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Linked fields appear in the

Links

list box.

• Select a link in the

Links

list box and click

Unlink

to unlink it.

• Click

Unlink All

to unlink all fields.

• Select

Recalculate Imported Records According to Form’s

Calculations

when it is selectable to apply existing calculations

to the imported records.

Click

Range...

to open the Record Range dialog box to specify a

range of records to import.
Otherwise, OmniForm Filler imports all records by default.

• Type the first record number to import in the

From

text box and

the last record number of the range to import in the

text box.

• Click

to return to the Import dialog box.

Click

when you are done linking fields.

OmniForm Filler imports the information into the selected
fields, creating as many new records as necessary in the
process.

10 Click

in the dialog box that tells you how many records

were imported successfully.

Содержание OMNIFORM 3

Страница 1: ...OmniForm Filler User s Manual Version 3 0 for Windows 95 and NT CAERE CORPORATION 100 Cooper Court Los Gatos California USA 95032 3321...

Страница 2: ...ou have questions about how to use menu commands dialog boxes scroll bars or edit boxes OmniForm Filler User s Manual Version 3 0 for Windows 95 and NT 800 1284 030 A Copyright 1998 Caere Corporation...

Страница 3: ...manage information databases print and mail forms to other users This chapter gives an overview of the form filling and information management capabilities OmniForm Filler provides as well as an expl...

Страница 4: ...dation could specify that a field must contain a specific type of information OmniForm Filler would display a prompt if you tried to enter incorrect information Field Calculations A form can be set up...

Страница 5: ...ut the manual Italicized Text Labeled buttons menu commands dialog box text and any text in an onscreen form are italicized for example Choose Open in the File menu Menu titles icon names dialog box n...

Страница 6: ...Documentation 4 Introduction Symbols Two symbols are used in this manual to highlight text This symbol means Note It introduces a tip or an item of note This symbol means Warning It introduces cautio...

Страница 7: ...2 Installation and Setup This chapter describes how to install OmniForm Filler and begin using it including the following sections System Requirements Registering OmniForm Filler Installing OmniForm...

Страница 8: ...form Install your scanner and test it in Windows according to the manufacturer s instructions before using it with OmniForm OmniForm Filler 3 0 for Windows 95 and Windows NT is a 32 bit application a...

Страница 9: ...rt automatically If it does not click Start in the Taskbar and choose Settings Control Panel The Control Panel appears Double click Add Remove Programs The Add Remove Programs Properties dialog box ap...

Страница 10: ...ose Programs Caere Applications OmniForm Filler 3 0 The OmniForm Filler window appears 2 Click the Open button or choose Open in the File menu The Open dialog box appears 3 Select a form to open and c...

Страница 11: ...With Forms This chapter describes the basics of working with forms including Opening a Form The OmniForm Filler Window Moving Through Fields Filling Fields Spell Checking Saving Your Form Printing a...

Страница 12: ...To open a form 1 Click Start in the Taskbar and choose Programs Caere Applications OmniForm Filler 3 0 2 Click the Open button in the standard toolbar or choose Open in the File menu The Open dialog b...

Страница 13: ...ns as shortcuts to commonly used menu commands A form contains fields You can enter information in a field such as text in a Name field or a check mark in a check box field By default fillable fields...

Страница 14: ...s the same as choosing its corresponding menu command All these corresponding menu commands are explained in online help You can also drag the standard toolbar to any other location in the OmniForm Fi...

Страница 15: ...cursor in the first field Next field Press the Tab Previous field Press Shift Tab Next line in a fill text field Press Enter to move to the next line in a multiple line fill text field End of a line...

Страница 16: ...Selection on page 3 14 Type Ahead As you begin to enter a word in a fill text object OmniForm Filler will automatically complete the word This works only when there is previously filled information t...

Страница 17: ...check box field can contain one of three marks a check mark an X or a fill Check boxes are commonly used for Yes No questions and for selecting an item in a group as in the next two examples Check bo...

Страница 18: ...k box fields You would click this cell to fill it in the same way as a check box field Fill Graphic A fill graphic field contains a graphic you select You can import an existing graphic or you can use...

Страница 19: ...phic field while keeping its exact proportions Select Stretch to Fit to change your graphic s original shape and size to fit in the fill graphic field Depending on the shape of the fill graphic field...

Страница 20: ...u want to be able to see information behind the graphic Whether a graphic prints transparently depends on your printer driver See your printer documentation for information Deselect Transparent if you...

