Web Publisher’s Kit
Getting Started Guide
FOR WINDOWS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About the Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Using a Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Starting PaperPort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
To start PaperPort:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Creating a Web Page Using Web Publisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
To select the Web Publisher link preferences:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
To create a page with the Web Publisher link: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using an HTML Editor Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
To create an HTML document using an HTML editor link: . . 12
Sending and Getting Files from an FTP Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
To send a PaperPort item to an FTP site: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
To get a file from an FTP site: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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ELCOME
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Welcome to the Web Publisher’s Kit with which you can use links to
create documents for the World Wide Web (WWW). With the kit, you
can take PaperPort items from the PaperPort Desktop and create a
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) document that you can use on a
Web site or page.
This guide describes the Web Publisher’s Kit software links and tells y ou
how to use them.
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NOTE:
the PaperPort ScannerSuite Software.
ETTING HELP
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To use the Web Publisher’s Kit links, you must first install
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While this brief guide gets you started, the Web Publisher’s Kit software
also has a complete help system. You can click the Help button in a
dialog box or press F1 to display the help.
BOUT THE LINKS
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The Web Publisher’s Kit installs three PaperPort links:
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Web Publisher . When you drag an item to the Web Publisher link, it
creates an HTML document also referred to as a Web page. You can
create a Web page in which the item is converted to text or embedded
as a JPEG image. For more information, see “Creating a Web Page
Using Web Publisher” on page 7.
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Internet authoring editor links. PaperPort displays the link for the
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following HTML editors: Microsoft FrontPage, Claris HomePage,
Adobe P ageMill, and Netscape Navigator Gold ’s HTML editor if the
HTML editor is installed on your computer. When you drag an item
to one of these HTML editor links, the editor starts, and the
PaperPort item appears in the HTML editor. You can set the
preferences so that the item is conv erted to an image or text fi le in the
HTML editor. For more information, see “Using an HTML Editor
Link” on page 11.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) link. The FTP link lets you post
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PaperPort items and PaperPort-supported files to a selected FTP site.
For more information, see “Sending and Getting Files from an FTP
Site” on page 13.
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SING A LINK
Before you use a Web Publisher’s Kit link, you must have the items you
want to convert or move onto the PaperPort Desktop. You can get an
item onto the PaperPort Desktop by scanning it or using a TWAIN
device.
On the PaperPort Desktop, you can use the link with the default
preferences, or you can change the link’s preferences to get different
results.
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NOTE:
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TARTING PAPERPORT
To start PaperPort:
• Double-click the
The PaperPort Desktop automatically appears.
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NOTE:
other links, place the mouse pointer on the Link Bar, click the right
mouse button, and choose Refresh Links.
To see a link’s preferences, right click the link icon.
PaperPort icon on the Windows desktop.
If you start P aperPort and do not see the W eb Publisher and
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REATING A WEB PAGE USING WEB PUBLISHER
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Web Publisher can create a Web page from one item or a stack. You can
control whether the item is converted to text or a JP EG image b y setting
the Web Publisher link preferences. For example, if you choose Image
File, Web Publisher creates a page with a JPEG image of the PaperPort
item. In the preferences, you can choose to save the item as either an
image file or a text file when sending it to Web Publisher.
To select the Web Publisher link preferences:
1. Position the mouse pointer on the
W eb Publisher link on the Link Bar
and click the right-mouse button.
Choose Preferences.
The Web Publisher link preferences
appear.
2. Select Image File to embed the
PaperPort item as a JPEG image in
the Web page.
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Or to convert the item to text and
place the text in the Web page, select
the Text File option. If you select
Text File, click the OCR Settings
button to change the OCR software
options.
The Options button displays the
Web Publisher Options dialog box.
You can use the button to set the
options now, or when you drag an
item onto the Web Publisher link.
See the next procedure for more
information about the Web
Publisher Options dialog box.
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To create a page with the Web Publisher link:
1. On the PaperPort
Desktop, select the item
you want to convert.
2. Drag the item onto the Web
Publisher link icon on the
Link Bar.
PaperPort starts Web Publisher,
and a progress gauge appears.
The Web Publisher Options
dialog box appears.
For information about each
option, click the Help button.
3. Select the Publishing Method.
This tells Web Publisher where
you want to store the new page,
such as on your local hard drive.
Depending on which method you
select, you may have to enter more
information on the right side of the
dialog box. For example, the figure
on the right shows the options
when you select FTP.
