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TextBridge Pro Millennium User’s Guide

This manual is provided both in print and electronic form. The
entire user’s guide is provided as a digital document in Adobe

®

Portable Document Format (PDF).

To view the user’s guide in PDF format you need Adobe Acrobat
Reader which is installed with TextBridge unless you already
have it on your PC. You can access the user’s guide from the
installation menu and the TextBridge Help menu, or you can
open it from Adobe Acrobat Reader. After you open it, you can
view it on your PC and print all or part of it using Adobe Acrobat
Reader.

Organization of this user’s guide

The user’s guide organization is as follows:

The 

Table of Contents

 at the beginning of the user’s guide

describes the basic information in this book and helps you to find
general information quickly.

This 

Preface

 describes the documentation provided with

TextBridge and technical support.

Chapter 1 “Introduction to TextBridge”

 discusses TextBridge

features. It also describes basic OCR concepts, documents
TextBridge can recognize, supported scanners, and input file
formats TextBridge can read and output file formats to which
TextBridge can save the recognized text.

Chapter 2 “Installing TextBridge”

 describes what comes with

TextBridge, system requirements, installation, Instant Access set
up, and TextBridge uninstall.

Chapter 3 “OCR and TextBridge”

 explains the basic

TextBridge functions that enable it to recognize and OCR your
documents.

Chapter 4 “Learning to Use TextBridge”

 describes the basic

processes of using TextBridge.

Summary of Contents for TextBridge Pro Millenium

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Page 2: ...e states or jurisdictions do not allow disclaimer of express or implied warranties in certain transactions therefore this statement may not apply to you ScanSoft reserves the right to revise this publ...

Page 3: ...tions ix Related Documentation x Technical Support xi 1 INTRODUCTION TO TEXTBRIDGE Basic OCR Concepts 1 1 Features and Benefits 1 3 New Features 1 4 Enhanced Features 1 4 Other Features 1 8 Documents...

Page 4: ...Scanner Setup 2 10 Setting Up Instant Access to TextBridge 2 11 Updating your TextBridge Software 2 12 Uninstalling TextBridge Pro Millennium 2 13 Where to Go From Here 2 14 3 OCR AND BASIC TEXTBRIDGE...

Page 5: ...reading the Document 4 17 Saving the Document 4 18 Getting Help While Using TextBridge 4 20 Using the Welcome Window 4 20 Using the Show Me How Window 4 21 Using Tips 4 22 Getting Information from Hel...

Page 6: ...nium User s Guide 6 ADVANCED SAMPLE SESSIONS Session 1 Processing a Document to Use in a Database 6 1 Session 2 Using Zone Templates and Page Types 6 7 Session 3 Training TextBridge OCR 6 14 Where to...

Page 7: ...sive user assistance program designed to provide you with information you may need to understand and use TextBridge The section Getting Help while using TextBridge provides further information about u...

Page 8: ...of Contents at the beginning of the user s guide describes the basic information in this book and helps you to find general information quickly This Preface describes the documentation provided with T...

Page 9: ...phasize information and give more meaning to text Table 1 Documentation Conventions bold Introduces a new term or the first use of an important term in a chapter It is sometimes used to denote strong...

Page 10: ...he following list for information Online Release Notes Before or after you install TextBridge read the Release Notes These provide the most up to date information about TextBridge They describe techni...

Page 11: ...cturer s documentation for your scanner TECHNICAL SUPPORT If you should experience problems with TextBridge that you cannot resolve on your own using the documentation and software contact TextBridge...

Page 12: ...Your software version number This is on the back of the CD envelope and in the Help menu under About TextBridge Your software serial number This is the serial number on the back of the TextBridge CD R...

Page 13: ...formats Output text file formats Output image file formats BASIC OCR CONCEPTS OCR technology enables you to convert paper documents into fully editable text with images on your computer Originally OC...

Page 14: ...piers magazines and newspapers Pages can be black and white or color TextBridge can also recognize standard page image files from fax modems image applications and other sources Using the latest docum...

Page 15: ...rocessor As a result the text and pictures are retained but the full layout is not FEATURES AND BENEFITS TextBridge offers many features designed to make it easy to use and increase your productivity...

