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Contents Welcome to Kofax® Express. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Recommended Software and Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
iv Kofax Express Getting Started Guide
Welcome to Kofax® Express Introduction Kofax Express is an easy-to-use, batch-oriented document scan application capable of high-speed scanning with real-time image display, indexing, and bar code detection. VirtualReScan (VRS) technology is built into the application to ensure optimal image quality. Kofax Express can release captured content to a folder that is accessible to your document management or storage system. Kofax Express can also release content directly to Kofax Capture or Microsoft SharePoint.
Certified Operating Systems Kofax Express is certified on the following Microsoft Windows operating systems: Windows Vista (Enterprise and Business editions, 32-bit) To use Kofax Express with Windows Vista, your scanner must have a Vistacertified driver. Check with the manufacturer to confirm that your scanner will work with Windows Vista. Windows XP Professional, SP2 For updated information related to operating systems and service packs, visit the Support pages on the Kofax Web site at www.kofax.
5 When you are notified that the installation is complete, select the option to restart your computer and click Finish. Important Do not remove the Kofax Express installation disk before you restart the computer. Some additional components, including scanner drivers, may be installed from the disk after the computer is restarted. 6 Power on your scanner. Note If your scanner has a SCSI connector, you must restart the computer again once the scanner is powered on.
Kofax Express comes with two predefined scan profiles: Default: This profile supports excellent image quality for most document types. Automatic: This profile is optimized for use on high performance computers, and it also supports excellent image quality for most document types. Each time you connect to a scanner, the predefined scan profiles are refreshed with the appropriate settings. Scan profiles help save time, because they give you a convenient way to save and reuse preferred scan settings.
4 Product Identification: In the Hardware Key field, type the identification number that is attached to your Kofax Express hardware key. The other entries in the Product Identification section are pre-populated, based on existing information supplied during the installation process. You cannot update these entries. 5 Click Register Now. The predefined Scan to Desktop job is opened in the Kofax Express application window.
Viewing Documents As pages are scanned, the images are displayed in the viewer. From the status bar at the bottom of the viewer, you can select thumbnail view to view all the images at once, or single image view to view one image at a time. In either view, you can use the slider in the status bar to adjust the magnification of images. If desired, you can zoom in or zoom out while scanning is in progress. Note While the Scan Settings or VRS Corrections tabs are active, single image view is always active.
When you move the pointer to any image in the viewer, the following properties are displayed: color mode, resolution, file size, and time/date stamp. When you move the pointer to the document title, other properties are displayed: document number and number of images it contains, time/date stamp, and index field values (if applicable). For more information, see the Image Viewer topic in the Help.
Indexing Documents Kofax Express supports the ability to set up index fields to represent the content of the documents that you scan. Indexing is a two-part process: Configure the index fields before you scan. Select Key from Image to index the documents after you scan.
Releasing Documents Kofax Express can release captured content to a folder that is accessible to your document management or storage system. Kofax Express can also release content directly to Kofax Capture or Microsoft SharePoint. You configure the release settings from the Job Setup tab. Then you release the documents by selecting Release Batch from the Home tab, or by pressing Ctrl+R from any tab.
Keyboard Shortcuts This section lists common Kofax Express keyboard shortcuts. A complete list of shortcuts is available from the Keyboard Shortcuts topic in the Help.
Image Viewer Shortcuts To save time while using the image viewer, you can use the following shortcuts: Double-click an image to switch between single image and thumbnail views. Draw a rectangle to zoom in on an image while single image view is active. While single image view is active, click once on an image to fit the page in the viewing area; click again to switch to the previous zoom.
Your Kofax Express Resources This section describes the resources that are available to assist you in using Kofax Express. Online Help Kofax Express Help gives you online product assistance, including step-by-step procedures, a description of the typical task workflow, and details about the user interface. To locate information in the Help, you can use the table of contents, the index, or the full-text search feature.
Release Notes The release notes contain information that is not available in your other product documentation. To view the release notes, go to the Support pages on the Kofax Web site at www.kofax.com and select Online Documentation. Kofax Technical Support The Kofax Express technical support Web pages are available from the Kofax Web site at www.kofax.com.
