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User’s Guide

Summary of Contents for TextBridge Pro 9.0

Page 2: ...s for a particular purpose Some 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...

Page 3: ...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 6 Other Features 1 8 Documents TextBr...

Page 4: ...Bridge 2 9 Scanner Setup 2 12 Setting Up Instant Access to TextBridge 2 13 Uninstalling TextBridge 2 15 Where to Go From Here 2 16 3 OCR AND BASIC TEXTBRIDGE OPERATIONS What is TextBridge OCR 3 2 Page...

Page 5: ...e 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 Help 4 22 Using the TextBridge Web Sit...

Page 6: ...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 Go Fr...

Page 7: ...d in the documentation Before going on to find out more about TextBridge please read this preface because it describes these important items About this user s guide Related documentation Technical sup...

Page 8: ...ts 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 TextBr...

Page 9: ...te strong emphasis italic Denotes titles of other user s guides or books and generic representations of file name entries in examples for example filename monospace Denotes text that appears on the co...

Page 10: ...Notes These provide the most up to date information about TextBridge During installation you can access the Release Notes from the installation menu After installation you can access the Release Notes...

Page 11: ...ion about contacting TextBridge Technical Support is provided in the TextBridge Help menu The following information will assist Technical Support in solving the problem Your software version number Th...

Page 12: ...formats Output text file formats Output image file formats BASIC OCR CONCEPTS OCR technology enables you to convert paper documents into fully editable text on your computer Originally OCR technology...

Page 13: ...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 document re...

Page 14: ...ex for recomposition by TextBridge as well as your word processor As a result the text and pictures are retained but the full layout is not FEATURES AND BENEFITS TextBridge offers many features design...

Page 15: ...ose to retain layout Flexible multi page document handling Ability to view and manipulate the pages of a document using the page thumbnails Zone multiple pages before recognition Process the pages of...

Page 16: ...programs such as Lotus cc Mail Microsoft Outlook and America Online AOL Integration with the latest scanners TextBridge works with the most recent scanners The ScanSoft Web site at www scansoft com p...

Page 17: ...eproduces multiple columns tables and pictures and keeps them in the same location as they are in your original document For example when you specify output to the Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect...

Page 18: ...utomatically recognized zones to further refine the zoning Use zone editing to increase the accuracy and efficiency of page processing by reshaping zones specifying the language and renumbering them B...

Page 19: ...ages in BMP PCX DCX TIFF and XIF formats that originate from fax modems and other sources For more information see the Input Image File Formats section in this chapter Deferred processing TextBridge e...

Page 20: ...sable training data After you interactively train OCR you can save the training data in a file You can reload this training file for similar documents of the same page type Using this training file as...

Page 21: ...opied 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 and l...

Page 22: ...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 23: ...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 ps Pro...

Page 24: ...ageMaker and WordPad See the documentation 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 late...

Page 25: ...er 4 It also explains how to view zone train and proofread your document in TextBridge and edit your document in your word processor Chapters 5 and 6 provide sample sessions The Help system provides a...

Page 26: ...fically it covers these topics What comes with TextBridge Supported scanners Installing and testing your scanner System requirements Before Installing TextBridge Installing TextBridge Setting up TextB...

Page 27: ...o the 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 are kept up t...

Page 28: ...by ScanSoft 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 y...

Page 29: ...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 30: ...AM We recommend 32 MB for the best performance Microsoft Windows 95 98 or 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 A hard disk with a minimum of 20 MB of free space in which to install TextBridge This enables installat...

Page 31: ...9 0 for OCR Click Yes to use this version of TextBridge with Pagis If you click No this version of TextBridge is installed separately from your previous version and Pagis will continue to use the prev...

Page 32: ...to quit the uninstall process 6 Click OK to restart your computer With these steps finished TextBridge is removed from your PC If you have saved any user dictionary training zone template or text file...

Page 33: ...may include special installation instructions known issues in depth information about using TextBridge with specific scanners and other programs and other technical information View Online Documentat...

Page 34: ...running If you typically run programs in the background close them as well There should be no applications listed in the task bar and no floating toolbars on the Windows desktop You can press CTRL AL...

Page 35: ...ion ends without installing TextBridge 6 The User Information dialog box appears Enter your name the name of your company if applicable and the TextBridge serial number then click Next The serial numb...

Page 36: ...stem the TextBridge Assistant and its associated files the sample document images and the Scheduler We recommend installing all of these components because they provide valuable tools that help you to...

Page 37: ...ete the TextBridge setup We recommend that you restart immediately However if you want to perform other activities before restarting click No Congratulations TextBridge setup is now complete and your...

