Operation Manual

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How to recognize forms
Note that Readiris is not designed to recognize complex forms. Readiris recognizes documents by
converting pictures of text characters and numbers into actual text and numbers. Forms, on the other
hand, contain many graphic elements such as lines, boxes, check boxes and the like, which complicate
Readiris' tasks.
Use the following rule of thumb if you try to recognize forms: if you would be able to re-create the form
fairly easily from scratch inside Microsoft Word or Pages for Mac, Readiris has a good chance of processing
it. If it would take an extraordinary effort to re-create it in Word, then Readiris will have the same difficulty.
Example
Form Readiris would not be able to process correctly