User manual IRIS IRISPEN TRANSLATOR 6

[. . . ] Table of Contents Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 1 Introducing the IRISPen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What is the IRISPen?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The steps to follow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] If you have selected Grayscale image to clipboard or Black&White image to clipboard in the Application window, the Recognize option will be replaced by Image to clipboard. THE IRISPEN WIZARD The IRISPen Wizard offers the quickest and easiest way of defining your settings. It proposes a series of templates with pre-defined settings meant for the reading of certain types of data: text, text from columns, numeric tables, etc. These templates can be either used as such, or modified to fit more particular needs. Up to three (modified) templates can be further assigned to a preset button directly accessible from the Application window (or, alternatively, set to function as current settings). When it comes to actually capture a certain type of data, all you need to do is press the right preset button, then start the scanning!By default, the preset buttons are already assigned to the reading of English Text, Text from columns, Text tables. The Wizard as well as the three presets can be accessed and activated directly from the toolbar. Once a preset button has been enabled, the corresponding settings become the current settings. Tip: To save time, do not hesitate to use the wizard extensively. Second, "prepare" the software for the reading by defining the corresponding presets. Whenever needed, just select the right preset and start the scanning! 28 CHAPTER 3 - STARTING UP You can save as many sets of settings as you wish. With the Save Settings and Open Settings options from the File menu, you will be able to save and reopen your custom presets and current settings. · Step 1 In the list of proposed templates, choose the template that corresponds to the type of data to be read, e. g. : text, numeric table, etc. Alternatively, select an already existing preset from the Presets tab. Click Next to get to the next step. · Step 2 If needed, change any of the basic settings: Reading options, Target. Click Next to get to the next step. 29 IRISPen Translator 6 - User's guide · Step 3 If needed, change any of the settings related to the recognition process in the various tabs proposed. · Step 4 Assign your settings to a preset button and give it a name, and/or apply your settings as current settings. 30 CHAPTER 3 BASIC SETTINGS READING OPTIONS Scan type The Scan type determines the nature of the data to be scanned and read with your pen. Select the appropriate Scan type in the dropdown list. Text (default value): To read machine-printed text in a certain language. This includes alphanumeric characters, punctuation marks, numeric data, etc. The set of characters used by the software to read such data directly depends on the language chosen for the reading. This includes special characters, mathematical symbols, punctuation marks, currencies, etc. The set of characters used by the software to read such data is the same for all languages. You can freely customize this character set (see: Frequent command: Character Subset). [. . . ] If you wish to, you can choose another symbol. To define a custom symbol for unknown characters: · In the Application window, select the option Unknown Symbol from the Settings menu. · Replace the symbol in the required field, then click OK to confirm. 51 IRISPen Translator 6 - User's guide REPLACE VERTICAL LINES The IRISPen is able to detect and replace vertical lines separating data as e. g. By default, the software replaces vertical lines by the <Tab> command. This means that each time it encounters a vertical line during scanning, it executes a tabulation in your target application. If your target application is a spreadsheet, the <Tab> moves your cursor to the next cell and the various bits of data are inserted in separate cells. [. . . ]