping

the article is not an appealing solution.

OmniPage Pro offers a smart solution to increase your work

productivity. OmniPage Pros

technology accurately and easily converts scanned paper documents

and image files into editable text for use in your favorite computer

applications. You do not have to retype anything  OmniPage Pro

automatically does it for you.

optical character recognition (OCR)

Please continue reading this chapter for information on these topics:

 What Is Optical Character Recognition (OCR)?

 The OmniPage Pro Interface

 Getting Online Help

 Product Support

Introduction to OmniPage Pro - 5

What Is Optical Character Recognition (OCR)?

Optical character recognition (OCR

computer-editable text. An image is an electronic picture of text such as

a scanned paper document or an electronic fax file. Images do not have

editable text characters; they have many tiny dots (

form a picture of text.

During OCR, OmniPage Pro analyzes an image and defines characters

to produce editable text. This is also called

you can export the recognized text to a variety of word-processing, page

layout, and spreadsheet applications.

About OmniPage Pro OCR

In addition to text, OmniPage Pro can retain the following elements in a

document during OCR.

Graphics

Photos, logos, and drawings are examples of graphics.

Text formatting

Font types, font sizes, and font styles (such as bold or

of text formatting.

Page formatting

Column structure, paragraph spacing, and placement of graphics are

examples of page formatting.

) is the process of turning an

pixels

) that together

recognizing

text. After OCR,

italic

) are examples

image

into

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OmniPage Pro recognizes printed text characters only. However, it can

retain handwritten text, such as a signature, as a graphic element.

The graphics, text formatting, and page formatting elements that

OmniPage Pro retains depend on the settings you select for your

document before OCR. See Chapter 4, OmniPage Pro Settings, for more

information.

What Is Optical Character Recognition (OCR)?

Basic Steps of OmniPage Pro OCR

These are the basic steps of OmniPage Pros OCR process:

1 Bring a document image into OmniPage Pro.

You can scan a paper document or load an image file. The

resulting image appears in the Image View.

See Bringing Document Images into OmniPage Pro on page

28 for more information.

2 Create

recognize as text or retain as graphics.

Zones are borders that enclose the parts of a document image

that will get processed. You can create zones manually,

automatically, or with a template. Any areas not enclosed by

zones are ignored during OCR.

See Creating Zones on a Page on page 31 for more

information.

3 Perform OCR to convert text information into editable text

characters.

During OCR, OmniPage Pro defines text characters in an

image. After OCR, you can check for and edit any errors.

See Converting Images to Text on page 40 for more

information.

4 Export the document to the desired location.

You can save your document to a specified file format or place

it on the Clipboard.

See Exporting Documents on page 60 for more information.

zones

to identify the parts of the document you want to

Introduction to OmniPage Pro - 7

The OmniPage Pro Interface

The main parts of OmniPage Pros user interface include:

 The AutoOCR Toolbar

 The Document Window

 The Thumbnail Window

 Zone Info and Tool Palettes

 The Settings Panel

Thumbnail

window

AutoOCR toolbar

Tool Palette

Zone Info

palette

8 - Introduction to OmniPage Pro

Image View Text View

Document Window

The AutoOCR Toolbar

The AutoOCR toolbar contains buttons that can activate each step of the

OCR process. Choose

AutoOCR toolbar if it is closed.

Show Toolbar

The OmniPage Pro Interface

in the Window menu to open the

The status line reports

the current operation or

the operation you can

do next. Click the small

arrow to show or hide

the status line.

AUTO

button

 The

Image

button

AUTO

Zone

button

OCR

button

Export

button

button allows you to activate automatic processing.

Settings Panel

button

Check

Recognition

button

 The next four buttons  Image, Zone, OCR, and Export  have

various commands that can be set for the operations you want to

perform. You can set commands in the pop-up menus beneath

each button.

 The last two buttons  Settings Panel and Check Recognition 

are shortcuts for opening the Settings Panel and checking for

errors in a recognized document.

See Basic Steps of OmniPage Pro OCR on page 26 for more

information on OCR procedures.