▼ NOTE: If you have a direct
Internet connection and select
FTP, Web Publisher automatically
connects to the FTP site. If you
use an Internet service provider,
you must connect to that provider
first before using the Web
Publisher link.
▼ NOTE: To publish the page on
your W eb site on AOL, select A OL
as the Publishing Method.
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4. Select the When F inished
option you want.
These options determine
where the page is displayed
after it is created. For
example, if Show the Host
Page in the Default Web
Browser is selected, Web
Publisher starts your Web
browser and displays the
page.
5. Click the File Info tab.
The File Info tab options
appear.
6. Specify the folder where
you want to store the Web
page.
You can also create the
page or append it to an
existing page by selecting a
Host Web Page option.
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7. Click the P age F ormat tab.
The Page Format tab
options appear.
8. Select the Page Style.
The Page Style determines
how the items appear on
the page.
This figure shows part of a
page created with the Index
Sheet option.
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This item is a hyperlink to a
page created by Web Publisher.
9. Select an image that appears
in the background of the
Web page from the
Background drop-down list.
10.Click OK.
If Prompt for Captions is
selected and you are creating
an image file, Web Publisher
displays the Web Page
Captions dialog box;
otherwise, the title dialog box
appears.
11.Enter the caption for each
item, click Next, and then
click Finish.
Web Publisher creates the
new page.
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USING AN HTML EDITOR LINK
It has become common to use an HTML editor, such as Microsoft
FrontPage, to create Web pages. You can use the HTML editor link in
PaperPort to produce an HTML document from a PaperPort item, and
then work with that document in your HTML editor. PaperPort can
link to such HTML editors as Microsoft FrontPage, Claris HomePage,
Adobe PageMill, and Netscape Navigator Gold’s HTML editor. For
example, if you are using Microsoft FrontPage with PaperPort, you can
create a page with an image file of the PaperPort item.
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To create an HTML document using an HTML editor link:
1. On the PaperPort Desktop,
select the item (or items) you
want to convert.
2. Drag and drop the item onto
the HTML editor link, such
as the Microsoft FrontPage
Editor link icon.
The first time you use the
link, the Link Preferences
appear. To change the
preferences later, click the
right mouse button on the
editor link icon and choose
Preferences.
3. Click the Browse button and
select the folder where you
want to store the newly
created file.
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4. Select GIF Image File to
embed the PaperPort item
as a GIF file in the new page.
Or select OCR’ed Text to
convert the item to text and
create a new HTML file.
5. Click OK.
The editor converts the item,
and the editor window
appears.
6. Use the editor as you would
usually do.
1. On the PaperPort
Desktop, select the
item you want to send.
2. Drag the item onto
the FTP link icon
on the Link Bar.
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SENDING AND GETTING FILES FROM AN FTP SITE
You can use FTP sites to transfer files between various locations. Using
the FTP link in PaperPort, you can place PaperPort-supported files on
an FTP site or get PaperPort-supported files from an FTP site. Besides
the standard PaperPort format (.MAX), PaperPort supports many
common file formats, such as .TIFF, .BMP, .PCX, and .JPEG. Before
using the FTP link, you must have the FTP site’s address, your logon,
and your User ID.
To send a PaperPort item to an FTP site:
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The FTP Link Logon
dialog box appears.
The first time you use
the FTP link, you must
fill in the FTP Link
Logon information.
The next time you use
the link the information
appears in the dialog
box.
3. Type the host name,
user name, and
password in the
appropriate box.
4. Click Logon.
The FTP address, such as
FTP://VISIONEER.COM/DOCS.
Your user name.
The password used to
access the FTP site.
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▼ NOTE: If you have a direct Internet connection, the FTP link
connects to the site. If you access the Internet using an Internet
service provider, you must connect to the Internet service provider
first before logging on.
The FTP Link dialog
box appears.
5. Double-click the
folder on the FTP
site where you want
to put this file.
6. Click Put File.
The file is placed in
the selected folder on
the FTP site.
7. Click Close.
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To get a file from an FTP site:
1. Click the right mouse button
on the FTP link on the Link
Bar, and then choose Get File.
The FTP Link Logon dialog
box appears. If you have
previously logged on to the
FTP site, the dialog box
displays the host name, user
name, and password
information.
2. Click Logon.
The FTP Link get file dialog
box appears and displays the
directory information from
the FTP site.
3. Double-click the folder that has
the file you want to get.
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The Supported Image Files list
box displays all files in the
current folder that PaperPort
supports.
4. Select the file and click
Get File.
PaperPort retrieves the file and
displays it on the PaperPort
Desktop.
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