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Glossary Terms
3D OCR® A technology developed by Caere that uses grayscale
information to increase accuracy when recognizing scanned text
characters.
ADF See
automatic document feeder
.
AnyPage  A technology developed and licensed by Caere that
improves the combined performance of grayscale scanners and
OmniPage Pro. AnyPage uses the quality of grayscale images to
improve the recognition of scanned pages. It is especially useful for
text printed on shaded backgrounds.
auto zoning The process OmniPage Pro uses to automatically draw and
order zones on a page image.
automatic document feeder (ADF) A device that allows you to scan
multiple pages without having to place each page in the scanner. Some
ADFs are built into scanners; others are add-on products.
automatic processing Using OmniPage Pro’s AUTO button to process
an open document or a new document from start to finish according to
the selected process commands.
fax Short for facsimile machine. Fax machines scan a page, convert the
image into digital data, and send the data over a phone line to another
fax or computer. The receiving machine creates the image on paper or
stores the data on disk as a fax file.
file format The way an application records and stores information in a
file. A document’s file format must be converted in order to open it in
another application that does not support the current file format.
font In typography, a complete set of type in one size and style of
character. In computer usage, a collection of letters, numbers,
punctuation marks, and other typographical symbols with a consistent
appearance; the size can be changed readily.
font mapping Matching a font type with a particular font. OmniPage
Pro can map selected TrueType fonts to the font types that it detects in
a document during recognition.
format The form in which information on a printed page is organized
and presented, including page size, column layout, paragraph
spacing, fonts, and so on.