Introduction to OmniPage Pro - 9

The OmniPage Pro Interface

The Document Window

The Document window allows you to view and work with pages in the

current document. Original images are displayed in Image View and

recognized text is displayed in Text View.

Choose

documents Image View and make it active. Choose

Image View

in the Window menu (or am) to display a

Text View

in the

Window menu (or aj) to display a documents Text View and make it

active.

Image View Text View

Drag this splitter to the left

or right to resize a view.

10 - Introduction to OmniPage Pro

You can select options in the

Document

section of the Settings Panel to

specify how views in the Document window are displayed. See

Document Window Settings on page 81 for more information.

The Thumbnail Window

The Thumbnail window displays miniature pictures (thumbnails) of

page images in the current document. You can use thumbnails to change

pages, rearrange pages, and drag copies of images into other

applications.

The OmniPage Pro Interface

Choose

Show Thumbnails

in the Window menu to open the Thumbnail

window if it is closed.

The bars beneath each thumbnail

indicate what has been done to

the image. Three bars indicate the

The thumbnail of the

currently displayed

page has a shaded

background.

image has been recognized. Two

bars indicate zones have been

creat ed. One bar indicates that

nothing has b een done.

See Working With Documents on page 52 for more information on

working with thumbnails.

Introduction to OmniPage Pro - 11

The OmniPage Pro Interface

Zone Info and Tool Palettes

The Zone Info and Tool palettes are displayed when the Image View of

a document is active.

Choose

Show Tool Palette

in the Window menu (or press the t key) if

the Tool palette does not appear when the Image View is active.

Use the Tool palette to

draw zones, modify

zones, reorder zones,

erase parts of the image,

zoom in or out, and

rotate the image.

Choose

Show Zone Info Palette

in the Window menu (or press the z key)

if the Zone Info palette does not appear when the Image View is active.

Use the Zone Info

palette to select

zone types, zone

contents, zone

styles, and style sets.

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You can move the palettes anywhere on your desktop as you work in the

Image View. The palettes are automatically hidden whenever the Text

View is active.

See Creating Zones on a Page on page 31 for more information on

zones.

The Settings Panel

Click each icon to

view and select

different settings.

The OmniPage Pro Interface

The Settings Panel is the central location of OmniPage Pro settings. You

can click the Settings Panel button or choose

Setti ngs Panel

in the Settings

menu to open it.

The Settings Panel has eight different sections of settings. Each section

can be displayed by clicking its icon on the left.

Scroll to see

more options.

See Chapter 4, OmniPage Pro Settings, for more information on settings.

Introduction to OmniPage Pro - 13

Getting Online Help

In addition to using this manual, you can use OmniPage Pros balloon

help, online tutorial, and online reference guide to learn about features

and procedures. These are available in the Guide menu after you install

and launch OmniPage Pro.

Choose OmniPage Pro

Guide to get reference

information about

features and procedures.

The Guide menu is located in the

upper-right corner of your screen.

Choose Show Balloons to

display balloon help for

items in the interface.

Choose OmniP age Pro Tutorial

to open an interactive tutorial

that has exercises for learning

about features and procedure s.

Balloon Help

14 - Introduction to OmniPage Pro

OmniPage Pro Tutorial

The

OmniPage Pro Guide

and

follow the

conventions of the standard Apple Guide. Please refer to your

Macintosh users manual for more information on using Apple Guide.

Balloon help consists of balloons that pop up on screen to explain the

function of icons, menus, commands, dialog box options, and other

items in an application interface.

To turn balloons on, choose

Show Balloons

in the Guide menu. Different

balloons appear as you move the mouse pointer over items in the

interface. Choose

Hide Balloon s

in the Guide menu when you want to

turn off balloon help.

OmniPage Pro Tutorial

Choose

tutorial for learning about OmniPage Pro features and procedures.

Click the tutorial you want to do and then follow the directions that

appear on screen. Red coach marks will help show you the steps to be

performed.

OmniPage Pro Tutorial

OmniPage Pro Guide

Choose

information for features and instructions for common tasks.

OmniPage Pro Guide

Getting Online Help

in the Guide menu to open an online

Click the tutorial

you want to do.

in the Guide menu to get online reference

Click this to

show a general

list of subjects.

