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Glossary
A4 Letter page size
An A4 size page measures 8.33" x 11.66".
accelerator key
In Windows applications, a keyboard shortcut to a menu
command.
ADF
See
automatic document feeder (ADF)
.
alphanumeric word
A word made up of the alphabetic and numeric characters
(A–Z, a–z, 0–9) in a character set. Excludes punctuation and
other symbol characters.
ASCII
Acronym for American Standard Code for Information
Interchange (pronounced “ASK-ee”). A standard that assigns
a unique binary number to each text and control character.
ASCII code is used for representing text inside a computer
and for transmitting text between computers or between a
computer and a peripheral device.
As Single Column locating method
One of Pro OCR’s three locating methods. Use it when you
want Pro OCR to read a page as a single column, from left
margin to right margin, ignoring any column or paragraph
spacing. Most commonly used for pages in which there is no
clear column or paragraph structure.
Auto OCR
Clicking this button starts automatic processing, which uses
Get Page, Locate, and Recognize according to the current
gallery settings.
Auto brightness
A feature of some scanners, by which brightness is adjusted
automatically while the page is scanned.
automatic document feeder (ADF)
Built-in or optional equipment for a scanner that lets you
automatically scan stacks of pages instead of having to place
them one at a time on the flatbed. Sometimes it’s difficult to
control the proper alignment of pages using an automatic
document feeder. Compare with
flatbed scanner
and
sheetfed scanner
.
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