Page 16: ...ext and pictures directly into your FrontPage and Print Shop documents Enhanced Features In addition to the new features TextBridge offers enhanced features that were available in previous versions Th...

Page 17: ...tion Ability to recognize multiple languages on the same page if all languages belong to the same language group Usability and user assistance Enhanced ease of use including a redesigned user interfac...

Page 18: ...ToolTips Instant context sensitive information about commands dialog boxes and buttons on the interface Document recomposition TextBridge offers true document recomposition to retain your original pag...

Page 19: ...appropriate settings for the type of page you want to process For example there is a Letter page type and a Magazine page type that automatically activate settings for improved results for letters an...

Page 20: ...ccuracy further you can create specialized word lists scientific terminology proper names acronyms and so on within TextBridge or in ASCII text files and load them into TextBridge You can also use you...

Page 21: ...s or pictures you want You can also edit the automatic zoning by adjusting the text table and picture zones Zone templates After you create a set of zones TextBridge lets you save and reload zone temp...

Page 22: ...hotocopied degraded or dirty documents Documents with single or multiple column layouts Spreadsheets and cell tables Paper documents with black and white grayscale and color pictures including photos...

Page 23: ...e files fxr fxd fxm fxs eXtended image file xif Image files can be black and white binary grayscale or color TextBridge can process images in resolutions from 72 to 900 dots per inch dpi Recognition r...

Page 24: ...00 xls Excel 3 0 4 0 and 5 0 xls Excel for the Macintosh 3 0 to 7 0 xls FrameMaker mif HTML WYSIWYG htm HTML htm Interleaf wps Lotus 1 2 3 wk1 Lotus Word Pro lwp MultiMate Advantage II doc PostScript...

Page 25: ...for your particular application for more information about importing files in RTF format Note Refer to the ScanSoft Web site at www scansoft com for the latest list of supported output text files OUTP...

Page 26: ...sample sessions that are step by step tutorials Chapter 5 shows you how to use auto processing Instant Access recognize a document with complex layout and process a document with text pictures and a...

Page 27: ...it covers these topics What comes with TextBridge Supported scanners Installing and testing your scanner System requirements Before installing TextBridge Installing TextBridge Scanner setup Setting up...

Page 28: ...o the TextBridge Help system Note Be sure to register electronically or print and return the printed software registration form Registration qualifies you for technical support and assures that you ar...

Page 29: ...Soft The full list of scanners supported by TextBridge is always growing Check the TextBridge Web site at www scansoft com to view the most up to date list of supported scanners Note Install your scan...

Page 30: ...casionally the standard serial port 2 Hook up your scanner to the interface card or standard port with the correct cable and turn on the scanner then turn on your PC 3 Install the system level scanner...

Page 31: ...of 32 MB for Windows 2000 or Windows NT We recommend 64 MB for the best performance Microsoft Windows 95 98 or 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 A hard disk with a minimum of 30 MB of free space in which to inst...

Page 32: ...reinstall TextBridge Pro Millenium to restore full operation When you insert the TextBridge CD ROM into your CD ROM drive if there is an older version of TextBridge installed a dialog box appears and...

Page 33: ...TextBridge Just move them to the Windows folder All Users Application Data TextBridge Bin User Dictionaries Zone Templates created with TextBridge 9 0 can be used with TextBridge Pro Millennium Just m...

Page 34: ...learn more about TextBridge at this point before you install the program After setup starts select one of the options in the following list Install TextBridge Pro Millennium The setup program begins...

Page 35: ...e to run on more than one version of Windows with a dual boot system install TextBridge separately under each operating system Before you begin installation quit any open applications so that only Win...

Page 36: ...ay be available on the ScanSoft web site Refer to Updating your TextBridge Software later in this chapter for more information SCANNER SETUP The first time you attempt to scan after installing TextBri...

Page 37: ...starts recognizes your pages and then pastes the results at the cursor in the open document TextBridge automatically includes Instant Access to many of the applications on your PC You can use the Tex...

Page 38: ...e or more programs in the list to select or unselect it Click All to check all programs Click None to uncheck all programs 4 When you click OK TextBridge will be available from the File menu in all th...

