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10 WelcomeTech NotesCommonly reported issues using OmniPage® are presented on ScanSoft’s web site at www.scansoft.com. Web pages may also offer assist

100 Indexto target applications, 23, 42, 80True Page, 84FFax recognition, 94Features OmniPage SE compared to OmniPage Pro, 8, 10, 19Features, new, 17F

OmniPage SE User’s Guide 101settings for Direct OCR, 46Wizard, 39, 45, 46ODMA support, 95OmniPage Desktop, 24OmniPage Documentscontents of, 82definiti

102 Indexdrivers, 14duplex, 53setting up, 14Scanningblack-and-white, 51books, 33brightness, 33, 52color, 51contrast, 33grayscale, 51input from, 51pict

OmniPage SE User’s Guide 11Chapter 1Installation and setupThis chapter provides information on installing and starting OmniPage SE. It presents the fo

12 Installation and setupSystem requirementsYou need the following minimum system requirements to install and run OmniPage SE 2.0:X A computer with a

Chapter 1Installing OmniPage SE 13Installing OmniPage SEOmniPage SE’s installation program takes you through installation with instructions on every s

14 Installation and setupSetting up your scanner with OmniPage SEAll files needed for scanner setup and support are copied automatically during the pr

Chapter 1Setting up your scanner with OmniPage SE 15X Click on Scan to begin the sample scan.X If necessary, click on Inverse Image… or Missing Image…

16 Installation and setupHow to start the programTo start OmniPage SE do one of the following:X Click Start in the Windows taskbar and choose Programs

Chapter 1Registering your software 17Registering your softwareScanSoft’s registration Wizard runs at the end of installation. We provide an easy elect

18 Installation and setuppage 76. Page backgrounds are defined as process (auto-zone) or ignore, so all zoning instructions appear on the page and can

Chapter 1OmniPage SE and OmniPage Pro 12 19OmniPage SE and OmniPage Pro 12This list documents features that are not incorporated in OmniPage SE, but c

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20 Installation and setup

OmniPage SE User’s Guide 21Chapter 2Introduction You probably use your computer for business correspondence, preparing reports, handling data and an

22 IntroductionWhat is optical character recognitionOptical character recognition is the process of extracting text from an image. This image can resu

Chapter 2What is optical character recognition 23Documents in OmniPage SEOmniPage SE handles documents one at a time. When you acquire your first imag

24 IntroductionThe OmniPage DesktopThe OmniPage Desktop has a title bar and a menu bar along the top and a status bar along the bottom. It has three m

Chapter 2The OmniPage Desktop 25We show the program with a three-page document. Page one is the current page, which has been recognized and proofed. P

26 IntroductionThe Image PanelWhen this displays the current page image, the Image toolbar is available. All page images have a background value: proc

Chapter 2The OmniPage Desktop 27The OmniPage ToolboxThis Toolbox lets you drive the processing. By default it is located along the top of the OmniPage

28 IntroductionManaging documentsDocument management can be done by thumbnails in the Image Panel or by the Document Manager, situated along the botto

Chapter 2Managing documents 29the Ctrl key as you click thumbnails to add pages to a selection one by one. Then you can move or delete the selected pa

OmniPage SE User’s Guide iiiC ONTENTS1WELCOME 7Using this Guide 8Getting online Help 9Online HTML Help 9Context-Sensitive Help 9Tech Notes 10Glossar

30 IntroductionWhen multiple pages are being selected, the page set as current does not change. All selected pages are highlighted.Customizing Documen

Chapter 2OmniPage Documents 31Printing a documentYou can print the document with the Print item in the File menu. Choose whether to print images or te

32 IntroductionAn OmniPage Document created and saved in OmniPage SE will not include training data. Any training in an OPD file you open will be igno

Chapter 2Settings 33The title bar shows the file name of the most recent whole-document save.SettingsThe Options dialog box is the central location fo

34 Introductionscanning for handling books, and other settings. You can change the interface language here. OmniPage SE does not support two-page scan

OmniPage SE User’s Guide 35Chapter 3Processing documentsThis tutorial chapter describes different ways you can process a document and also provides i

36 Processing documentsQuick Start GuideThis topic takes you step-by-step through the basic OCR process.Loading and recognizing sample image filesYou

Chapter 3Quick Start Guide 37If you succeeded in getting good results from the sample image files, but not from the scanned page, check your scanner

38 Processing documentsProcessing overviewThe following flow diagram summarizes the processing steps:Here is an overview of the processing methods you

