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• Combine into thumbnail PDF page: This creates thumbnails of all item
pages and fits as many as possible on a PDF page.
Convert images to text
You can convert scanned documents to text by a simple drag and drop of the
thumbnail to your word processor program. PaperPort automatically processes
your scanned document using PaperPort’s OCR software, launches your word
processing program, and loads the scanned text into a document ready for
editing.
PaperPort also allows you to copy text from part of an image item for use in a text
editing, word processing, or spreadsheet program.
The OCR software processes the text and copies it to the Windows Clipboard.
Open the program in which you want to insert the text, and use Paste to paste
the text in a file.
Filling Out Scanned Forms
FormTyper
TM
is a PaperPort program that enables you to fill in forms,
such as insurance forms, registration cards, and medical forms, that you
scan to the PaperPort desktop.
You simply drag a form from
the PaperPort desktop to the
FormTyper program on the
Send To bar. FormTyper
automatically analyzes the
form, recognizes the blank
areas in which data can be
entered, and creates blank
fields for the data. So that you
can easily see where to enter
data, FormTyper underlines
each field in color.
The original items remain in their original file types.
Combining usually takes more time than stacking because of PDF generation.
PaperPort Professional can additionally combine text items. To convert a text item, the
application that created it must be available on your system.