Page 39: ...Programs Properties select TextBridge Pro Millennium and then click the Add Remove button The TextBridge Uninstall dialog box appears 6 Click Yes to continue the uninstall process Respond to any promp...

Page 40: ...tutorials Chapter 5 shows you how to use auto processing Instant Access recognize a document with complex layout and process a document with text pictures and a table Chapter 6 shows how to process a...

Page 41: ...d settings for recognition This chapter provides information about OCR and TextBridge including What is TextBridge OCR Running TextBridge standalone and Instant Access Improving page recognition with...

Page 42: ...is select the page type that most closely matches your original page TextBridge gives you common page types with settings that are used most often to process pages of that type You can also define yo...

Page 43: ...olumn Color Newspaper A3 News paper Multi column Gray Table Letter Good Table Gray Figure 3 1 Original Page tab in Page Type Settings dialog box The page type also specifies Scanner Settings controlli...

Page 44: ...ge layout in the Save As dialog box TextBridge recomposes the layout while maintaining full ability to edit in the output file except WYSIWYG HTML After recomposition text pictures and tables are in t...

Page 45: ...and style underline bold and italic Paragraph styles make it easier for you to change formatting when you open the output document in your word processor Paragraph styles are only available if your wo...

Page 46: ...indows program When you start TextBridge from the Start menu it operates as standalone program and runs independently of any other program You interact with the program through common user interface c...

Page 47: ...a standalone program When you start Instant Access from the Windows Start menu the Save dialog box appears for you to control the output rather than the output s being pasted into an open document In...

Page 48: ...recognize a document with more accuracy Many of these options are related to the manual processes described in the previous section Use the Page Type Settings Save As and Options dialog boxes to spec...

Page 49: ...ettings On the Original Page tab you can choose the following settings Set the page orientation for the way text and images are printed on the original page Any orientation Portrait Landscape If you s...

Page 50: ...pages have complex layouts that do not fit the above layouts Select Table for pages with a table or spreadsheet and single column text Select Book dual page If your scanned page contains two pages fo...

Page 51: ...settings for your scanner in the Scanner tab of the Page Type Settings dialog box Figure 3 3 next page On the Scanner tab you can set Original Page quality Good print Difficult or degraded Picture Out...

Page 52: ...e size to reflect the actual size of the original page To override the default scan Brightness setting uncheck Adjust Automatically and move the slider Processing Settings You can view and change the...

Page 53: ...when processing pages You can add technical terms and proper names to a user dictionary during proofreading and training The user dictionary assists TextBridge in recognizing words it does not know S...

Page 54: ...nt Specify one or more recomposition settings to reflect the output results you want based on the original page Retain the layout of the original page Retain the pictures of the original page A relate...

Page 55: ...if you want to open the recognized document in your word processor or other text application after the document has been saved RECOGNIZING OTHER LANGUAGES TextBridge can recognize text in the the lan...

Page 56: ...p of languages TextBridge provides code pages for American European Baltic Central Europen Cyrillic Greek and Turkish language groups A code page can have one or more associated language packs which a...

Page 57: ...your document from the Language checklist in the Processing tab of the Page Type Settings dialog box The Language list shows all the languages in the current language group code page If the language o...

Page 58: ...o start TextBridge and use the Help system Chapters 5 and 6 provide sample sessions that are step by step tutorials Chapter 5 shows you how to use auto processing Instant Access recognize a document w...

Page 59: ...ity of TextBridge so that you can understand how TextBridge works The following chapters take you from the beginning to the end of using TextBridge to process different kinds of documents The topics p...

Page 60: ...t and format of the document 5 Does the original document have pictures If so do I want to retain the pictures 6 Do I want to capture the whole page or just part of it 7 Are the pages I am processing...

Page 61: ...the OCR results and correct any recognition errors Save the recognized text and optionally retain page layout and pictures A thumbnail is a small image representation of your document Thumbnails make...

Page 62: ...nnium folder 3 Click TextBridge The TextBridge main window appears Figure 4 1 View area showing welcome Menu Bar Tip and Status bar Main toolbar Process toolbar Thumbnail area Figure 4 1 TextBridge Pr...