Страница 21: ...on page 3 9 and then return to step 7 on this page 7 Place the page with the graphic that you want in your scanner making sure it is aligned correctly 8 Click OK OmniForm Filler scans the graphic and...

Страница 22: ...red by the creator to Require that you enter information in a field and do not leave it blank Require that you enter specific information in a field Require both of the above Require that you choose f...

Страница 23: ...ctures or text Usually these objects have been inserted to provide the form with more information For example you may see an icon in your form such as the one pictured below In the OmniForm program th...

Страница 24: ...cking the Form Language Selection 1 Choose Options in the Tools menu The Options dialog box appears 2 Click the International tab The Language selection is grayed out but readable Dictionaries for all...

Страница 25: ...ing the Current Form selection could cause OmniForm Filler to reformat data already entered Spell Checking Your Form 1 Click the Spelling button in the standard toolbar or choose Spelling in the Tools...

Страница 26: ...niForm Filler saves automatically There is no save command but there is a Save As command Use the Save As command to save a form to another location or with a different file name Printing a Form This...

Страница 27: ...to assemble multiple printed copies in the proper sequence This option is available if your form has more than one page and your printer supports collating 5 Enter offset measurements under Print off...

Страница 28: ...formation To print your form as a macro a macro number must have been assigned to the form in the OmniForm program Consult your OmniForm administrator or the form s creator if you need to assign a mac...

Страница 29: ...installed to mail a form Selecting a Mail System 1 Choose Options in the Tools menu The Options dialog box appears 2 Click the General tab OmniForm Filler selects your installed mail application by d...

Страница 30: ...o send If you do not specify a range OmniForm Filler will send all records by default Select All Records to send all records in the current database Select Current Record Set to send the current found...

Страница 31: ...fied Adding a Routing Slip Microsoft Exchange Outlook users can add a routing slip to mail See the Microsoft Exchange Outlook documentation for detailed information To add a routing slip 1 Open the fo...

Страница 32: ...them there manually As an original form This is a partially designed form You can fill in highlighted fields Some of the form can be edited in the OmniForm program An original form maintains its origi...

Страница 33: ...m usage option Select Use Designed Form to view the form as it was designed by another person Select Use Original Form to view the form as it looked originally This option is not available if the form...

Страница 34: ...Form Usage Options 24 Working With Forms...

Страница 35: ...Managing a Database 1 Chapter 4 Managing a Database This chapter introduces basic database concepts including the following sections What Is a Database Managing Database Records...

Страница 36: ...the first record in a new database Any user of this database can create a new blank form using the record as a template and then fill in new information to create another record This makes it possible...

Страница 37: ...ting Information Using OmniForm Filler Data Files Importing Information The form you open becomes the first record of a new database as soon as you fill in a field You can then create new records with...

Страница 38: ...ield OmniForm Filler cannot create a new record until you fill at least one field in an empty form A form with fields filled only by automatic calculations such as a date field is still considered emp...

Страница 39: ...Duplicating Records You can duplicate any record in a database as long as it has information entered in at least one field This is useful if you want to create records that will contain much of the sa...

Страница 40: ...base First Record Click the First Record button or choose Go To in the Records menu and First in its cascading menu to move to the first record in your database Previous Record Click the Previous Reco...

Страница 41: ...w record Searching Records for Information A database can contain a tremendous amount of information If you had to search manually through hundreds of records in your database to find a particular rec...

Страница 42: ...else in the Customer field Make sure you have no extra spaces after your entry If for example you typed in an extra space then OmniForm Filler would search for the Franich Halsey entry plus a space i...

Страница 43: ...up to the entry name itself begins with find records that begin with the Value entry This search finds records that have Franich Halsey as the entry or at the beginning of an entry in the Customer fi...

Страница 44: ...r field Be careful when selecting contains as one of your conditions In a search for the value male for example your search would include any records that contained the word male It would therefore al...

Страница 45: ...ave a found set open from a previous search 6 Click OK OmniForm Filler searches for and retrieves all records that contain the information you specified in the Search dialog box Under the standard too...

Страница 46: ...To sort records 1 Choose Sort in the Records menu The Sort dialog box appears 2 Select the field by which to sort in the Field Name drop down list All the fields in your form are listed here 3 Select...

Страница 47: ...he new calculation and reflect this rate Older records would not reflect the new calculation because the original rate was correct at the time If another new calculation was added to the same expense...

Страница 48: ...to apply the new or changed calculation to just the record you are viewing Select From To to apply the new or changed calculation to a range of records Enter a number in the From and To text boxes If...

