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(File Menu in applications apart from MS Office 2007) open the

door to OCR facilities.

How to set up Direct OCR

Start the application you want connected to OmniPage. Start

OmniPage, open the Options dialog box at the General panel and

select Enable Direct OCR.

In the target application, go to Add-Ins (or the File menu in

applications other than Office 2007) > OmniPage > Acquire Text

Settings > Direct OCR, and specify OCR, Scanner, Output Format

and Direct OCR settings. Select process options for proofing and

zoning. These function for future Direct OCR work until you

change them again; they are not applied when OmniPage is used on

its own.

How to use Direct OCR

Open your application and work in a document. To acquire

recognition results from scanned pages, place them correctly in

the scanner.

2. Use the target application’s Add-Ins (or File) Menu item

Acquire Text Settings... to review your recognition settings, if

necessary.

3. Use the Add-Ins (File) Menu item Acquire Text to acquire

images from scanner or file.

4. If you selected Draw zones automatically in the Direct OCR panel

of the Options dialog box, under Acquire Text Settings...,

recognition proceeds immediately.

5. If Draw zones automatically is not selected, each page image will

be presented to you, allowing you to draw zones manually.

Click the Perform OCR button to continue with recognition.