Manual
50 TUTORIAL: PROCESSING DOCUMENTS
DEFINING THE SOURCE OF PAGE IMAGES
There are two possible image sources: from image files and from a 
scanner. There are two main types of scanners: flatbed or sheetfed. A 
scanner may have a built-in or added Automatic Document Feeder 
(ADF), which makes it easier to scan multi-page documents. The images 
from scanned documents can be input directly into OmniPage SE or may 
be saved with the scanner’s own software to an image file, which 
OmniPage SE can later open.
Input from image files
You can create image files from your own scanner, or receive them by e-
mail or as fax files. OmniPage SE can open a wide range of image file 
types; see Supported file types in chapter 6. Image files are specified in the 
Load File dialog box. This appears when you start automatic processing. 
In manual processing, click the Load File button or use the Process menu. 
The lower part of the dialog box provides advanced settings, and can be 
shown or hidden. Here it is displayed.
This is the 
current folder.
Specify the file 
type(s) you want 
listed.
This can be used for 
multipage TIFF and 
DCX files.
This is a blank 
image file for the 
saving option: "New 
file for each blank 
page".
Use Shift+ clicks or 
Ctrl+clicks to place 
more than one file in 
the File name text box.
Click Advanced to 
open the lower panel 
and Basic to close it.
Use this to add files one 
by one from different 
folders and to control 
file order precisely.