Page 63: ...y save and open the recognized documents in another application such as a word processor or editor Automatic processing is only three steps The following steps describe the automatic process of using...

Page 64: ...e Get Pages dialog box select the file to process If TextBridge is getting a document from your scanner you may do one or more of the following Click the More Pages button in the Add More Pages to Sca...

Page 65: ...the format for your output Click Done to proceed when all pages are scanned Click to scan second side s of a two sided document Click to scan more pages Figure 4 3 Add Pages to Scanner dialog box 3 S...

Page 66: ...ition process steps to perform the activities in the following list Preview the scanned page Mark zone text tables and pictures to be recognized Proofread recognized pages Redo a page Manual processin...

Page 67: ...ecognition Correct any errors using the tools in the Text view 5 Save the text and picture s in a file format of your choice Check the Open file when done option in the Save As dialog box to automatic...

Page 68: ...image file Figure 4 5 Click the drop down arrow to display page image source options Figure 4 5 Select the Page image source Note Some scanners have a scanner feeder in which you can place a stack of...

Page 69: ...on page types and page type settings in Chapter 3 OCR and Basic TextBridge Operations for more detailed information Most documents can be processed using the default setting Any Page b w If you wish t...

Page 70: ...documents Previewing the Page When manually processing TextBridge displays the image of each page in the Image view Figure 4 8 Click the Image tab to display the Image View if necessary Processing sto...

Page 71: ...ight Delete the page from the document Add more pages to the document Cancel the process by creating a new file or opening another file Look at the properties of the page Continue processing the page...

Page 72: ...re zone Contains any graphic art such as line art color photographs or halftone images Note A form is not a table TextBridge does not OCR forms and does not retain the original layout of most forms Ea...

Page 73: ...te and adjust zones Manual zoning tools Highlighted zones Find zones Figure 4 9 Zone the page using the Zoning tools TextBridge also orders zones for output You can change the order of the zones durin...

Page 74: ...iew You can also perform these less common activities related to zones Find and edit the cell structure of a table Use the same zoning for subsequent pages of the same document Save the current set of...

Page 75: ...s found by OCR are displayed in the same location as in the original page Recognized text ready for proofing Proofreading tools Original image Figure 4 10 Proofreading the page using the Proofreading...

Page 76: ...r save the recognized pages without proofreading the current page Saving the Document After you finish proofreading the document you are ready to save it You can specify the location name and format o...

Page 77: ...you save the document your document remains in TextBridge You can then do any of the following Save the document in another format Add or delete pages Change zoning Recognize the document again Send...

Page 78: ...ant online user s guide Release Notes and direct connections to web sites This section describes the following user assistance Using the Welcome Screen Using the Show Me How window Using the tips and...

Page 79: ...click Show Me How to display the Show Me How window Figure 4 13 The Show Me How Window guides you through a specific task It explains how to Use the TextBridge tools Scan a document into your word pr...

Page 80: ...in the Help menu Note If you want to end the Assistant s explanation early right click on him and select Hide Using Tips Context sensitive tips provide explanations alternative activities and related...

Page 81: ...any menu command or dialog box What you want to know about How to get Help General information Click TextBridge Help in the Help menu A concept not listed in the Contents or Index Click TextBridge Hel...

Page 82: ...by performing one of the activities in the following list Select a topic from a book in the Contents tab Select a topic from the Index tab Search for information about a specific word or phrase using...

Page 83: ...shows you how to use auto processing Instant Access recognize a document with complex layout and process a document with text pictures and a table Chapter 6 shows how to process a document for a data...

Page 84: ...ures explained in the previous sessions It s best to do them in order or skim through prior sessions to familiarize yourself with the steps Each learning session begins with introductory information i...

Page 85: ...ven sample documents in the following location C Program Files TextBridge Pro Millennium Image Files Samples This is the default location for these files however you may have installed TextBridge in a...

Page 86: ...er you have started TextBridge to find and open a sample document 1 Select image file as the page source Click the drop down arrow on the Get Pages button and select Image File 2 Select the page type...