Page 38: ...xtBridge from the File menu of another program TextBridge starts recognizes your pages and then pastes the results at the cursor in the open document You can use the TextBridge Instant Access Control...

Page 39: ...Panel dialog box appears TextBridge automatically lists the programs from which Instant Access is available as well as any programs that are currently open TextBridge excludes any programs known not t...

Page 40: ...lick TextBridge Uninstall The TextBridge Uninstall dialog box appears 5 Click Yes to continue the uninstall process Click No to quit the uninstall process 6 The Uninstall Complete dialog box appears C...

Page 41: ...train and proofread your document in TextBridge and edit your document in your word processor Chapters 5 and 6 provide sample sessions The Help system provides a complete reference to the TextBridge...

Page 42: ...fically it covers these topics What comes with TextBridge Supported scanners Installing and testing your scanner System requirements Before Installing TextBridge Installing TextBridge Setting up TextB...

Page 43: ...o the 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 are kept up t...

Page 44: ...by ScanSoft 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 y...

Page 45: ...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 46: ...AM We recommend 32 MB for the best performance Microsoft Windows 95 98 or 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 A hard disk with a minimum of 20 MB of free space in which to install TextBridge This enables installat...

Page 47: ...9 0 for OCR Click Yes to use this version of TextBridge with Pagis If you click No this version of TextBridge is installed separately from your previous version and Pagis will continue to use the prev...

Page 48: ...to quit the uninstall process 6 Click OK to restart your computer With these steps finished TextBridge is removed from your PC If you have saved any user dictionary training zone template or text file...

Page 49: ...may include special installation instructions known issues in depth information about using TextBridge with specific scanners and other programs and other technical information View Online Documentat...

Page 50: ...running If you typically run programs in the background close them as well There should be no applications listed in the task bar and no floating toolbars on the Windows desktop You can press CTRL AL...

Page 51: ...ion ends without installing TextBridge 6 The User Information dialog box appears Enter your name the name of your company if applicable and the TextBridge serial number then click Next The serial numb...

Page 52: ...stem the TextBridge Assistant and its associated files the sample document images and the Scheduler We recommend installing all of these components because they provide valuable tools that help you to...

Page 53: ...ete the TextBridge setup We recommend that you restart immediately However if you want to perform other activities before restarting click No Congratulations TextBridge setup is now complete and your...

Page 54: ...xtBridge from the File menu of another program TextBridge starts recognizes your pages and then pastes the results at the cursor in the open document You can use the TextBridge Instant Access Control...

Page 55: ...Panel dialog box appears TextBridge automatically lists the programs from which Instant Access is available as well as any programs that are currently open TextBridge excludes any programs known not t...

Page 56: ...lick TextBridge Uninstall The TextBridge Uninstall dialog box appears 5 Click Yes to continue the uninstall process Click No to quit the uninstall process 6 The Uninstall Complete dialog box appears C...

Page 57: ...train and proofread your document in TextBridge and edit your document in your word processor Chapters 5 and 6 provide sample sessions The Help system provides a complete reference to the TextBridge...

Page 58: ...tings 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 Setti...

Page 59: ...elect 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 your ow...

Page 60: ...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 61: ...tain page layout 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 the same position in...

Page 62: ...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 63: ...ows 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 comp...

Page 64: ...t 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 addition you can use Instant Access by sta...

Page 65: ...gnize 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 specify w...

Page 66: ...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 67: ...n your 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 pa...

Page 68: ...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 69: ...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 settin...

Page 70: ...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 Select...

Page 71: ...ecify 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 on the original page A related set...

Page 72: ...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 73: ...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 are di...

Page 74: ...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 of your document is...

Page 75: ...to process simple and complex documents refer to Chapter 4 It also explains how to start TextBridge and use the Help system See chapter 5 for sample sessions using sample documents that teach you to u...

Page 76: ...nition This chapter describes what you can do with the most basic capabilities of TextBridge The topics presented in this chapter are in the following list Before you Begin Ways You Can Use TextBridge...

Page 77: ...t 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 all similar...

Page 78: ...bnails make it easier for you to select and redo a poorly recognized page insert a page delete a page reorder pages or recognize a specific page Process pages in any order Zone multiple pages before r...

Page 79: ...lick the TextBridge Pro 9 0 icon 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 P...

Page 80: ...s of recognition TextBridge also allows you to automatically save and open the recognized documents in another application such as a word processor or editor The following steps describe the automatic...

