User manual NUANCE TEXTBRIDGE PRO-MILLENNIUM BUSINESS EDITION

[. . . ] COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 1995­2000 by ScanSoft, Inc. No part of this publication may be transmitted, transcribed, reproduced, stored in any retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means, mechanical, electronic, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual, or otherwise, without the prior written consent of ScanSoft, Inc. , 9 Centennial Drive, Peabody, Massachusetts 01960. The software described in this book is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license. IMPORTANT NOTICE ScanSoft, Inc. provides this publication "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. [. . . ] If your language is not in any of the language groups, you may still be able to recognize your document. Choose the language group that has the same characters as your language. Uncheck all the languages in the checklist because you do not want to use their language rules.   For better accuracy and faster processing, choose only those languages used in your document. For best accuracy of multi-lingual documents, choose a single main language for the document and specify the language of other text through zoning. 3­14 TextBridge Pro Millennium Business Edition User's Guide N Language and Zones, Tables, and Cells TextBridge assumes that all text and table zones are in the languages that you have specified for the document. You can change the language of the selected zone, table, or table cells from the document language to any other language in the same language group. In the Properties dialog select the language for this zone using the language drop down list. WHERE TO GO FROM HERE To learn how you use TextBridge to process simple and complex documents, refer to Chapter 4. Chapters 5 and 6 provide sample sessions that are step-by-step tutorials. Chapter 5 shows you how to use auto processing, Instant Access, recognize a document with complex layout, and process a document with text, pictures and a table. Chapter 6 shows how to process a document for a database, to use advanced settings for zones and page types, and to train TextBridge's OCR. The Help system provides a complete reference to the TextBridge user interface. Help includes overview information on key features, getting started instructions, step-by-step procedures for most operations and user tips. Typical user questions are answered in a "How Do I?" section and Troubleshooting helps when you have problems. Context-sensitive Help is always available by pressing F1 from any menu command or dialog box. OCR and Basic TextBridge Operations 3­15 4 LEARNING TO USE TEXTBRIDGE The previous chapters introduced you to TextBridge and document recognition. You will become familiar with the basic functionality of TextBridge so that you can understand how TextBridge works. The following chapters take you from the beginning to the end of using TextBridge to process different kinds of documents. The topics presented in this chapter are in the following list: N N N N N N N Before beginning to process a document Using TextBridge to process a document Starting TextBridge Using automatic processing Using manual processing Performing basic operations Getting Help while using TextBridge BEFORE BEGINNING TO PROCESS A DOCUMENT The following checklist will take you through the most important questions to ask before you start to process a document. If you have difficulty reading a page, TextBridge may also have trouble recognizing it. Do I want to retain the original layout and format of the document? 2. 4. TextBridge Pro Millennium Business Edition User's Guide 4­1 5. Does the original document have pictures?The rest of this chapter provides information that helps you to answer these questions. 6. 9. USING TEXTBRIDGE TO PROCESS A DOCUMENT TextBridge provides an easy-to-use interface and a powerful set of built-in capabilities. You can use it in a number of ways to do OCR, depending on the complexity of the document you want to recognize and the results you want. [. . . ] Select the page type. · · Click the Page Type button and then select Fax. Click OK. The settings are automatically set to any page layout, any page orientation, and fax quality. Click the drop down arrow on the Recognize button and select Enable Training (Figure 6­11). Click the Recognize drop down arrow Select Enable Training Figure 6­11. Enable training  3. This "sticky" setting remains in place for all subsequent documents until you disable training. [. . . ]