Operation Manual

Section 8: Saving Documents
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Note that many levels of layouting are available for .doc documents. See the section Selecting the
Formatting Options for more information.
Note that Microsoft Word must be installed on your computer in order to generate DOC files.
ODT
ODT stands for "Open DocumentText". It is an open-source file format.
ODT files can be opened with any OpenOffice-compatible text processor.
See the section Selecting the Formatting Options for more information about the available layout
options.
Spreadsheet ML (xml)
SpreadsheetML is an XML dialect developed by Microsoft Inc. It is the standard spreadsheet format
in Microsoft Excel 2003. This format is useful when processing documents with lots of tables and
figures.
Specific layouting options are available for SpreadsheetML. See the section SpreadsheetML
Options for more information.
XLSX
XLSX is the standard spreadsheet file format used since Microsoft Excel 2007. XLSX files are created
using the Open XML standard. Each cell in an XLSX file can have a different formatting.
See the section Selecting the Formatting Options for more information about the available layout
options.
CSV
CSV stands for "Comma Separated Value". It is a text format for storing tabular data. In a CSV file
commas are used to separate values. This format is usually associated with Microsoft Excel on
Windows computers.
TXT
A TXT file is a standard text document that contains unformatted text. TXT files can be opened in
any text editing or word processing application.
No Layout options are available for TXT files.
HTML
HTML stands for "Hypertext Markup Language". It is the predominant markup language for web
pages. It provides a means to describe the structure and formatting of text-based information in a
document. This file format can be opened in Microsoft Excel, in Web browsers such as Internet
Explorer, and in Web page editors such as Adobe Dreamweaver.
See the section Selecting the Formatting Options for more information about the layout options.
TIF
Tif stands for "Tagged Image File". It is a high-quality graphics format that is often used for storing
images with many colors.
Select this format if you want Readiris to convert your documents into image files. No text
recognition will be done on your documents.