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Editing Form object properties
To edit a form object directly select it then right-click the given
element to display its shortcut menu. You can edit the appearance
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 comma
nd gives you access to the
element properties such as size, position, name. Properties
dynamically vary depending on what type of element you select.
Extracting Form Data
Form data extraction (FDE) is a workflow step. Data is
extracted from elements such as fillable fields, check boxes,
and option
buttons. FDE is a simplified implementation of
the full Logical Form Recognition technology.
To create a workflow that contains form data extraction:
• Define the processing 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 incoming forms, u
sing 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.