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1. Convert the file and save it to your hard disk e Send to Mail Recipient as Document Convert the file save the resulting text as an rtf file and attach it to a new e mail message e Send to Mail Recipient as Image Convert the file save the resulting text as multipage image only PDF file and attach it to a new e mail message Important When you select multiple files in Windows Explorer 1 Ifthe formats of all of the selected files are supported by ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 the ScanTo Office item will be available in the local menu The order in which the converted image files are exported to the selected Microsoft Office application is determined by the operating system the order of export will also determine the order of pages in the resulting document 2 Ifthe format of at least one of the selected files is not supported by ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 the ScanTo Office item will not be available Note By default the last document language you selected will be used as the primary document language To change document languages and or select more options click the More Options button Running the Program from the Start Menu in Windows To scan and convert a document 1l Click Start and then select Programs ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 gt ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 2 Inthe ABBYY ScanTo Office dialog box that opens e Select Scan Note To scan a multipage document select the I m going to scan a multipage document box e Mak2. in DOC RTF there are three options available 1 Retain full page layout document layout is retained in full paragraph arrangement font and font size columns text direction text color and table structure 2 Retain font and font size table structure paragraph arrangement font and font size are all retained 3 Remove all formatting only table structure and paragraph arrangement are retained 15 ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 User s Guide Retaining Pictures Picture retention options are set in the Options dialog box Retain Layout tab The following options are available Keep pictures in document Reduce picture resolution to Picture quality Keep pictures in document If you chose this option pictures will be retained This option is only available in the case of DOC RTF format Reduce picture resolution to when saving in DOC RTF Sometimes you may wish to reduce picture resolution to make the resulting file smaller To reduce picture resolution and consequently the size of the resulting file enter a lower resolution value in this field Note If you enter a higher resolution value than the one originally entered in the Reduce picture resolution to field this value will be ignored the images will be saved using the source resolution Picture quality when saving in DOC RTF You can alter the quality of the pictures in the resulting document The following options are available in the Picture quality drop do
3. same time some character information is lost This may have an adverse effect on conversion quality in the case of documents of medium to low print quality If you scan color documents that contain pictures colored text or colored backgrounds you may wish to retain the original colors in your electronic document Use the color scan mode in this case Otherwise use gray scan mode Resolution use 300 dpi resolution for regular texts font size 10pts or greater and 400 600 dpi resolution for texts set in smaller font sizes Opts or less Note Scanning at 400 600 dpi resolution instead of the default 300 dpi or scanning in grayscale or color instead of black amp white mode is more time consuming In the case of certain scanner models 600 dpi resolution scanning can take up to four times longer than 300 dpi resolution scanning e Brightness a medium brightness value of around 50 should suffice for most cases Some documents scanned in black and white mode may require additional brightness tuning To make the scanning settings e The scanning settings are made in your scanner s TWAIN dialog box which will open automatically when you initiate the scanning process Scanning options may have different names depending on the scanner model used For example for brightness the word threshold a sun symbol or a black and white circle may be used The options available will be described in full in your scanner documentation 13 ABBY
4. toolbar or select ScanTo Office from the File menu 2 Inthe ABBYY ScanTo Office dialog box that opens e Select Open image files e Make sure that the correct document languages are selected To change document languages and or select more options click the More Options button e Specify where you want to open the resulting text in a new Microsoft Word document or in the current Microsoft Word document ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 User s Guide Important If you choose to open the resulting text in the current Word document most of the original formatting will be lost except for paragraphs and tables any settings you made on the Retain Layout tab will be ignored 3 Click Start 4 Inthe Open Image dialog box that opens select the file s you wish to convert and click OK Note If the resolution of the image is not optimal for conversion purposes the Change Resolution dialog box will open where you can adjust the image resolution 5 The resulting text will be automatically opened in Microsoft Word Note You can show or hide the ScanTo Office button on the Microsoft Word toolbar 1 Right click on the Microsoft Word toolbar 2 Select or deselect ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 in the list of available items Scanning and Opening Documents in Microsoft Excel To scan and convert a document from Microsoft Excel 1l Click the ScanTo Office button on the toolbar or select ScanTo Office from the File menu 2 Inthe ABBYY ScanTo Offi
