Nuance VISUAL EXPLORER User Manual

Visioneer Visual Explorer

Getting Started Guide

FOR WINDOWS

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FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for the class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed, and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

This equipment has been certiﬁed to comply with the limits for a class B computing device, pursuant to FCC Rules. In order to maintain compliance with FCC regulations, shielded cables must be used with this equipment. Operation with non-approved equipment or unshielded cables is likely to result in interference to radio and TV reception. The user is cautioned that changes and modiﬁcations made to the equipment without the approval of manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Visioneer Visual Explorer

Getting Started Guide

This guide shows you how to use some of Visual Explorer software’s main features to view items, create stacks, send items electronically to Visual Explorer Links, add annotations, ﬁle items in folders, and capture Web pages.

While this brief guide is enough to get you started, Visioneer provides other information to help you use all of Visual Explorer’s features. The following ﬁgure shows where to ﬁnd more information.

Web.

Visit Visioneer’s Web site at www.visioneer.com where you can ﬁnd Technical Notes, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), software updates, and more. For a quick way to access information on the Web site, choose a category from the Internet menu.

User’s Guide.

information about Visual Explorer.

CD.

Access the CD, your source for installing additional software that works with the Visioneer software and for viewing the online documentation.

Help.

Get help fast. Everything you want to know about Visual Explorer—how to procedures, dialog box reference, and troubleshooting advice.

Review the online guide on the CD for detailed

ISIONEER VISUAL EXPLORER GETTING STARTED GUIDE

IEWING ITEMS IN DESKTOP VIEW

Visual Explorer provides several ways to view items: displays a folder. The thumbnails represent PaperPort items—PaperPort (max ﬁles) being the format in which Visual Explorer saves items. The thumbnails can also be non-PaperPort items— items created using other applications, such as Microsoft Word. These items can be located anywhere on your computer. Desktop View displays PaperPort items and non-PaperPort items.

Page View other applications

PaperPort items created in those applications.

To view items in Desktop View:

•

Double-click the Visual Explorer icon on the Windows desktop.

thumbnail

displays a close-up of a single page. You can also start and use

, a small graphic that represents each item in a

directly from the Desktop View to view non-

Desktop View

IEWING AN ITEM IN PAGE VIEW

The Command Bar has shortcuts for choosing menu commands, such as changing views.

Use the Folder View to navigate between different folders and to file and organize items.

Stacks are PaperPort items that have been combined. Stack titles appear in bold type above the page titles.

The status bar shows information about the selected item, link, or button.

Thumbnail of a PaperPort item.

The Link Bar has icons that represent other applications and functions that work with Visual Explorer. The icons vary, depending on the applications installed on your computer.

Thumbnail of non-PaperPort item, in this case a Word file.

IEWING AN ITEM IN PAGE VIEW

The Desktop View and Page View are separate applications that you can run individually or at the same time. Page View displays a close-up view of one page so that it is readable on the screen.

In Page View, you can view PaperPort items and items created using other applications. With the annotation tools, you can add comments, highlight or circle information, or add a picture to a PaperPort item.

The Command Bar has shortcuts for menu commands.

ISIONEER VISUAL EXPLORER GETTING STARTED GUIDE

To view a PaperPort item in Page View:

•

In Desktop View, double-click a PaperPort item or select a PaperPort item, and then click the

Page

button on the Command Bar. You can also double-click a PaperPort item in Windows Explorer to view it in Page View.

To view a non-PaperPort item in Page View:

•

In Desktop View, Shift-double-click a non-PaperPort item, or select a non-PaperPort item, and then click the

Page

button on the

Command Bar.

Note

: You can set a preference in Page View that lets you open multiple Page View windows at the same time. For more information about preferences, see the

Visual Explorer User’s Guide

and Help.

The Annotation toolbar has tools for adding notes, highlighting areas, cutting and pasting a selection, adding a picture, and so on.

The status bar shows information about the current page.

1. In Desktop View,

select the item you want.

2. Click the Page

button.

3. To return to

Desktop View, click the Desktop button.

IEWING ITEMS BY USING THE APPLICATION THAT CREATED THEM

To change between Desktop View and Page View:

IEWING ITEMS BY USING THE APPLICATION THAT

CREATED THEM

From the Desktop View, you can start a non-PaperPort item’s application and use it to view the item.

To view a non-PaperPort item in its application:

•

In Desktop View, double-click a non-PaperPort item. The application that created the item starts and the item appears.

If you want, you can change the Double Click Action preference so that the item appears in Page View when you double-click it. For more information, see the

REATING STACKS

With Visual Explorer, you can electronically organize PaperPort items (including captured Web pages) into stacks in much the same way that you do with paper documents. A stack is a PaperPort item with multiple pages. You cannot stack non-PaperPort items. (However, you can easily convert a non-PaperPort item to a PaperPort item by right-clicking the item and choosing Duplicate as PaperPort Item.)

Visual Explorer User’s Guide

and Help.

ISIONEER VISUAL EXPLORER GETTING STARTED GUIDE

To create a stack:

1. In the Desktop

View, select the PaperPort item that you want to stack.

This example shows stacking a Cover Letter on the Spring Vol 42 newsletter.

2. Drag the selected

item onto the PaperPort item on which you want to stack it.

3. When the

second item is highlighted, release the mouse button.

The stack is created.

Cover Letter Spring Vol 42

Spring Vol 42

Cover Letter

4. Repeat Steps 1

through 3 until you finish creating the stack.

A new stack receives the title of the item on the bottom of the stack. The stack title (the name of the newsletter, “Spring Vol 2,” in this case) is shown in boldface type. Each page title is shown in normal typeface (“Cover Letter” in the example).

Note: When you select multiple items to stack, Visual Explorer stacks them in the order in which they were selected.

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