Chapter 3Processing overview 39Using the OCR WizardThe OCR Wizard guides you through the selection of settings and commands by asking you questions.

iv ContentsThe Toolbars 25The Image Panel 26The Text Editor 26The OmniPage Toolbox 27Managing documents 28Thumbnails 28Document Manager 29Customizing

40 Processing documentsAutomatic processingAutomatic processing provides an efficient way of handling documents, especially larger ones. First you sel

Chapter 3Automatic processing 414. Choose in the Standard toolbar or Options in the Tools menu and check that settings are appropriate for your doc

42 Processing documentsManual processingManual processing gives you more precise control over the way your pages are handled. You can process the docu

Chapter 3Combined processing 436. Select a value for the Perform OCR button. You describe the layout of the incoming pages. This value has an influen

44 Processing documentscan process it automatically and view results in the Text Editor. You can determine which pages are in order, and which need di

Chapter 3Processing with the OCR Wizard 453. Manually zone pages where you want to process only part of the page or if you want to give precise zonin

46 Processing documents5. The last panel asks you to define the export choice: saving to file or copying to Clipboard. After setting the choice, click

Chapter 3Processing from other applications 47How to set up Direct OCR1. Start the application you want connected to OmniPage SE. Start OmniPage SE,

48 Processing documentsHow to use OmniPage SE with PaperPortPaperPort® is a paper management software product from ScanSoft. It lets you link pages wi

Chapter 3Processing with Schedule OCR 49Processing with Schedule OCROmniPage SE does not support Schedule OCR. The following text applies to OmniPage

OmniPage SE User’s Guide vDefining the source of page images 50Input from image files 50Input from scanner 51Scanning with an ADF 52Scanning without

50 Processing documentsDefining the source of page imagesThere are two possible image sources: from image files and from a scanner. There are two main

Chapter 3Defining the source of page images 51Normally the Add button places each file at the bottom of the file list. To place a file at a different

52 Processing documentsBrightness and contrastGood brightness and contrast settings play an important role in OCR accuracy. Set these in the Scanner p

Chapter 3Describing the layout of the document 53You can scan double-sided documents with an ADF. A duplex scanner will manage this automatically. Fo

54 Processing documentsSingle column, no tableChoose this setting if your pages contain only one column of text and no table. Business letters or page

Chapter 3Zones and backgrounds 55Zones and backgroundsZones define areas on the page to be processed or ignored. Zones are rectangular or irregular,

56 Processing documentsAuto-zone a page backgroundAcquire a page. It appears with a process background. Draw a zone. The background changes to ignore.

Chapter 3Zones and backgrounds 57Automatically drawn zones and template zones have solid borders:Manually drawn or modified zones have dotted borders

58 Processing documentsprocess zones on an ignore background. Draw a process zone to enclose columns of text to have them handled automatically. They

Chapter 3Zones and backgrounds 59Working with zonesThe Image toolbar provides zone editing tools. One is always selected. When you no longer want the

vi ContentsSelecting a formatting level 83Selecting advanced saving options 84Saving to PDF 86Copying pages to Clipboard 86Sending pages by mail 876

60 Processing documentsJoin two zones of the same typeDraw an overlapping zone of the same type.Make an irregular zone by subtractionDraw an overlappi

Chapter 3Table grids in the image 61The following zone shapes are prohibited:To expand a zone more quickly than using its resizing handles, draw a zo

62 Processing documentsUse the table tools and their cursors as follows:Insert row dividersClick the tool then click at the location in a table zone w

Chapter 3Using zone templates 63Using zone templatesA template contains a page background value and a set of zones and their properties, stored in a

64 Processing documentsHow to unload a templateSelect a non-template setting in the Layout Description drop-down list. The template zones are not remo

OmniPage SE User’s Guide 65Chapter 4Proofing and editingRecognition results are placed in the Text Editor. These can be recognized texts, tables and e

66 Proofing and editingThe editor display and viewsThe Text Editor displays recognized texts and can mark words that were suspected during recognition

Chapter 4Proofreading OCR results 67True Page viewTrue Page® view tries to conserve as much of the formatting of the original document as possible. Ch

68 Proofing and editing3. If the recognized word is correct, click Ignore or Ignore All to move to the next suspect word. Click Add to add it to the c

Chapter 4Verifying text 69The verifier tool is in the Formatting toolbar. The verifier can also be controlled from the Tools menu. Hover the cursor ov

