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Workflows
A workflow contains a series of processing steps and their settings.
It can be saved for repeated use whenever you have a task needing
the same processing. Workflows usually begin with a scanning or
loading step, but they can also start from the document currently
open in OmniPage. After that, they do not have to conform to the
traditional 1-2-3 processing pattern. Usually a workflow will
include a recognition step, but this is not compulsory. For instance,
page images can be saved to image files in a different file type or to
an OmniPage Document. With or without OCR, any number of
saving steps are possible, even to different targets, each with their
own export settings.
Workflows are designed for efficient whole-docum
ent proce
ssing.
They can also handle recognizing or saving single or selected pages
from a document.
Some workflows run without user inte
raction. Workflows needing
interaction are those with a manual image enhancement step, a
manual zoning step, a proofing/editing step, the ones when run-
time prompting is requested for input or output file names and
paths, or scanning workflows prompting for more pages.
Batch Manager jobs are closely related
to workflows.
Jobs are
created in the Job Wizard which uses the Workflow Assistant in
the creation process. Jobs run workflows according to the job
parameters (mostly timing instructions) and it is more typical for
them to run unattended.