Click this to show

an alphabetical

list of subjects.

Introduction to OmniPage Pro - 15

Click this to do

a search on a

particular word

or phrase.

Product Support

For the fastest and easiest way to get help, please look for solutions in

this manual or in the

Product support and information are also available to registered users

through the services listed in this table.

OmniPage Pro Guide

Service How to Contact

World Wide Web home pag e http://www.caere.com

Download Service (BBS)

(patches, updates)

Automated Fax Response Service

(common Q&A)

Phone Support in North America

(fee-b ased troubleshooting)

Ordering dictionari es for other

languages

For international phone numbers, please refer to the Caere Product Support insert in

your OmniPage Pro package.

(408) 395-1631

(8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit)

(408) 354-8471

(408) 395-8319

(408) 395-5733

Please have the following information ready for the most efficient

service when you call Caere Product Support:

 OmniPage Pro version and serial number

The serial number is printed on the label of the first installation

disk or the CD case. To get the version number, choose

OmniPage Pro...

in the Apple menu when OmniPage Pro is open.

About

Or, select the OmniPage Pro icon in the installation folder and

choose

Get Info

in the File menu in the Finder.

 The make and model of your computer system and peripheral

devices (scanner, printer, monitor, and so on)

 The amount of memory in your system

To get information about your computer system and memory,

choose

About This Macintosh...

in the Apple menu when the

Finder is active.

 The amount of free disk space

To check the amount of free disk space, open your hard disk

folder and check the number in the upper-right corner. You must

view the folder

by Icon

by Small Icon

to see the number.

16 - Introduction to OmniPage Pro

Chapter 2

Installation and Setup

This chapter provides information on installing OmniPage Pro and

selecting a scanner to use with it.

Please also read the

your OmniPage Pro package. These provide the most up-to-date

information concerning installation and setup issues.

Please continue reading this chapter for information on these topics:

 System Requirements

 Installing the Software

 Selecting Your Scanner

 Starting OmniPage Pro

 Registering OmniPage Pro

 Getting Started

Release Notes

and the

Scanner Setup Notes

included in

Installation and Setup - 17

System Requirements

To install and run OmniPage Pro, you need the following setup:

 Standard Macintosh (68020 or greater) or Power Macintosh

 System 7.0 or later (System 7.5 or later required for Drag and

Drop feature)

 For a 680x0 Macintosh, at least 5MB RAM of free memory

 For a Power Macintosh, at least 5MB RAM free memory if virtual

memory is on (8MB if virtual memory is off)

 640x400 resolution display or better

 At least 12MB available hard disk space for OmniPage Pro files

and temporary storage while OmniPage Pro is running

 A supported scanner if you plan to scan documents

See the supported scanner list in the

scanner and the driver supplied by its manufacturer, if any, must

be installed on your system according to the manufacturer's

instructions.

Installing the Software

Scanner Setup Notes

. Your

18 - Installation and Setup

Before you install OmniPage Pro:

 Make sure your scanner is working on your system by using the

scanning software supplied by the manufacturer.

 Remove the

you use System 7.0 or 7.1 and have Drag and Drop installed. This

file is not compatible with Apple Guide 2.0. OmniPage Pro

installs Apple Guide files that contain all the necessary

functionality.

 Turn off any virus-protection software. This is often a Control

Panel device. Refer to your virus-protection software manual for

more information.

To make installation go faster and to avoid software conflicts, it is

recommended that you turn off system extensions before installing

OmniPage Pro. Restart your Macintosh while holding down the Shift

key to temporarily turn off all system extensions. After OmniPage Pro

installation, you can restart your Macintosh normally.

Dragging Enabler

file from your

Extensions

folder if

Installing the Software

Some versions of OmniPage Pro are designed only for customers

upgrading from previous versions of Caere OCR software. To install

these special upgrade versions, you may be prompted to enter the serial

number of your previous product.

To install OmniPage Pro:

1 Insert the OmniPage Pro CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. (Or,

insert disk #1 in the disk drive.)

This must be

selected to install

the application.

