Operation Manual

Readiris 16 - User Guide
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DOCX, ODT, RTF
DOCX
DOCX is the standard text processor format used since Microsoft Word 2008. It is a standard format in
several applications on the Microsoft Windows operating systems.
DOCX is also supported by Pages for Mac and DOCX with simplified layout is supported in TextEdit.
ODT
ODT stands for "Open DocumentText". It is an open-source file format.
ODT files can be opened with any OpenOffice-compatible text processor.
RTF
RTF stands for "Rich Text Formatting". It is a free document file format developed by Microsoft Inc. to
facilitate document exchange.
Use the RTF format when you do not have the possibility to use the DOCX or ODT formats. It is
recommended to use Microsoft Word to open RTF documents generated by Readiris.
Layout Options
The Layout Options play an important role when generating Word processor documents (.docx, .rtf, .odt).
They determine for a large part what your final documents will look like.
Below you find a description of what each Layout option does and examples of real documents.
Note: if any Layout option is unavailable for the output format you selected, this means the option
in question is not supported.
 The option Create body text generates a continuous, running line of text. The result is a document
without any formatting. The formatting is to be done manually, by the user, in another application.
Example of body text
 The option Retain word and paragraph formatting keeps the general format structure of your
scanned document.
The font type, size and type style are maintained across the recognition process.
The tabs and the alignment of each block are recreated.
The text blocks and columns aren't recreated; the paragraphs just follow each other.
Tables are recaptured correctly.
Example of word and paragraph formatting