Page 81: ...the More Pages button in the Add More Pages to Scanner dialog box Figure 4 3 to scan another page or Click the Other Side button to scan the other side of two sided pages or Click the Done button whe...

Page 82: ...a two sided document Click to scan more pages Figure 4 3 Add Pages to Scanner dialog box 3 Save the text with any picture s in a file format of your choice Figure 4 4 Save the document using the Save...

Page 83: ...top the page recognition 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 pa...

Page 84: ...read the results of recognition Correct any errors using the tools in the Text view 6 Save the text and picture s in a file format of your choice Check the Open file when done option in the Save As di...

Page 85: ...arrow on the Get Pages button to select the source of the page image your scanner scanner feeder or image file Figure 4 5 Click the drop down arrow to display page image source options Figure 4 5 Sele...

Page 86: ...ulates all the processing settings Most documents can be processed using the default setting Any Page b w If you wish to select a different setting click the Page Type button and select a different pa...

Page 87: ...g TextBridge displays the image of each page in the Image view Figure 4 8 Processing stops after TextBridge gets pages and displays the image of the original page At this point you can perform one or...

Page 88: ...ncel the process by creating a new file or opening another file Look at the properties of the page Continue processing the page You can use the Image Tab toolbar or View and Page menu commands to exam...

Page 89: ...cture 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...

Page 90: ...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 91: ...these less common activities related to zones Find and edit the cell structure of a table View or change the properties of a zone Use the same zoning for subsequent pages of the same document Save the...

Page 92: ...re displayed in the same location as in the original page Proofreading tools Original image View area Figure 4 10 Proofreading the page using the Proofreading tools Words that TextBridge suspects may...

Page 93: ...her the automatic or manual process Note You can add pages to your document or save the recognized pages without proofreading the current page Saving the Document After you finish proofreading the doc...

Page 94: ...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 95: ...line user s guide Release Notes and Web sites with direct connections from the program This section describes the following user assistance Using the Welcome Screen Using the Show Me How window Using...

Page 96: ...ls Scan a document into your word processor OCR an existing image file such as a fax file or a TIF file OCR part of a page rather than the entire page Click on the activity that you want to learn abou...

Page 97: ...Help The Help system provides general information about TextBridge including getting started instructions and step by step procedures for most operations Use the How Do I section to look for answers...

Page 98: ...and Select the menu item and click F1 You can get Help by using the main Help Topics window Figure 4 13 and by performing one of the activities in the following list Select a topic from a book in the...

Page 99: ...the latest product information an up to date scanner list tips and links to related Web sites Select Visit TextBridge Web Site from the Help menu to see this information WHERE TO GO FROM HERE Proceed...

Page 100: ...plained 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 includin...

Page 101: ...iles Samples This is the default location for these files however you may have installed TextBridge in another location The sample documents are complex xif dual page tif fax pcx letter tif multipage...

Page 102: ...tif Figure 5 1 Figure 5 1 Letter sample document To find and open a sample document 1 Select the page source Click the drop down arrow on the Get Pages button to select Image File 2 Select the page t...

Page 103: ...ect 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 The default folder Samples is open The sample files are listed in t...

Page 104: ...the following location from the Look In box in the Get Pages dialog box C Program Files TextBridge Pro 9 0 Image Files Samples This is the default location unless you installed TextBridge in another...

Page 105: ...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 return to the original TextBridge screen N...

Page 106: ...the sample document 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 recogniti...

Page 107: ...e 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 to select Any Page b w Figure 5 5...

Page 108: ...ton 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 tif...

Page 109: ...ro User s Guide Figure 5 7 TextBridge Getting Page dialog box TextBridge then zones the page and identifies text tables and pictures as shown in the Zoning dialog box Figure 5 8 Figure 5 8 TextBridge...

Page 110: ...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 111: ...ut 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 original page Text tables...

Page 112: ...ment 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 spell check the document and make any other changes in your word...

Page 113: ...ion For this learning session use the sample document named letter This document has a single column of text and a logo The procedure is similar to processing a simple document in Session 1 In this se...

Page 114: ...hich 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 the Wi...

Page 115: ...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 available...

Page 116: ...g box 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 wel...

Page 117: ...sing 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 the Output b...

Page 118: ...ction 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 page layout view the recognized document sho...

Page 119: ...s 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 session...

Page 120: ...ype specifies Color scan Letter page size 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 Cl...

Page 121: ...ck 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 alre...

Page 122: ...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 123: ...e shortcut menu click Properties Then in the Properties dialog box click the Type of zone you desire Note You cannot change locked picture zones Reverse video text must be in a separate text zone that...