2 Double-click the installer icon and then click

3 Read the license agreement and then click

Continue

4 Select the items that you want to install in the Installer dialog

box. Command-click to select more than one item.

To select more than

one item, hold

down the

Command key (

as you click each

item.

)

To install scanner support, select the name or manufacturer of

your scanner. (You might have to scroll through the list to find

it.) A driver for the selected scanner will be installed as a

Chooser extension. See the

Scanner Setup Notes

included in your

OmniPage Pro package for more information on scanner

support.

5 Click

Install

to proceed with installation.

A dialog box appears that gives you the choice of installing for

a 680x0 Macintosh, a PowerPC (Power Macintosh), or both

types of machine.

Installation and Setup - 19

Installing the Software

6 Click the appropriate processor option.

Click 680x0

if you have

a 680x0

Macintosh.

Click PowerPC

if you hav e

a Power

Macintosh.

Click Un iversal if your

computer can run as a

680x0 Macintosh or a

Power Macintosh and you

want to run OmniPage Pro

in either configuration.

7 Select the location where you want to install OmniPage Pro.

OmniPage Pro Folder

is the name of the default installation

folder.

8 Click

Install

Enter the serial number, if you are prompted to do so, and click

9 Select your country and click OK.

10 Insert the other installation disks as instructed.

OmniPage Pro continues with installation and notifies you

when it is complete. Restart your Macintosh if you are

prompted to do so after installation. Remember to turn any

virus-protection software back on.

20 - Installation and Setup

Selecting Your Scanner

To use a supported scanner with OmniPage Pro, you must select a

driver for it during installation. This gets installed as a Chooser

extension which must be selected before scanning in OmniPage Pro. See

Scanner Setup Notes

the

more information on scanner support.

Use the OmniPage Pro installer program to install additional Chooser

extensions if you change scanners. You only need to select your scanner

in the list; you do not need to reinstall the

To select a scanner for OmniPage Pro:

Selecting Your Scanner

included in your OmniPage Pro package for

OmniPage Pro 7.0

application.

The Chooser

displays icons for

installed scanner

extensions and

other devices.

1Choose

Chooser

in the Apple menu.

2 Click the icon for your scanner extension.

For a list of supported scanners and their extensions, see the

Scanner Setup Notes

 Some extensions, such as Apple Scan, support multiple

scanners. Select your scanner model in the list that appears.

 Depending on the make of your scanner, you may have to

select other scanner driver parameters such as the SCSI ID

number. The message No configuration found means that

you do not need to select any other scanner options.

3 Close the Chooser.

4 Start OmniPage Pro and choose

Verify Scanner

in the Settings

menu to make sure the scanner was selected correctly.

You must reselect your scanner in the Chooser if you install or

remove a scanners ADF support.

Installation and Setup - 21

Starting OmniPage Pro

To start OmniPage Pro:

1 Open the

you selected).

2 Double-click the OmniPage Pro 7.0 application icon.

The first time you launch OmniPage Pro after installation, you

are prompted to personalize your copy.

3 Type in the licensee and company name in the dialog box that

appears.

This information will appear in OmniPage Pros About box.

4 Click

If you are not a registered user, a registration dialog box appears the first

time you run OmniPage Pro. This dialog box will

already a registered user or if your version of OmniPage Pro does not

require registration.

OmniPage Pro Folder

OK.

Registering OmniPage Pro

Registering your copy of OmniPage Pro entitles you to technical

support, notification of special offers, and the lowest price offered on the

next OmniPage Pro upgrade.

(or whatever installation folder

not

appear if you are

22 - Installation and Setup

You can use OmniPage Pro for up to 25 sessions without registering it.

After that, the Registration dialog box appears when you launch

OmniPage Pro. The program exits if you do not register at that time.

If you have access to the World Wide Web, you can register your copy

of OmniPage Pro at Caere's Web site. To do so, go to www.caere.com

and click the

Registration

and then follow the onscreen instructions.

Support

button. Click the text that says

Online Product

To register OmniPage Pro by phone:

Registering OmniPage Pro

1Choose

in the Apple menu to open the

Registration dialog box.

This dialog box appears automatically the very first time you

start OmniPage Pro and each time you start it after the first 20

unregistered sessions.

