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Chapter 2 OmniPage Documents 17
Using OmniPage
OmniPage 18 uses optical character recognition (OCR) technology to transform text from
scanned pages or image files into editable text for use in your favorite computer applications.
In addition to text recognition, OmniPage can retain the following elements and attributes of a
document through the OCR process.
Graphics (photos, logos)
Form elements (checkboxes, radio buttons, text fields)
Text formatting (character and paragraph)
Page formatting (column structures, table formats, headings, placing of graphics)
Documents in OmniPage
A document in OmniPage consists of one image for each document page. After you perform
OCR, the document will also contain recognized text, displayed in the Text Editor, possibly
along with graphics, tables and form elements.
OmniPage Documents
An OmniPage Document (.opd) contains the original page images (optionally pre-
processed) with any zones placed on them. After recognition, the OPD also contains
the recognition results.
An OmniPage Document can contain an embedded user dictionary, training file,
zone template file, or an image enhancement template file. This can increase file size
considerably but makes the OPD more portable. To embed a file, open the relevant dialog box
from the Tools menu, select the desired file and click Embed. Use the Extract button to get a
local copy of an embedded file inside an OPD you have received.
When you open an OmniPage Document, its settings are applied, replacing those existing in
the program.