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Scanning with an ADF
The best way to scan multi-page documents is with an Automatic Document Feeder (ADF).
Simply load pages in the correct order into the ADF. You can scan double-sided documents
with an ADF. A duplex scanner will manage this automatically.
Scanning without an ADF
Using OmniPage’s scanner interface, you can scan multi-page documents efficiently from a
flatbed scanner, even without an ADF. Select Automatically scan pages in the Scanner panel
of the Options dialog box, and define a pause value in seconds. Then the scanner will make
scanning passes automatically, pausing between each scan by the defined number of seconds,
giving you time to place the next page.
Scanning to OmniPage and workflows
Go to Tools / Options / Scanners to choose an action to be performed when a button on your
local scanner is pushed. This can be simple scanning resulting in images loaded into
OmniPage. It is also possible to select a scanner-based workflow from those you have created
or choose to be prompted to select a workflow whenever the button is pressed. Use the
Control Panel button to associate OmniPage with a scanner event (a scanner button being
pressed). Then a button press launches OmniPage, runs the workflow and sends the results to
the defined target, with or without interaction.
In OmniPage Professional this feature can also be used to initiate barcode-driven workflows
(see Chapter 4, page 79).
Document-to-document conversion
In OmniPage Professional 18 you can open not only image
files, but also documents created in word-processing and
similar applications. Supported file types include .doc, .xls,
.ppt, .rtf, .wpd and others. Click the Load Files button in the
OmniPage Toolbox or select the Load Files command under Get Page, in
the File menu. In the Load Files dialog box, choose Documents. When
you are finished, you can choose from a wide variety of document file
types for saving. These conversions require Nuance PDF Create to be
installed.