2 Select your country in the pop-up menu if it is not already

selected.

3 Call the phone number listed to the right of your country.

In the United States and Canada, you can call 24 hours a day. In

other countries, please call during normal business hours.

An operator will ask you to provide the serial number and key

number that appear at the bottom of the Registration dialog

box. The operator will then give you a registration number.

4 Enter the registration number in the

Registration Number

box.

Please write down your registration number somewhere. You

will need to enter it again if you ever reinstall the software.

5 Click

OK.

You are now a registered user of OmniPage Pro.

Installation and Setup - 23

text

Getting Started

See Chapter 1, Introduction to OmniPage Pro, to get an overview of

OCR, an introduction to the OmniPage Pro interface, and ways to get

online help.

You can also do guided tutorial exercises to learn about OmniPage Pro

features. Choose

tutorial you want to do.

OmniPage Pro Tutorial

in the Guide menu and click the

Click the tutorial

you want to do.

24 - Installation and Setup

Chapter 3

Processing Documents

This chapter describes how to process documents in OmniPage Pro from

start to finish. It explains the basic steps of OCR and provides

instructions for other tasks you can do with your documents.

There are different ways to accomplish the same tasks in OmniPage Pro.

For example, you can use toolbar buttons or menu commands to start

certain procedures. You can also have OmniPage Pro do certain OCR

jobs automatically, or you can step through the jobs manually.

Please continue reading this chapter for information on these topics:

 Basic Steps of OmniPage Pro OCR

 Selecting Process Commands

 Bringing Document Images into OmniPage Pro

 Creating Zones on a Page

 Converting Images to Text

 Scheduling OCR

 Direct Input: Pasting Text into Other Applications

 Working With Documents

 Exporting Documents

Processing Documents - 25

Basic Steps of OmniPage Pro OCR

These are the basic steps of OmniPage Pro OCR:

1 Bring a document image into OmniPage Pro.

See page 28 for more information.

2 Create zones to identify the parts of the document you want to

recognize as text or retain as graphics.

See page 31 for more information.

3 Perform OCR to convert text information into editable text

characters.

See page 40 for more information.

4 Export the document to the desired location.

See page 60 for more information.

OmniPage Pro can go through these steps automatically, or you can start

each step individually.

Selecting Process Commands

You can set different commands for the Image, Zone, OCR, and Export

operations you want OmniPage Pro to perform. For information on

specific commands, see AutoOCR Toolbar Settings on page 66.

26 - Processing Documents

You can set commands in two locations:

 Select commands in the pop-up menus beneath the Image, Zone,

OCR, and Export buttons.

Image

button

 Choose

commands in the submenu.

Pictures in the AutoOCR toolbar buttons and menu commands in

the Process menu change as you set different commands. You can

activate a command by clicking the toolbar button or choosing

the command in the Process menu.

Process Settings

Zone

button

in the Process menu and then choose

OCR

button

Expo rt

button

Automatic Processing

You can use the

finish or finish processing an open document. The operations that occur

when you click

and Export commands.

AUTO

button

For example, OmniPage Pro can automatically scan a stack of pages in a

scanners automatic document feeder (ADF), create zones on all pages,

recognize the pages, and then save them as a file. To do so, you would

Scan Image, Auto Zones, Perform OCR,

set

commands. After clicking

save options for the document. Then, each page would be automatically

scanned, zoned, recognized, and saved.

You can also click

document. OmniPage Pro processes each unfinished page in the

document according to the current commands. For example, if all pages

already have zones but have not been recognized, OmniPage Pro will

immediately begin OCR processing according to the selected OCR

command.

To process a document automatically:

AUTO

button to process a new document from start to

AUTO

depend on the currently set Image, Zone, OCR,

Auto Save

AUTO

and

AUTO

, you would first be prompted to select

to finish processing pages in an open

as the

1 Set the desired Image, Zone, OCR, and Export commands in

the AutoOCR toolbar.

See Selecting Process Commands on page 26.

2 Choose

that settings are appropriate for your document.

See Chapter 4, OmniPage Pro Settings, for more information.

