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Another example: when reading text set in columns with a small gutter, it is not
always easy to isolate a column. The word cropping allows to scan part of the
neighboring columns without generating unwanted output.
A minor option, "Ignore Rejected Characters in First and Last Position", con-
cerns unrecognized characters: unknown symbols at the beginning and end can
be ignored. These are usually the result of partial scanning: the user has placed
his IRISPen in the middle of these characters, and the system is therefore unable
to recognize them correctly.
The options "Starting Code" and "Ending Code" will add text or a cursor com-
mand to the recognized text. A starting code is any combination of characters
and keyboard commands added in front of the recognized text, an ending code is
the same added at the end of the recognized text.
When scanning a few lines of text, the user normally selects the <Space> key
as suffix to add a space after each line. When reading two lines, "The second line"
and "follows the first.", the resulting output becomes "The second line follows the
first.". The space after the word "line" is added by the IRISPen software.
When translating text with the IRISPen Translator, <Space> should be se-
lected as ending code to ensure that a space is added after each scanned line
automatically, otherwise the words "line" and "follows" would be glued with the
intranslatable sentence "The second linefollows the first." as a result.
When scanning text in a database, the user chooses the cursor command
<Tab> as suffix to reposition the cursor automatically in the next field, ready for
the next scan.
Other typical applications where starting and ending codes are used to add
text are encoding price lists where the currency is added, for example "$" or
"USD", to the recognized figures, and encoding telephone numbers from a list
and adding "Tel: " in front.
To add text and execute keyboard commands at the user’s command, the pen
button is programmed with the "Pen Button" button on the toolbar.
The option "Restore Paragraph" restores paragraphs by “recomposing” hy-
phenated words and adding suffixes only where they are needed. When this
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