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               OmniPage Pro 9.0 README



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  For the latest information on this product and other 

  ScanSoft products, please go to ScanSoft's Web site 

  at: www.scansoft.com.







WINDOWS 2000 PROFESSIONAL USERS 



  You need to log in as an administrator to install 

OmniPage Pro. Please note that users logging in with 

[Group Membership] set to [Restricted Users (Users Group)] 

cannot access OmniPage Pro. Users registered as 

[Administrators] or [Standard Users (Power Users Group)] 

can access the programs.







INSTALLATION AND OPERATION UNDER WINDOWS NT 4.0 



  To install OmniPage Pro on Windows NT 4.0, you need 

administrator privileges.  You must also have 

administrator privileges to uninstall OmniPage Pro.  



  For optimum color-scanning performance under Windows 

NT 4.0, increase your computer's virtual-memory allotment 

to 100 MB or more.  Windows NT will not allow you to set 

your virtual memory higher than your available free disk

space.







COMPUTER RESTART REQUIRED AFTER INSTALLATION OR 

REMOVAL



  You must restart your computer after installing 

or removing OmniPage Pro 9.







RETAINING OMNIPAGE PRO 8 FILES



  You can reuse zone template files (*.zon), training 

files (*.trn), and user dictionary files (*.ud) from 

previous versions of OmniPage Pro.  OmniPage Pro 9 

will preserve OmniPage Pro 8 dictionaries, settings, 

templates, and training files if the same installation 

folder (OmniPage Pro 8) is selected during OmniPage 

Pro 9 installation.  These files are not deleted if 

you uninstall your previous version.  They will remain 

in the data folder within the old installation folder. 



  If you have created a new folder or selected another 

folder other than Caere, you can still use these files 

with this version of OmniPage Pro by moving them to the 

data folder within your new installation folder 

(by default, OmniPagePro90) after installation.







EXPORTING LARGE GRAPHICS INTO MICROSOFT WORD



  Multiple-page color images exported to Microsoft Word 

may not load properly. Try saving the files one page at a 

time, and then loading them into Word.  You can then 

append the files within Word into one document.  If you're 

unsure whether your document will encounter trouble, save 

it as an OmniPage file (.met) first.  This will allow you 

to try saving your document in different ways without 

having to re-process it.







ORDER OF OCR PROOFREADING



  If you have performed OCR on pages of text with tables, 

the text before and after the tables will be proofread 

before the characters within the tables. 







PROOFREADING OCR DURING AUTOMATIC PROCESSING



  If you click AUTO to start automatic processing with 

Proofread OCR selected as the OCR command, the Proofread 

OCR dialog box will appear automatically after OCR. If you 

close the Proofread OCR dialog box before checking all the 

errors, you will be prompted to complete the proofreading 

process the next time you click AUTO.  To cancel the 

proofreading process in this case, change the OCR command to 

Perform OCR.







RESIZING TABLES FRAMES IN MICROSOFT WORD



  If you have selected the "True Page" output option for 

a table, and exported the result to Microsoft Word, you can

resize the frames horizontally, but not vertically.  To 

resize the framed table in Microsoft Word on either axis, 

use the Property dialog box.







WORKING WITH SPREADSHEET DOCUMENTS



  If you perform OCR on a spreadsheet document using the 

"Remove formatting" output option, an Error 6 message may

occur when trying to save the document to Microsoft 

Excel or other spreadsheet applications.  To avoid this error, 

use any of the other output format options for spreadsheet 

documents.





  For best results when recognizing spreadsheet documents,

select the "Spreadsheet" option in the AutoOCR Toolbar zone 

button.







WORKING WITH COLOR DOCUMENTS



  When working with large, color images, loading and 

switching between pages may be slow.  







POSSIBLE MACRO VIRUS-ERROR MESSAGE



  If you receive an message about a Possible Macro Virus, 

do not be concerned.  It is a false detection associated 

with the file OPFOR70.DOT.  The latest versions of McAfee 

Software does not flag the file as a problem. Older versions 

of McAfee virus-detection software cause this message to 

appear.







BLACK IMAGES APPEAR WITH ATI TECHNOLOGIES GRAPHICS CARD AND 

256-BIT COLOR DEPTH 



  If you see all-black images in OmniPage Pro's image 

viewer when your monitor is set at 256-colors and you have an 

ATI graphics card installed on Windows 98, your graphics card 

probably needs an updated software driver.  



  To download the appropriate driver for your card, go to 

this Web site: support.atitech.ca.







SCANNING CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF A DOCUMENT



  Most scanners are capable of scanning to the edge of a page. 

However, if you export to Microsoft Word or other similar word 

processors, and then print to a laser printer, a 1/4-inch (6.4 mm) 

edge border may not print.  This is a common limitation for 

laser printers.







GETTING TEXT INTO QUATTRO PRO 



  You need to copy and paste recognized text from OmniPage

Pro into Quattro Pro rather than saving to a file format 

that can be imported to Quattro Pro.