Page 87: ...5 4 TextBridge Pro Millennium User s Guide Select a page type Click the page type button Figure 5 2 Select Page Type 3 Click the Get Pages button The Get Pages dialog box appears Figure 5 3...

Page 88: ...idge Pro Millennium Image Files Samples If Samples is not the open folder access the sample documents folder from the Look In box in the Get Pages dialog box The sample files are listed in the Get Pag...

Page 89: ...without processing a document further 5 Click the New command in the File menu to discard the current page A dialog box appears and tells you that the current page has not been saved 6 Click OK to re...

Page 90: ...ent named letter This document has a single column of text and a logo In this session you ll learn to Select the appropriate page type Use Auto Process Save a document after recognition When you selec...

Page 91: ...Bridge TextBridge appears 2 Select the page source Click the drop down arrow on the Get Pages button to select Image File 3 Select the page type Click the Page Type button and select Any Page b w Figu...

Page 92: ...s button The Get Pages dialog box appears Figure 5 6 Select an image file Figure 5 6 Get Pages dialog box with letter tif selected 5 In the Get Pages dialog box double click the sample document letter...

Page 93: ...User s Guide Figure 5 7 TextBridge Getting Page dialog box TextBridge then automatically zones the page and identifies text tables and pictures as shown in the Zoning dialog box Figure 5 8 Figure 5 8...

Page 94: ...as shown in the Recognizing dialog box Figure 5 9 Figure 5 9 TextBridge Recognizing dialog box After TextBridge reads the page image and processes it it asks you to save the document Figure 5 10 Accep...

Page 95: ...l page in the output file When you open the file or print the page in an application that supports recomposition such as Word WordPerfect or Excel in most cases the page is recomposed like the origina...

Page 96: ...ve the same or similar layout as the TIFF image or sample document The difference is that now you have formatted fully editable text just as if you had typed it in yourself At this point you could spe...

Page 97: ...cation For this learning session use the sample document named letter tif This document has a single column of text and a logo The procedure is similar to processing a simple document in Session 1 In...

Page 98: ...ose which applications have Instant Access TextBridge automatically provides Instant Access for the applications listed in the control panel To access the Instant Access Control Panel Click Start on t...

Page 99: ...ear in the list Click on applications in the list to check or uncheck them Click All to check all items in the list Click None to uncheck all items in the list Instant Access to TextBridge will be ava...

Page 100: ...appears Figure 5 14 Notice that the Instant Access dialog box looks similar to the Page Type dialog box in the standalone version of TextBridge Auto OCR and Manual buttons have been added as well as...

Page 101: ...ttings In using Letter you are telling TextBridge that the page is single column and the print is good enough for black and white scanning which is faster In the Page Source box select Image file In t...

Page 102: ...n of the sample document Letter tif shown below Figure 5 16 Figure 5 16 Letter sample document With a word processor such as Word or WordPerfect in the print or page layout view the recognized documen...

Page 103: ...r this learning session use the sample document named complex This document has color pictures multiple columns a dropped capital letter headings paragraphs a table and reversed video text In this ses...

Page 104: ...r page size Color picture output Run the standalone version of TextBridge from the Start button for this learning session 1 Start the TextBridge standalone version 2 Select the page source Click the d...

Page 105: ...e click complex xif TextBridge gets the page and displays it in the Image view The page you see should be a four column magazine article beginning with a title and piechart Notice that the piechart is...

Page 106: ...ally zones the page TextBridge locates areas on the page to recognize and designates each area as text table or picture TextBridge then stops for you to check and change the zones if necessary Figure...

Page 107: ...Properties dialog box click the Type of zone you desire Note XIF image files may have already separated picture zones from text zones These picture zones are locked and cannot be changed in TextBridge...

Page 108: ...in a zone to be recognized When the zones are accurate continue with the next step which is page recognition In this sample document Find Zones correctly zones the page 8 Click the Recognize button Te...

Page 109: ...u want a closer look at the word as it appears in the original page look in the Word Image window or display the word image popup by moving the cursor over the highlighted word on the page To view the...

Page 110: ...t useful for non standard words that you frequently need to recognize such as proper nouns and technical words The dictionary supplements TextBridge s built in dictionary of common words Repeat this p...

