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Glossary Terms
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Image View The area in OmniPage Pros Document window that
displays the original page image and any zones that are drawn.
Language Analyst® A Caere technology that uses information about
language context and usage rules to evaluate text and correct likely
errors during OCR. Words replaced by the Language Analyst appear
in blue in OmniPage Pros Text View.
manual zoning The process of manually drawing zones on a page
image.
mapping See
font mapping
.
monospaced font Any font in which all characters have the same width.
For example, in Courier (a monospaced font), the letter 0 is the same
width as the letter . Thus, 00000 is the same width as .
mouse pointer A small shape on the screen that follows the movement
of the mouse. The pointer can take the shape of an arrow, an l-beam,
or other graphical character depending on the current operation.
OCR See
optical character recognition
.
OCR-A font A special font often used for items such as part numbers
and utility bills.
OmniPage Document A file that is saved in OmniPage Pros
proprietary format. OmniPage Documents can consist of original page
images, zones, and recognized text.
optical character recognition (OCR) The process of turning an image,
such as a scanned paper document or an electronic fax file, into
computer-editable text so you do not have to manually retype the text.
PICT Apple Computer's proprietary graphic file format.
pixel Short for
picture element
. A dot on the graphics screen.
point A typographic unit of measurement equal to 1/72 inch, measured
vertically. Points are used to describe font size.
proportional font Any font in which characters differ in width. For
example, in Palatino (a proportional font), the letter M is wider than
the letter l. Thus, MMMMM is wider than lllll.
recognition The OCR process. A page is
recognized
when OmniPage Pro
performs OCR on it.
reject character The character that represents unrecognizable characters
in a recognized document. A tilde (~) is the default reject character. For