5. ABBYY ScanTo Office Version 1 0 User s Guide ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 User s Guide Contents What is ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 i reve ess esee ebEEN SES S vaga eee PPPES SEN Vv P S ERR e sU Installing ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 eee eeee eee eee eee eren ene enee esee essa 4 SYSLEMEREQUIFE MENTS ecc Installing the PtOgtatis aoc ote tie te a ta tee ca MM a CM ON Mp MUNI Ad 4 Silent Installation Network Administrators Only Mss Mud E E EE Activating and Registering ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 1 0 ANIME ABOUEADOYY SCanod Ice XCHVALDOLD adactus ate ee cece NU t RT 6 About PT ALIN essct ete etie duet taka aa lg epulo roe rettet Ie ase traen cd red heen 6 How to Activate ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 09 rettet ee c eee 6 Activation Priva oy POUCH 2 s x istae tete lett dede e ede ertet dete e erede About ABBYY ScanTo Office Registration Registration PHIVACY POMCY is uu iori ro HR HER Hut Ra e eere erben Working with the Program oio eene oe set n no tope nt aora tae ee eua pa cet aee ea R se creed Scanning and Opening Documents in Microsoft Word ttt 8 Scanning and Opening Documents in Microsoft Excel Sending Converted Files to Microsoft OutloOK tiit Converting Images from Windows Explore ttti Running the Program from Start Programs ttti Program cir UI LO Scanning Opentngmdges css esc cu LL ud t pe e Le eee peser aA R
6. TALLDIR C ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 This set of commands means that ABBYY ScanTo Office will be installed in silent mode that no progress bar will be displayed the program will be installed from disk D into the C ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 folder the serial number to be used is FFFF 1111 2222 3333 9999 and the GUI language is English ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 User s Guide Activating and Registering ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 About ABBYY ScanTo Office Activation Important Activation is only required if you have purchased ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 via the Internet A non activated copy of the product will run in trial mode About activation ABBYY is concerned about software piracy and takes measures to protect its intellectual property rights Software piracy is detrimental both to software manufacturers and end users When buying a legal software copy users can be sure that they obtain a quality product without any changes or alterations introduced by a third party Illegal products are never safe In ABBYY ScanTo Office a special protection technology is used to protect ABBYY products from illegal copying and distribution This technology effectively excludes unauthorized use of ABBYY products by persons who have not signed a License Agreement with the software copyright owner If your License Agreement allows you to install your copy of the software only on one PC any additional installations of the same copy on other PCs will constitut
7. Y ScanTo Office 1 0 User s Guide Tips on Brightness Tuning The scanned image has to be legible brightness an example of a good image If you see that the scanned image is far from perfect characters are glued or torn consult the table below to find out how you can improve image quality Your image looks like this Possible remedy basin i UE UI ul ness Try lowering the brightness this will make the image darker characters are torn or very light Try scanning it in gray mode brightness autotuning then will be used Try increasing the brightness this will make the image brighter characters are distorted glued or filled Try scanning it in gray mode brightness autotuning then will be used Note Brightness autotuning is done by the scanner Brightness is tuned for individual zones on the image Image Resolution Resolution is a scanning parameter which determines the fineness of detail obtained by the scanner and is measured in dpi dots per inch When scanning documents you can set the resolution in the scanner settings of your scanner s TWAIN dialog box When opening mage files you can change their resolution in the Change Resolution dialog box This dialog box is displayed in the following cases 1 The image resolution is less than 200 dpi or more than 600 dpi 2 The image has different horizontal and vertical resolutions 3 The program was unable to detect the resolution of the image Bad res
8. ay color Supported Saving Formats ScanTo Office can save text in the following formats e Microsoft Word Document doc e Rich Text Format rtf e Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet xls e Image Only PDF only when attaching the file to an e mail message Supported Document Languages ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 supports 37 languages e Albanian Bulgarian e Catalan Croatian Czech Danish Dutch e English ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 User s Guide Estonian Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Italian Kurdish Latin Lettish Lithuanian Macedonian Maltese Moldavian Norwegian Nynorsk and Bokmal Polish Portuguese Brazil Romanian Russian Serbian Cyrillic and Latin Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Turkish Ukrainian 18 ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 User s Guide How to Buy ABBYY Products You can buy ABBYY products by visiting ABBYY on line store at www ABBYY com You can also contact ABBYY resellers worldwide The list of resellers is regularly updated at ABBYY web site If you have any questions or comments please contact the ABBYY office responsible for your region About ABBYY ABBYY is the leading developers of OCR and natural language processing software ABBYY products are used by more than 9 million people in 78 countries ABBYY FineReader is an Optical Character Recognition application which converts paper documents and PDF files into editable electronic formats retainin