Page 111: ...word processing applications If you prefer another name enter the new name in the File name box Check to be sure that Retain page layout Retain pictures and Open file when done are selected Make any...

Page 112: ...plex documents include text and one or more pictures and tables When this is the case you may not be certain which page type to select If the text is single column select Table If the text is multi co...

Page 113: ...page types to decide which to select Modify a page type Zone a page with text pictures and a table Change the proofreading confidence level Save a page When you select Table as a page type it automati...

Page 114: ...Magazine b w Click each page type and read the description in the information area near the bottom of the dialog box Your original document has both single and multiple columns The description in the...

Page 115: ...settings are now set to multi column instead of table text plus the original settings of any orientation and good print type You can look through the other sections of the Page Type Settings dialog bo...

Page 116: ...TextBridge gets the page and displays it in the Image view where you can preview it The page you see should be titled Scanning Industry is Booming When working with your own files use the Shift and C...

Page 117: ...s several text zones and one table zone Check that the entire table is included in one table zone Make sure that the title of the table and the reverse video text are each in separate text zones Zoom...

Page 118: ...ase parts of the zones with the erase tool Use the erase tool to separate the page title from the first paragraph 12 Click Recognize TextBridge recognizes the page then stops for you to proofread the...

Page 119: ...ower its confidence level and more words will appear as suspects To change the confidence level Click the Suspect drop down arrow and select from the menu 14 Change any words that were not accurately...

Page 120: ...saves the document 17 Open Scanning rtf in your word processor Figure 5 24 Scanning sample document The page is like the original page with the original layout including the pictures and table The do...

Page 121: ...ore advanced topics are available in Chapter 6 Advanced Sample Sessions Chapter 6 shows how to process a document for a database to use advanced settings for zones and page types and to train TextBrid...

Page 122: ...es the same sample documents described in Chapter 5 Be sure to use the Get Pages button to select Image File as the page source before you begin a sample session SESSION 1 PROCESSING A DOCUMENT TO USE...

Page 123: ...ontaining dates names and telephone numbers To process this document for use in a database 1 Select the page type Click the Page Type button to select Table Click OK The settings are automatically cha...

Page 124: ...Image Files Samples If Samples is not the open folder access the sample documents folder from the Look In box in the Get Pages dialog box 3 In the Get Pages dialog box double click table bmp After Tex...

Page 125: ...ick on the table The table editing tools replace the zoning tools Figure 6 3 Draw hidden table cell border Merge table cells Erase table cell border Draw visible table cell border Figure 6 3 Table edi...

Page 126: ...tton TextBridge recognizes the pages and displays it in the Text view where you can proofread and correct any poorly recognized words Figure 6 4 Figure 6 4 Table in Text view 8 Click the Save As butto...

Page 127: ...e in the File name box Select Text tab delimited txt Check to be sure that Open file when done is not selected you must import the tab delimited text file into your database application Selecting Reta...

Page 128: ...in one place for use with very similar documents In this session you will learn to create a set of zones and save them as a zone template Then you will learn to define a new page type specify the zone...

Page 129: ...lays it in the Image view where you can create a zone template The page you see should be titled Scanning Industry is Booming 4 Click Find Zones TextBridge automatically zones the page then stops for...

Page 130: ...ced Sample Sessions 6 9 Figure 6 6 Page with text picture and table zones 5 Save the zone template In the Tools menu select Save Zone Template The Save Zone Template dialog box appears Figure 6 7 next...

Page 131: ...f you save the zone template to another location you can still load it using the Load Zone template command available from the Tools menu Specify the zone template file name My Newsletter TextBridge p...

Page 132: ...Create a new page type In the Page Type Settings dialog box click New to open the New Page Type dialog box Figure 6 9 Type the new name Enter a description Figure 6 9 New Page Type dialog box In the...

Page 133: ...pe Select My Newsletter in the Page Type dialog box Click Settings to open the Page Type Setting dialog box Figure 6 10 Zone template selected Figure 6 10 Page Type Settings with zone template selecte...

Page 134: ...you that you have not saved the current pages Click OK 11 Click the Auto button The Get Pages dialog box appears 12 In the Get Pages dialog box double click Scanning tif TextBridge gets the file and p...