OmniPage SE User’s Guide 7WelcomeWelcome to OmniPage® SE, and thank you for using our software! The following documentation has been provided to help

70 Proofing and editingUser dictionariesThe program has built-in dictionaries for many languages. These assist during recognition and may offer sugges

Chapter 4Training 71TrainingTraining, IntelliTrain and training files are not supported in OmniPage SE. They are available in OmniPage Pro 12. Any tra

72 Proofing and editingthe current OCR solution. Change this to the desired solution and click OK. The program takes this training and examines the re

Chapter 4Training 73IntelliTrain remembers the training data it collects, and adds it to any manual training you have done. This training can be saved

74 Proofing and editingText and image editingOmniPage SE has a WYSIWYG Text Editor, providing many editing facilities. These work very similarly to th

Chapter 4Text and image editing 75between paragraphs. The Text Editor’s horizontal ruler lets you define indent and tab positions easily. Advanced tab

76 Proofing and editingFrames have gray borders and enclose one or more boxes. They are placed when a visible border is detected in an image. Format f

Chapter 4Reading text aloud 77Click the on-the-fly tool with a green signal. The zoning changes will cause changes in the Text Editor.Click the Perfor

78 Proofing and editingThe Text-to-Speech facility is enabled or disabled with the Tools menu item Speech Mode or with the F5 key. A second menu item

OmniPage SE User’s Guide 79Chapter 5Saving and exportingOnce you have acquired at least one image for a document, you can export the image(s) to file.

8 WelcomeUsing this GuideThis guide is written with the assumption that you know how to work in the Microsoft Windows environment. Please refer to you

80 Saving and exportingpage is recognized (or proofread, if that was requested), an exporting dialog box appears.You can specify export any time the p

Chapter 5Saving recognition results 81Saving recognition resultsYou can save recognized pages to disk in a wide variety of file types. See “File types

82 Saving and exporting5. Click OK. The document is saved to disk as specified. If Save and Launch is selected, the exported file will appear in its t

Chapter 5Saving recognition results 83The Save As dialog box lists available file types in its Save as Type drop-down list. The OmniPage Document is t

84 Saving and exportingdoes not happen when text boxes are used. Flowing Page export is not offered in OmniPage SE. It is available only in OmniPage P

Chapter 5Saving recognition results 85Click Defaults to have all settings returned to the default values for the current file type.Click Save to have

86 Saving and exportingSaving to PDFThis section does not apply to OmniPage SE.In OmniPage Pro 12, you have five choices when saving to Portable Docum

Chapter 5Sending pages by mail 87Text formatting, such as bold and italics, is retained when you paste into an application that supports RTF 6.0/95 in

88 Saving and exportingAt any time the program is not busy, choose Send as Mail in the File menu to call up the Send as Mail dialog box.1. This dialog

OmniPage SE User’s Guide 89Chapter 6Technical informationThis chapter provides troubleshooting and other technical information about using OmniPage SE

OmniPage SE User’s Guide 9Getting online HelpIn addition to using this guide, you can use OmniPage SE’s online Help to learn about features, settings

90 Technical informationTroubleshootingAlthough OmniPage SE is designed to be easy to use, problems sometimes occur. Many of the error messages contai

Chapter 6Troubleshooting 91Testing OmniPage SERestarting Windows 98, Me, 2000 or XP in safe mode or Windows NT in VGA mode allows you to test OmniPag

92 Technical information5. Launch OmniPage SE and try performing OCR on an image. Use a known image file such as one of the supplied sample files.You

Chapter 6Troubleshooting 93Text does not get recognized properlyTry these solutions if any part of the original document is not converted to text pro

94 Technical informationOmniPage SE only recognizes machine printed-text characters such as type-written or laser-printed text. It can handle dot-matr

Chapter 6ODMA support 95ODMA supportThis does not apply to OmniPage SE. If your local network includes a Document Management System (DMS) that suppor

96 Technical informationSupported file typesThe program supports a wide range of file types for images and text.File types for opening and saving imag

Chapter 6Supported file types 97File types for saving recognition resultsThis table shows which formatting levels are available for each file type.Gr

98 Technical informationTablesFile type supports tables in grids, no table handling choices at export timeFile type supports tables, choose to use gri

OmniPage SE User’s Guide 99I NDEXAAccuracyimprovement, 51, 71, 93influence of brightness, 52influence of training, 71scanning mode influence, 51Acquir