9. be sent to ABBYY Activation may be completely anonymous ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 User s Guide During activation the ABBYY ScanTo Office Activation Wizard creates a unique Installation ID that represents the configuration of your PC at the time of activation The Installation ID does not include any personal information any information about software or data that may reside on your PC or any information about the specific make or model of your PC The Installation ID identifies the PC solely for the purpose of activation Together with the Installation ID the Wizard will send to the ABBYY activation server the name serial number version number and interface language of your copy of ABBYY ScanTo Office This information will only be used for selecting the correct language and contents of the reply message to inform you about the results of the activation procedure and will not be used for any other purposes The ABBYY ScanTo Office Activation Wizard can detect and tolerate changes to your PC configuration Minor upgrades will not require re activation If you completely overhaul your PC or reinstall your operating system you may be required to activate your product again About ABBYY ScanTo Office Registration You can register your copy of ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 to enjoy the following benefits offered by registration 1 Free technical support 2 Discounts on future versions of ABBYY ScanTo Office 3 Upgrade notifications Registration P
10. ce dialog box that opens e Select Scan Note To scan a multipage document select the I m going to scan a multipage document box e Make sure that the correct document languages are selected To change document languages and or select more options click the More Options button 3 Click Start 4 Your scanner s TWAIN dialog box will open Check the scanning settings and click OK 5 The resulting text will be automatically opened in Microsoft Excel To open and convert an image from a saved image file 1l Click the ScanTo Office button on the toolbar or select ScanTo Office from the File menu 2 Inthe ABBYY ScanTo Office dialog box that opens e Select Open image files e Make sure that the correct document languages are selected To change document languages and or select more options click the More Options button 3 Click Start 4 In the Open Image dialog box that opens select the file s you wish to convert and click OK Note If the resolution of the image is not optimal for conversion purposes the Change Resolution dialog box will open where you can adjust the image resolution 5 The resulting table will be automatically opened in Microsoft Excel Note You can show or hide the ScanTo Office button on the Microsoft Excel toolbar 1 Right click on the Microsoft Excel toolbar 2 Select or deselect ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 in the list of available items ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 User s Guide Sending Co
11. cenario combines all of the above You can select additional scanning conversion and export settings For example you can set up the program to scan a multipage document or a book to convert a text written in several languages retain the original formatting of the entire document or remove the formatting Scanning and Opening Documents in Microsoft Word To scan and convert a document from Microsoft Word 1l Click the ScanTo Office button on the toolbar or select ScanTo Office from the File menu 2 Inthe ABBYY ScanTo Office dialog box that opens e Select Scan Note To scan a multipage document select the I m going to scan a multipage document box e Make sure that the correct document languages are selected To change document languages and or select more options click the More Options button e Specify where you want to open the resulting text Open as a new Microsoft Word document or Insert into current Microsoft Word document Important If you choose to open the resulting text in the current Word document most of the original formatting will be lost except for paragraphs and tables any settings you made on the Retain Layout tab will be ignored 3 Click Start 4 Your scanner s TWAIN dialog box will open Check the scanning settings and click OK 5 The resulting text will be automatically opened in Microsoft Word To open and convert an image from a saved image file 1l Click the ScanTo Office button on the
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13. d by the TWAIN driver In this dialog box the preview image option normally becomes available The option allows you to set the scanning area and tune brightness precisely and to see how changes affect the previewed image To select a TWAIN driver 1 In the Options dialog box go to the Scan Open Image tab and click the Select Source button 2 IntheSelect TWAIN Source dialog box that opens select the required driver from the drop down list and click OK The name of the driver will be displayed in the Twain driver field Important Consult the documentation supplied with the scanner to ensure it is set up correctly After connecting the scanner to the computer don t forget to install a TWAIN driver and or the scanner software Opening image files If you don t have a scanner you can still open and convert images of already scanned documents For the list of supported image formats see the Supported Image Formats section Scanning Settings The quality of conversion largely depends on the quality of the image obtained by scanning The image quality may be improved by altering such scanning parameters as scan mode resolution and brightness The main scanning parameters are Scan mode gray 256 shades of gray Scanning in grayscale mode is best for conversion purposes If you scan your images in grayscale brightness is adjusted automatically Scanning in black and white enables the system to scan at a higher speed but at the