Page 135: ...two you also train the program to improve its own accuracy rate for later pages of the document It is recommended that you complete at least one full page of a multi page document to sufficiently trai...

Page 136: ...raining Figure 6 11 Click the Recognize drop down arrow Select Enable Training Figure 6 11 Enable training This sticky setting remains in place for all subsequent documents until you disable training...

Page 137: ...ognized word image is not a word Figure 6 13 Training OCR using Training dialog box 5 Change any words that were not accurately recognized The words shown in the Word box are the results of TextBridge...

Page 138: ...action click the Undo button For purposes of this session repeat this process until you have trained OCR on at least a few words Note Do not use training to correct any spelling errors in the original...

Page 139: ...folder Enter a file name Save the file with a trn extension Click the Save button The Save Training Data dialog box closes and the Save As dialog box opens Figure 6 15 Figure 6 15 Save As dialog box...

Page 140: ...cognized it with a high degree of character recognition and formatting accuracy You can use the saved training data to improve the recognition of documents of similar quality and with the same fonts U...

Page 141: ...um User s Guide WHERE TO GO FROM HERE The learning sessions in this chapter were designed to give you a solid basis on which to use TextBridge for your own documents For more information about TextBri...

Page 142: ...4 21 Automatic processing 4 5 5 7 Automatic zoning 5 33 6 8 Autorun program 2 9 B Basic operations 4 9 Before starting to OCR 4 2 Black and white images 1 11 Built in proofreader 1 7 C Cell tables 5 2...

Page 143: ...Instant Access to TextBridge 5 17 New Page Type 6 11 Open 5 4 Page Type Settings 5 31 6 11 Page Type 5 4 Recognizing 5 11 Save As 5 11 Save Training Data 6 17 Save Zone Template 6 10 Training 6 16 Zon...

Page 144: ...ages 1 4 1 11 3 4 Grid lines 5 29 6 3 H Help system x 4 20 HTML output 1 9 I Image documents 3 2 default location 5 5 6 3 procedure for opening 5 3 Image file formats supported 1 11 1 13 Image process...

Page 145: ...21 Manual processing 4 8 5 20 Manual zoning 1 9 Memory requirements 2 5 Microprocessor needed to run TextBridge Pro 2 5 Microsoft Word RTF 1 13 Modifying page types 5 31 Monitors 2 5 N New Page Type d...

Page 146: ...rocessing tab 3 12 scanner tab 3 11 Page types 1 7 2 2 3 2 4 10 comparing 5 31 creating 6 11 modifying 5 31 Pagis Pro and TextBridge Pro 2 8 Picture zone 4 14 Previewing the page 4 12 5 24 Processing...

Page 147: ...Resizing a zone 5 35 Retain page layout 1 6 3 4 5 12 Retain pictures 3 5 5 12 Reverse video 5 24 RTF 1 13 Running multiple copies of TextBridge 5 15 S Sample documents 5 2 folder 5 5 location of 5 5 6...

Page 148: ...e version number xii Spreadsheet recomposition 1 6 Standalone application 3 6 Starting a new document 6 13 Starting TextBridge 4 3 Steps for manual processing 4 8 Suspect word box 5 26 System requirem...

Page 149: ...ements 2 5 dynamic training 1 8 files from older versions 2 7 Help system 4 20 4 23 Image view 5 6 installing 2 9 Instant Access to 1 4 3 7 5 14 interactive training 6 14 language packs 1 2 2 5 langua...

Page 150: ...cuments it can OCR 1 10 uninstalling 2 6 2 13 user assistance 4 20 Web site 1 3 4 25 Welcome window 4 20 zone templates 1 9 Thumbnail 4 3 Tips 1 6 4 22 Train OCR 1 8 6 14 Training data 1 9 6 14 files...

Page 151: ...1 4 2 5 Word Image window 5 26 X Xerox PARC 1 10 Z Zone order 4 15 Zone templates 1 9 6 7 files from older versions of TextBridge 2 7 saving 6 9 Zones 1 9 4 14 5 23 automatic 1 7 5 10 5 23 6 8 changi...

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