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Settings Guidelines
90 - OmniPage Pro Settings
What is the quality of the original document?
Poor or not sure
Degraded copies, colored
or shaded backgrounds, run-
together or broken text
characters
Recommendations for scanning:
 Try to scan original documents rather than
copies.
 Select 3D OCR in the Scanner section of the
Settings Panel if you have a grayscale
scanner and the page has run-together or
broken text characters.
 Select Auto Brightness in the Scanner section
of the Settings Panel if you have a grayscale
scanner, and the page has crisp text on
colored or shaded backgrounds.
 Experiment with the Manual Brightness setting
if you have a black-and-white scanner.
Lighten the setting for thick, run-together text
characters and/or dark backgrounds. Darken
the setting for thin, broken text characters.
 To evaluate the effectiveness of the brightness
setting, watch the Character window that
appears during text recognition. Look for
clear, legible text samples.
Other recommendations:
 Select 3D OCR in the Images section of the
Settings Panel if you are loading a grayscale
image file that has run-together or broken text
characters.
 Modify zones to omit any smudges or
scribbles on the page. See Modifying
Zones on page 37.
Or, erase smudges from the image. See
Erasing Areas of an Image on page 56.
 Reverse white text on dark backgrounds. See
Inverting an Image on page 57.
 Select Use Language Analyst in the OCR
section of the Settings Panel.
 Choose Check Recognition... in the Edit menu
to locate possible errors after OCR.
 Ask senders to select Fine or Best mode when
they send faxes that you plan to recognize.
thick, run-together text
characters
thin, broken text
characters