14. e 1 0 from your computer 1 Click Start and select Settings Control Panel 2 Double click the Add Remove Programs icon 3 Click Change or Remove Programs sclect ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 in the list of installed programs and then click Remove 4 Follow the instructions of the wizard ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 User s Guide Silent Installation Network Administrators Only Silent installation does not display any InstallShield Wizard dialog boxes The program is installed from the server in default configuration To run silent installation launch the setup exe file with the command line options described below Required command line parameters and options qn qb command line parameters that enable automatic installation change qn to qb to display the progress bar SERIALNUMBER the serial number of your copy of ABBYY ScanTo Office L lt language gt the interface language Use the L command line option to select the GUI language for example L1033 Available interface languages 1031 German 1033 English 1034 Spanish 1036 French 1040 Italian 1043 Dutch 1049 Russian Additional command line parameters COMPANYNAME the name of your company INSTALLDIR the path to the installation directory If no additional command line parameters are specified the setup program will use the default values Example D setup exe qn L1033 v SERIALNUMBER FFFF 1111 2222 3333 9999 COMPANYNAME My company INS
15. e a breach of the License Agreement as well as of the copyright law of the Russian Federation and international copyright law The activation technology controls the number of copies and prevents the installation of one licensed copy on an unlimited number of workstations At the same time the number of installations and activations on one and the same PC is not limited in any way whatsoever How to Activate ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 Activation takes very little time and is carried out with the help of an Activation Wizard that is built into the program The Activation Wizard has a friendly interface and is used for sending the necessary activation information to ABBYY The same wizard is used for entering the Activation Code you receive from ABBYY during activation Activation information is sent as a code Installation ID which is generated on the basis of information about the computer on which the program is being installed No personal information about the user or computer is used for generating this code and this code cannot be used for identifying the user Available activation methods e Via the Internet recommended Activation is carried out automatically and takes only a few seconds An Internet connection is required for this type of activation e Byemail The user needs to send an e mail message generated by the program and containing information required for activation To ensure a quick reply from the mail robot do not alter the i
16. e sure that the correct document languages are selected To change document languages and or select more options click the More Options button e Select one of the available actions Open in Microsoft Word to convert the file and open the resulting text in Microsoft Word Open in Microsoft Excel to convert the file and open the resulting text in Microsoft Excel Save to file to convert the file and save it to your hard disk Send as e mail document attachment to convert the file save the resulting text as an rtf file and attach it to a new e mail message Send as e mail image attachment to convert the file save the resulting text as multipage image only PDF file and attach it to a new e mail message 3 Click Start 4 Your scanner s TWAIN dialog box will open Check the scanning settings and click OK 5 Theresulting text will be automatically sent to the application of your choice To open and convert an image from a saved image file 1l Click Start and then select Programs gt ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 gt ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 2 Inthe ABBYY ScanTo Office dialog box that opens e Select Open image files e Make sure that the correct document languages are selected To change document languages and or select more options click the More Options button 11 ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 User s Guide e Select one of the available actions Open in Microsoft Word to convert the file and open the resulting text in Micro
