Using Pagis Pro
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Each layer is stored in an optimal resolution and bit-depth,
enabling you to process the document through any of the Pagis
functions.
For example, the text layer is stored at 300 or 400 dots per inch
resolution in one-bit binary (black and white) color depth. This
enables you to index the document for full search and retrieval. It
also enables you to OCR the document so you can use the actual
text in your word processor or other application.
The photographs and other pictures in the document are stored
as 24-bit color segments typically in 75–200 dots per inch
resolution. This enables you, for example, to copy and edit a
photograph from a scanned document in your graphics editing
software. It also enables an OCR’d document in your word
processor to include the color pictures from the original
document.
The background tint and text color layers are present so that
if you print or OCR a document, the output remains true to the
original.
To maintain the small file size, Pagis Pro provides optimal data
compression to each layer in the XIF file.
What this means is that you can scan a full-color magazine
article and save it in a file smaller than 100,000 bytes on your
hard drive. With conventional scanning software, and no file
compres-sion, the same file would be upwards of 10 million bytes
in size.
Enhanced context menu
When you right-click on any file in Windows, a context menu
appears with commands such as Open, Print, Copy, Create
Shortcut, and so on.
For XIF files, Pagis Pro adds a number of commands to this context
menu—Thumbnail, Stack Documents, Unstack Documents,
Unstack Current Page, and Convert Format (Figure 4–10).
See the following subsections for information about using these
commands.