Страница 49: ...n the form in the OmniForm program Contact your OmniForm administrator or the form s creator if you need data protection turned off To delete the current record 1 Choose Delete Record in the Records m...

Страница 50: ...h a record or records 1 Choose Refresh Record or Refresh All Records in the Records menu If you have chosen Refresh all Records OmniForm Filler auto matically checks to see if any record has been upda...

Страница 51: ...base file takes up considerably less disk space than the database itself It can be copied or mailed more quickly than the entire database Share information from different databases For example you mig...

Страница 52: ...dialog box 3 Click OK The Export As dialog box appears A file name appears in the File name text box The file is named by default with the name of the currently open database You can change the file n...

Страница 53: ...ield on the right and click Remove if you decide not to export its information 7 If you want to specify a range of records to import Click Range to open the Record Range dialog box Otherwise OmniForm...

Страница 54: ...database driver you can export up to 255 fields at a time To export your data to an available data source 1 Select Export in the File menu The Export Setup dialog box appears 2 Select ODBC Database i...

Страница 55: ...s useful for sharing data especially if you want to send another user just part of a database To set up the shared form location 1 Select or create a folder for your shared OmniForm Filler forms 2 In...

Страница 56: ...s contains information exported from an OmniForm Filler database Any supported database source such as FoxPro Available sources depend on the installed database drivers An OmniForm Mailable Filler Dat...

Страница 57: ...ile Select a data source in the Available Data Sources list box to import files from another database source You can also add delete and set up data sources 4 Click OK The type of dialog box that appe...

Страница 58: ...ds you can import from the other database appear on the right 7 Link fields on the left to fields on the right This tells OmniForm Filler which field data to import from the other database and where t...

Страница 59: ...open the Record Range dialog box to specify a range of records to import Otherwise OmniForm Filler imports all records by default Type the first record number to import in the From text box and the l...

Страница 60: ...Managing Database Records 26 Managing a Database...

Страница 61: ...ides technical information on such topics as program operation and compatible file formats This chapter contains the following sections General Troubleshooting Solutions OmniForm Filler Setup Issues U...

Страница 62: ...lications are functioning properly Make sure that your system meets all requirements as listed in System Requirements on page 2 2 If you are using a scanner make sure the scanner is plugged in and tur...

Страница 63: ...r setup program Setup Program Requests the Same Disk Exit the program and restart your computer if the Setup program repeatedly requests the same disk If this does not solve the problem and the correc...

Страница 64: ...your computer Back up files and records outside your Omnifill folder if you want to save them To uninstall OmniForm Filler in Windows 95 1 Exit from OmniForm Filler 2 Click Start in the Taskbar and ch...

Страница 65: ...ble conflict See your device documentation A SCSI termination problem Make sure the scanner is terminated properly See your scanner documentation A memory related problem Try closing open windows and...

Страница 66: ...that support object linking and embedding OLE If you create a new object rather than creating one from a file OmniForm Filler launches and the Open dialog box appears Select an OmniForm form in the di...

Страница 67: ...lick System in the Control Panel The System Properties dialog box appears 3 Click the Performance tab All memory information appears in this tab See your Windows documentation or the Windows online he...

Страница 68: ...a time add more RAM to your system Low Disk Space Check your Temp folder for unnecessary files if you seem to be running out of disk space too quickly Files are stored here especially after a system h...

Страница 69: ...or higher FoxPro 2 0 or higher Paradox 3 x or higher text based and CSV files E mail Programs Microsoft Exchange Outlook Lotus cc Mail Notes 2 0 and above Graphic Formats OmniForm can import the foll...

Страница 70: ...re you have assigned a Macro Number If this has been assigned then the current printer may not support macros See Printing Your Form as a Macro on page 3 18 for information The current word cannot be...

Страница 71: ...support information for the United States Canada and the European Community Please refer to these pages if you need product support You must be registered to receive product support Complete and send...

Страница 72: ...Caere Product Support 12 Technical Information...

Страница 73: ...the next typed character will appear data The plural of datum used here to refer to any information entered in a field such as text and numbers database A collection of similar information stored as...

Страница 74: ...able fields You can print fax or mail this type of form Object Linking and Embedding OLE A feature that enables users to insert and use objects created in other applications into a form ODBC An acrony...

Страница 75: ...ns for basic file operation such as saving and printing and for moving through records in a database text file A file containing information in text form its contents are interpreted as characters enc...

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