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or the properties of any form element here. Use the following
commands:
Form Object Appearance - use the tabs Borders, Shading and
Shadow to design the look of your form elements in a similar way as
you would do in a text-editing application.
Form Object Properties - this command gives you access to the
element properties such as size, position, name. Note that
properties dynamically vary depending on what type of element you
select.
Extracting Form Data
Form data extraction is a new workflow step. Data is
extracted from elements such as fillable fields, check boxes,
and option buttons.
To create a workflow that contains form data extraction:
• Define the input and its settings. Input types include:
image PDF, PDF form, image files and forms scanned from
paper.
• Choose Extract Form Data in place of recognition, and
specify its settings. Set an active PDF form as template. It
can be single or multi-page, filled or unfilled. The program
determines the location and type of the form fields based
on this form template.
• Finish the workflow with a saving step.
OmniPage will extract data from the form, using the specified
template. Export is to a comma-separated value text file (.csv) ready
to be loaded into a spreadsheet.
Once you select Form Data Extraction in a workflow, only saving
steps will follow.