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8 Microtek Scanner Step-by-Step Tutorial

Part B

Select the check box “

SendSend

Send

document to application afterdocument to application after

document to application after

savingsaving

saving” to automatically send it

to the specified application for

editing, or viewing purposes.

The built-in OCR (Optical Character Recognition) engine instantly converts a

scanned document into text that can be edited from any word processing

application. Save files as

.rtf .rtf

.rtf and

.xls .xls

.xls for use in common word processing and

spreadsheet applications. For web page viewing, use

.htm .htm

.htm or

.pdf .pdf

.pdf for viewing

on any platform.

How to scan for OCR

Converting scanned documents for editing

Place a text document

on the scanner bed,

and then launch

ScanWizard 5ScanWizard 5

ScanWizard 5.

ScanWizard 5 will

automatically detect and

configure your scan material.

If you wish to specify your

own scan setting, manually

click any of the tool buttons on

the Standard Control Panel,

and choose the settings from

options menu.

Select

OCROCR

OCR from the options

menu.

The default language for OCR

EnglishEnglish

English. If you wish to

change the language, select

your preferred language from

the

OCR Language OCR Language

OCR Language options.

When the

OCR: Save AsOCR: Save As

OCR: Save As

dialog box appears, select a

folder, key in your preferred

file name or use the default

file name “

DocumentDocument

Document”.

Select your required file

format from the options.

See the additional notesSee the additional notes

See the additional notes,

before choosing a specific filebefore choosing a specific file

before choosing a specific file

formatformat

format.

Click the

SaveSave

Save button to start

scanning your documents,

automatically save and launch

the selected application for

viewing or editing your

document.

Take note of the following file formats:

File Format Purpose Best Results

.RTF

Create documents with a combination

of text, graphics, and tables.

Documents with text images

and/or tables.

.XLS

Create spreadsheets with text and

graphics.

Spreadsheets

.TXT Create documents with text only.

Text files where layout and

formatting is not needed.

.PDF

Compact color document files with text

that graphics that can be ready by

Acrobat Reader.

Sh aring c olo r docume nts o ver a

network or a rc hivin g purposes.

.HTM

Color document files with text and

graphics to be viewed in all web

browsers.

For use in web sites or other

programming applications.