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Chapter 5 - Page Layout Analysis

Using Block Templates

If you are processing a large number of documents with an identical layout (e.g. forms or question-

naires), analyzing each page's layout separately will prove extremely time consuming. To save time you

can create a block template, i.e. a standard set of blocks of a particular type that corresponds to the

layout of your pages, and then apply the template to all pages you wish recognized that have the same

layout.

Note: Documents should always be scanned using their respective template(s) and using the same res-

olution as that used to create the template(s).

To create a block template:

1. Open an image and draw the blocks automatically or manually.

2. Select the

Save Blocks item in the Image menu. The Save Blocks as dialog will open. Type

a file name for the block template in the dialog.

To load a block template:

1. Click the Batch Window and select the pages you wish to apply the block template to.

2. Select the

Load Blocks item in the Image menu. The Open Blocks dialog will open.

3. Select the relevant block template file in the dialog.

4. Click the appropriate

Apply to item in the group. The All pages item applies the block

template to all batch pages, the

Selected pages item applies the block template to selected

pages only.

5. Click the

Open button.

If the table cell only contains a picture, select the

Treat cell as a picture item in the Block Properties

dialog (View>Properties menu). If the table cell contains both text and pictures, draw a separate pic-

ture block (or blocks) inside the cell.

To merge table cells or rows:

● Select the Merge Table Cells or Merge Table Rows item in the Edit menu.

Note: You can split previously merged cells using the Split Table Cells command (Edit menu). The

Merge Table Rows option does not affect the division of the table into columns.

Note: To avoid drawing horizontal and vertical separators manually, draw a separate table block, then

right-click it and select the

Analyze Table Structure item in the local menu. The system will then draw

all the separators it considers necessary. Should the system draw any separators incorrectly, you can edit

the table manually.