User Guide

OCR Settings
OmniPage Pro Settings - 69
OCR Settings
Click the
OCR
icon in the Settings Panel to select input and output
options that assist OmniPage Pro during recognition.
Input Options
The Input Options area of the Settings Panel provides settings for the
type of characters in the scanned image, the use of a training file, and to
automatically correct the page orientation.
Character Type
Select the printed text characteristics of your document in the
Character
Type
pop-up menu.
•Select
Normal
for conventionally printed text characters.
•Select
Dot Matrix
for text characters printed with a 9-pin,
monospaced dot-matrix printer.
Training File
A
training file
is a set of up to 256 pre-recognized text characters that
OmniPage Pro compares with characters it is trying to recognize. Select
a training file that you want OmniPage Pro to use in the
Training File
pop-up menu.
None
is the only option if you have not created any
training files.
Training files are useful for recognizing characters that might normally
be difficult to recognize. To create a training file, see “Training OCR for
Special Characters” on page 103.
Automatically Correct Page Orientation
If a page is oriented incorrectly in the Image View, it will not be
recognized properly. Select
Automatically Correct Page Orientation
to
have OmniPage Pro automatically correct an improperly oriented image
by 90, 180, or 270 degrees during text recognition.
To automatically open
the Settings Panel to the
OCR section, Option-
click the OCR button in
the AutoOCR Toolbar.
(A document must be
open for the button to
be active.)