Page 124: ...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 125: ...t 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 enti...

Page 126: ...ul 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 process...

Page 127: ...processing applications If you prefer another name enter the new name in the File name box Make any other changes then click the Save button TextBridge formats the document and saves the file Check to...

Page 128: ...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 column...

Page 129: ...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 automatically specifies the f...

Page 130: ...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 131: ...ettings 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 box...

Page 132: ...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 133: ...ral 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 in to...

Page 134: ...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 135: ...ts 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 recogn...

Page 136: ...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 137: ...e page type will be restored 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 Additional learning s...

Page 138: ...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 IN A...

Page 139: ...ning 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 changed...

Page 140: ...sses the page image it displays the page in the image view 4 Click the Find Zones button TextBridge automatically finds the zones on the page Notice that the table is zoned with lines marking the cell...

Page 141: ...order Draw visible cell table border Figure 6 3 Table editing tools You can use these tools to correct any errors in the recognition of the cell borders 6 Click on the page outside the table The zonin...

Page 142: ...Advanced Sample Sessions 6 5 Figure 6 4 Table in Text view 8 Click the Save As button The Save As dialog box appears Figure 6 5 next page...

Page 143: ...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 Retain layou...

Page 144: ...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 zon...

Page 145: ...t 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 you to...

Page 146: ...ed 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 Templates dialog box appears Figure 6 7 next...

Page 147: ...ou 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 prov...

Page 148: ...ne b w dialog box 7 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...

Page 149: ...ype Settings dialog box Figure 6 10 Zone template selected Figure 6 10 Page Type Settings with zone template selected 8 Select the zone template in the Settings dialog box Click As zoned by template S...

Page 150: ...Select the new page type Click the Page Type button Select My Newsletter in the Page Type dialog box Click OK 11 Click the Auto button The Get Pages dialog box appears 12 In the Get Pages dialog box...

Page 151: ...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 train T...

Page 152: ...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 153: ...ed 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 OCR...

Page 154: ...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 155: ...e name Check Open file when done 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 dial...

Page 156: ...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 157: ...r 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 TextBridge pl...

Page 158: ...1 6 Assistant 1 5 4 21 Automatic processing 4 5 5 8 Automatic zoning 5 33 6 8 Autorun program 2 9 B Basic operations 4 9 Before starting to OCR 4 2 Built in proofreader 1 7 C Cell tables 5 29 6 3 Cha...

Page 159: ...11 Page Type Settings 5 31 6 11 Page Type 5 4 Recognizing 5 11 Save As 5 12 Save Training Data 6 17 Save Zone Template 6 10 Training 6 16 Zoning 5 10 Dictionary 5 27 Displaying zone numbers 4 15 Docu...

Page 160: ...images 1 4 1 11 3 4 Grid lines 5 29 6 3 H Help system x 4 20 HTML output 1 8 I Image documents 3 2 procedure for opening 5 3 Image file formats supported 1 11 1 13 Image processing 1 8 Image view 5 7...

Page 161: ...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 dialog box 6 11 Not a Word button 6 17 O OCR 1 1...

Page 162: ...1 original page tab 3 9 processing tab 3 11 scanner tab 3 10 Page types 1 7 2 2 3 2 4 10 creating 6 11 modifying 5 31 Pagis Pro and TextBridge Pro 2 6 Picture zone 4 14 Previewing the page 4 12 5 24 P...

Page 163: ...layout 1 6 3 4 5 12 Retain pictures 3 5 5 13 Reverse video 5 24 RTF 1 13 Running multiple copies of TextBridge 5 15 S Sample documents 5 2 folder 5 5 procedure for opening 5 3 Save As dialog box 3 12...

Page 164: ...Starting TextBridge 4 3 Suspect word box 5 26 System requirements 2 5 T Tab tables 5 29 Tab delimited format 6 6 Table page type 3 2 Table 4 14 cell borders 6 3 editing 6 4 zone 4 14 Technical Support...

Page 165: ...6 5 14 interactive training 6 14 language packs 1 2 2 5 language recognition 3 15 learning sessions 5 1 6 1 main window 4 4 manual processing 4 8 microprocessors supported 2 5 older versions 2 6 owne...

Page 166: ...e 1 3 4 23 Welcome window 4 20 zone templates 1 9 Thumbnail 4 3 Tips 1 6 4 22 Train OCR 1 7 6 14 Training data 1 9 6 14 files from older versions of TextBridge 2 7 Training dialog box 6 16 Tutorials 5...

Page 167: ...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 changing type 5 24 dialog box 5 10 divi...

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