  

WORDPERFECT 5 USERS



  Importing page-wide graphics from OmniPage Pro into 

WordPerfect 5 may generate error messages.  You may want to 

split the graphic using OmniPage's zoning tools or turn off 

Retain Graphics in the Save As dialog box.







REGISTERING MICROSOFT OFFICE APPLICATIONS WITH OCR AWARE



  If you register Microsoft Office 97 applications (such as 

Word 97 and Excel 97) with OmniPage Pro's OCR Aware feature 

while these applications are open, the Acquire Text... and 

Acquire Text Settings... commands will not appear until 

you restart those applications.







DO NOT REGISTER OCR AWARE WITH OFFICE 97 ON DOUBLE-BYTE SYSTEMS



  The OCR Aware feature does not work with Microsoft Office 97 

applications on double-byte operating systems (such as 

Japanese or Korean). By default, OCR Aware is not registered 

with Office 97 on double-byte systems. Please do not try to 

register OCR Aware with Office 97 because this may cause 

problems with your Office 97 applications.



  If you have already tried to register OCR Aware with Office 97, 

and your Office 97 applications are now crashing, follow these 

instructions to correct the problem:



1. Restart your computer.

2. Open OmniPage Pro.

3. Choose "Options" in the Tools menu. 

4. Click the "OCR Aware" tab.

5. Deselect "Enable OCR Aware" and then click OK.

6. Open Windows Explorer and locate this folder: 

     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Startup   

7. Locate and delete this file: Aware97.dot.



You should now be able to use your Office 97 applications again.

You can also enable OCR Aware again in OmniPage Pro,

as long as you do not try to register it with Office 97.







CONFLICT BETWEEN OCR AWARE AND WORDPERFECT 7.0



  If you register WordPerfect 7.0 with OmniPage Pro's OCR Aware 

feature, you may have problems changing fonts in the WordPerfect 

application. If you experience such problems, unregister WordPerfect 

7.0 with OCR Aware and save your file as WordPerfect for Windows. 

Please see OmniPage Pro's User's Manual for instructions.







GIF IMAGE FILES



  The GIF image file format is not supported by this version 

of OmniPage Pro. 







SAVING TEXT AND GRAPHICS IN HTML FORMAT



  If you save recognized text in HTML format, any graphics on 

the page will be saved separately as JPEG files. You can insert 

the graphics back into the HTML file in your target application.







EXPORTING TO MICROSOFT POWERPOINT



  OmniPage Pro uses a rich text file (*.RTF) format when you export 

documents to Microsoft PowerPoint. If a document is not in an outline 

structure (with indented formatting for various levels of information), 

a separate slide may be generated for every line in the document. 

Please see your PowerPoint documentation for information on making 

adjustments to the document. 







LOSS OF SIDE-BY-SIDE COLUMNS WITH DRAG AND DROP PROCESSING



  If you create zones on a multiple-column page image and then drag 

the page to an OLE-compliant application to convert it to text, the 

side-by-side column formatting will not be retained. Instead, the 

text will be displayed in one wide column.





  To preserve side-by-side column formatting on a page, perform OCR 

within OmniPage Pro using the Retain Flowing Columns output setting 

and then save it to a file type that supports the formatting.   







SHARING YOUR SCANNER WITH OTHER APPLICATIONS



  You cannot scan in OmniPage Pro while you are scanning in another 

application. If the scanner is in use when you launch OmniPage Pro, 

the Scan Image command will not be available.







MESSAGE GENERATED BY A DISCONNECTED SCANNER



  For some scanners, an error message may display when you launch 

OmniPage Pro while the scanner is disconnected or turned off.  

This message sometimes appears behind the OmniPage Pro desktop. 

You will not be able to work in OmniPage Pro until you dismiss 

the message (by clicking "OK").  Press the Alt+Tab key combination 

or minimize all applications to locate and dismiss the message.







PAPERPORT DELUXE USERS



  When dragging color or grayscale images from PaperPort 

Deluxe 5.3.1 desktop to the OmniPage Pro icon, PaperPort 

will convert the image to black and white.  This may 

result in poor-image quality and reduced OCR accuracy 

within OmniPage Pro.  







USING OMNIPAGE PRO WITH PAPERPORT LINKS



  In most cases, when you install OmniPage Pro, PaperPort software 

automatically uses OmniPage Pro's OCR engine. This means that 

OmniPage Pro OCR will be used to convert images to text when you drag 

them onto text-based application links in PaperPort. However, with 

some versions of PaperPort, you may have to manually change the OCR 

engine to OmniPage Pro. 



To make sure OmniPage Pro OCR is used with text application links 

in PaperPort:



   1. Open PaperPort and choose Link Preferences in the Edit menu. 

       The PaperPort Preferences dialog box appears.

   2. Click the icon of any text-based application in the Category 

      scroll list.

   3. Make sure OmniPage Pro is selected in the OCR Package drop-down 

      list.

   4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for other text-based applications.

   5. Click OK to accept the current selections and close the dialog 

      box.