ABBYY FlexiCapture 8.0 Professional Data Capture Operator’s Guide © 2009 ABBYY. All rights reserved.
Overview..................................................................................................................................... 2 Loading images........................................................................................................................... 2 Recognition ................................................................................................................................. 3 Verification .......................................................................
1. You can load existing image files. To load existing images, click the arrow next to the Import Images… button and select Load Images... Alternatively, you can press the Ctrl+O keyboard shortcut. 2. You can scan paper documents. To scan paper documents, click the arrow next to the Import button and select Scan Images... The program will prompt you to select a scanner. 3. You can import images using one of the image import profiles that were earlier created by the administrator.
You can check document assembly in thumbnail view (Figure 1). In this view, you can change the position of pages and even move them between documents with the mouse. If key field values are used to ensure correct document assembly, the values of the key fields are displayed below the image of each page (Figure 1). If key field values are not identical on the pages of the same document, they will be displayed in red.
If a character has been recognized incorrectly: 1. Select the incorrect character and type its correct value. The value will be displayed in green in the left top corner of the character image. 2. If you are not sure if the character has been recognized correctly even after you have viewed it in context, click the character once to mark it with a red question mark. You can also click the Toggle button on the toolbar to change character status.
Figure 3. Context verification window 4. The document window also allows you to check and correct recognized characters (Figure 4). To open the document window, double-click the name of a page. The document window displays the data, the image of the page, and rule errors (if any). Click the Layout button to change the window layout. In the data section, uncertain characters are displayed in red and fields with invalid data types and failed rules are highlighted.
Export Once you have verified the recognized data, click the Export button to export them. The data will be exported based on the document template settings. Instead of using the template settings, you can export the data to a file or database by selecting the corresponding item from the drop-down menu to the right of the Export button and specifying the desired export settings. © 2009 ABBYY. All rights reserved.
Appendix The buttons on the standard toolbar in the main window Name Button Description Open Project Opens another project Save Changes Saves changes Cut Cuts a selected object when you work with data in the document window Copy Copies a selected object Paste Pastes a previously copied object from the clipboard Delete Deletes a highlighted object Undo Undoes the previous action Redo Redoes a previously undone action Thumbnails View Shows document page images as thumbnails Details View
The buttons on the toolbar in the group verification window Name Button Description Previous Page Takes you to the previous page if all characters do not fit on a single screen Next Page Takes you to the next page if all characters do not fit on a single screen Confirm Screen Confirms correct recognition of all characters and takes you to the next screen.
Hot keys in the group verification window Menu Command Hot Keys Verification Confirm All Enter Postpone All Ctrl+Enter Toggle Space Next Page Page Down Previous Page Page Up Field Image > Show Field Image Ctrl+I Field Image > On Top Alt+1 Field Image > On Bottom Alt+2 Show Character Image F2 Confirm Ctrl+E Postpone Ctrl+R Reset Esc View Symbols Menu Hot keys in the field verification window Menu Command Hot Keys Verification Confirm Field Enter Postpone Ctrl+Enter Next
Hot keys for both verification windows Command Hot Keys Zoom into a field Ctrl+Num+ Zoom out of a field Ctrl+Num- Undo Ctrl+Z Redo Ctrl+Y Select All Ctrl+A Full Screen F11 Display Help F1 Close Alt+F4 © 2009 ABBYY. All rights reserved.