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1. In the program main window, select Project > Document Templates… Click New… in the Document
Templates dialog box.
2. In the dialog box that opens, specify the parameters for the template, its name and description. In the
Language(locale) field, specify the language in which the form will be filled out. In the Writing style
field, select the relevant country. This is because the shape of certain characters, for example, digits,
may differ between countries. Select the text type: ICR (hand-printed). Click Next.
3. Select the Scan option and scan the blank form without any filters so that the background color is
retained. This will make it easier for you to mark data fields on the image of the form (later, when you
scan page images for data recognition, you will select a scanning mode which removes the
background). The page template will be created on the basis of this image. You can also select the
Load from file(s) option and load the image from a file. (You can find an image of a questionnaire in
<disk name>:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ABBYY\FlexiCapture\8.0\
Samples\FormDesigner\English\Questionnaire, for Microsoft Windows Vista <disk name>:\\Users\
Public\ABBYY\FlexiCapture8.0\Samples\FormDesigner\English\Questionnaire). Click Next.
4. Select the Text and Checkmarks option for automatic marking of text fields and checkmarks. Click
Finish.
5. Once the Wizard has completed its work, the Document Template Editor window will open. The
questionnaire will be displayed in the window, and all text fields and checkmarks will be marked. The
names of automatically detected template fields will be displayed in the Document Structure window.
If you switch to Static elements mode (the button), you will see the layout of static elements.
Anchors will also be marked automatically.
4.3.1. Document Template Editor
All the main actions for creating and editing a template are performed in the Document Template
Editor window (Figure 3), which opens once the Template Creating Wizard, has finished. To open the
Document Template Editor from the program main window, select Project > Document Templates…,
then select the name of the necessary template and click Edit…
Figure 3. The Document Template Editor