NUANCE OMNIPAGE PRO 9, User Manual

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Performing OCR on a Document
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2 Click the Zone button or choose Auto Zones in the Process
menu.
OmniPage Pro automatically draws zones on the current page
in the image viewer. Each zone has a number indicating its
order and a picture indicating its zone type.
Make sure zones are identified correctly before performing OCR. For
example, if you want to retain an area as a graphic, that area should be
identified as a Graphic zone type. See “Changing Zone Properties” on
page 71 for more information.
Performing OCR on a Document
Performing OCR converts an image to editable text. This is also referred
to as recognizing text.
OmniPage Pro only recognizes machine-printed characters such as
laser-printed or typewritten text. However, it can retain handwritten
text, such as a signature, as a graphic.
To perform OCR:
1 Choose Options... in the Tools menu and click the Page Format
tab.
2 Select an Output Format setting for your document.
OmniPage Pro uses this setting to determine the output
formatting of a document during OCR.
3 Set OCR and Proof as the command in the OCR button’s drop-
down list.
Or, set Perform OCR as the command if you do not want the
OCR Proofreader to begin automatically after OCR.
4 Click the OCR button.
The page is recognized according to the current zones and
settings. If there are no zones on the page, zones are created
according to the current command in the Zone button.