3 Click

 If no document is open, each page of a new document is

Settings Panel...

AUTO

or choose

processed in order. OmniPage Pro pauses for you to create

zones if you set

drawing zones, click

operations.

in the Settings menu and make sure

Auto

in the Process menu.

Manual Zones

AUTO

as the Zone command. After

to continue with the selected

Processing Documents - 27

Bringing Document Images into OmniPage Pro

 If a document is open, each unfinished page is finished in

order. OmniPage Pro creates zones on any unzoned pages

automatically or with a currently selected zone template. It

then continues with the selected OCR operation.

Auto Save

activated automatically. (

mode.) OmniPage Pro stops automatic processing after the OCR

operation if you have

In this case, click the Export button to activate the command.

and

Auto Paste

Save A s

are the only Export commands that can be

Auto Paste

is only available in Direct Input

To Clipboard

set as the Export command.

Bringing Document Images into OmniPage Pro

This section describes how to bring images into OmniPage Pro. It

includes instructions for:

 Scanning Pages

Loading Image Files

 Opening Documents

Scanning Pages

You can scan a paper document to convert it to an electronic image. To

scan in OmniPage Pro, you must have a supported scanner, install the

appropriate scanner Extension for it, and select it in the Chooser. See

Selecting Your Scanner on page 21 for more information.

To scan pages into OmniPage Pro:

1 Place your page in your scanner.

You can scan a stack of pages if you have an automatic

document feeder (ADF).

28 - Processing Documents

2Set

3Choose

Scan Image

menu.

Scanner

for your page.

Scan Until Empty

Select

at once. Otherwise, you must click the Imag e button to scan

each subsequent page.

as the command in the Image buttons pop-up

Settings Panel...

icon to make sure the appropriate settings are selected

in the Settings menu and click the

if you want to scan all pages in an ADF

Bringing Document Images into OmniPage Pro

4 Click the Image button in the AutoOCR toolbar or choose

Image

in the Process menu.

Pages are scanned in order and the resulting images appear in

the Image View. Scanned pages become your working

document if a document is not currently open. If a document is

currently open, the page images are added as new pages.

Loading Image Files

You can load TIFF and PICT image files into OmniPage Pro. An image

file is an electronic picture of text, such as a fax or scanned image, that is

saved in an image file format. After you load an image file into

OmniPage Pro, it appears in the Image View.

To load image files into OmniPage Pro:

1Set

2 Click the Image button or choose

Load Image

menu.

The Load Image dialog box appears.

Scan

as the command in the Image buttons pop-up

Load Image...

in the Process

This button

changes to

Load when a

file is added

to the

Selected

Files list.

3 Open the folder where your image files are located.

4 Select the file you want to load and then click

Add

. Or, double-

click the file.

The file appears in the

 To add all image files from an open folder, click

 To remove an image file from the

file and then click

Selected Files

Remove

list.

Selected Files

Add All

list, select the

Repeat steps 3 and 4 to add image files from other folders. You

can select up to 256 files.

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Bringing Document Images into OmniPage Pro

5 Click

Load

Image files are loaded in the order selected and combined into

one working document. If a document is currently open, the

image files are added as new pages.

Opening Documents

You can open image files and

command in the File menu.

An OmniPage Document is a file that is saved in OmniPage Pros

proprietary format. OmniPage Documents can be saved with original

page images, zones, and recognized text. You can continue to reopen an

OmniPage Document in OmniPage Pro, make edits to it, and save it in

ot her supporte d file form ats. If an OmniPage Document is sav ed with its

original page images, you can retain graphics, compare recognized text

with the original image, and rerecognize pages.

OmniPage Pro can only have one working document open at a time. If

you try to open another file while you have a document open, you are

prompted to close the current document. However, you can add pages

to your current document using the

in the Image button or Process menu.

after you have selected all the files you want to load.

OmniPage Documents

Load Image

using the

Scan Image

Open

command

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To open an OmniPage Document or image file:

1 Choose

The Open dialog box appears.

2 Open the folder where your OmniPage Document or image file

is located.

3 Double-click a file to open it immediately. Or, select the file and

click

Open...

Open

in the File menu.

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