17. g their original formatting and layouts ABBYY Lingvo is a multilingual electronic dictionary for the PC Pocket PC and Palm platforms which translates from Russian into English German French Italian and Spanish and back again ABBYY FormReader is a forms processing application which automatically captures data from forms filled out by hand or using a printer ABBYY PDF Transformer is a powerful conversion tool which transforms PDF documents into editable formats and retains their original layouts For more information about ABBYY products please visit our website www abbyy com 19 ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 User s Guide Technical Support Should you have any questions about installation or use of ABBYY ScanTo Office please first consult the documentation provided with the program User s Guide and Help and visit the technical support pages on our website If however your questions remain unanswered please contact the ABBYY technical support service at support abbyy com ot visit www abbyy com support Please be sure to provide the following information Your first and last name Your company name Your phone or fax number or e mail address The serial number of your copy of ABBYY ScanTo Office The release number A general description of your problem and the full error message text if any Your computer and processor type The version of your Windows operating system Any other information you consider imp
18. nd to mail recipient as document the resulting text will be saved as an rtf file and attached to a new e mail message Send to mail recipient as image the resulting text will be saved as a multipage image only PDF file and attached to a new e mail message 3 Click Start 4 In the Open Image dialog box that opens select the file s you wish to convert and click OK Note If the resolution of the image is not optimal for conversion purposes the Change Resolution dialog box will open where you can adjust the image resolution 5 Anew e mail message will be created in Microsoft Outlook and the file you created will be attached to this message Note You can show or hide the ScanTo Office button on the Microsoft Outlook toolbar Right click on the Microsoft Outlook toolbar Select or deselect ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 in the list of available items Converting Images from Windows Explorer To convert an image file 1 In Windows Explorer right click the file you wish to convert 2 Inthe local menu select ScanTo Office Important If the format of the selected file is not supported by ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 the ScanTo Office item will not be available 3 Select one of the available actions 10 ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 User s Guide e Open in Microsoft Word Convert the file and open the resulting text in Microsoft Word e Open in Microsoft Excel Convert the file and open the resulting text in Microsoft Excel e Saveto File
19. nformation in the message body or Subject field e Byphoneor fax The user needs to phone the nearest ABBYY office or partner and communicate his Installation ID and serial number to the operator In most countries this operation can also be carried out by fax The message containing the information required for activation will be generated automatically and all the user will need to do is print it out and send it by fax to the nearest ABBYY office or partner In reply the user will receive an Activation Code that is used to activate the program In the case of activation via the Internet the whole process is carried out automatically In the case of activation by phone fax or e mail the user needs to enter the Activation Code received from ABBYY in the corresponding fields of the Activation Wizard Once the activation is complete the program can be used on the current computer without any restrictions ABBYY ScanTo Office can be reinstalled on one and the same computer an unlimited number of times without re activation However if you make major upgrades format your hard drive or reinstall the operating system an additional activation may be required Activation Privacy Policy To enable the program to operate in full function mode you may need to activate the program ABBYY asks that you activate your product to verify that your installation is done with a genuine ABBYY product When you activate your product no personal information will
20. nverted Files to Microsoft Outlook To scan and convert a document from Microsoft Outlook 1l Click the ScanTo Office button on the toolbar or select ScanTo Office from the File menu 2 Inthe ABBYY ScanTo Office dialog box that opens e Select Scan Note To scan a multipage document select the I m going to scan a multipage document box e Make sure that the correct document languages are selected To change document languages and or select more options click the More Options button Select one of the two options Send as e mail document attachment the resulting text will be saved as an rtf file and attached to a new e mail message Send as e mail image attachment the resulting text will be saved as a multipage image only PDF file and attached to a new e mail message 3 Click Start 4 Your scanner s TWAIN dialog box will open Check the scanning settings and click OK 5 Anew e mail message will be created in Microsoft Outlook and the file you created will be attached to this message To open and convert an image of an already scanned document 1 Click the ScanTo Office button on the toolbar or select ScanTo Office from the File menu 2 Inthe ABBYY ScanTo Office dialog box that opens e Select Open image files e Make sure that the correct document languages are selected To change document languages and or select more options click the More Options button Select one of the two options Se
21. olutions may be caused by e Wrong scanning settings e Distortions introduced by a fax machine or other device used to obtain the image of the document e Another software application which set the resolution incorrectly Depending on what caused the bad resolution you may choose to change the resolution or leave it unchanged If the image resolution is correct keep it unchanged Otherwise specify the most convenient image resolution in the range from 50 to 3200 dpi Resolution Tips e When converting faxes set the resolution to 96 200 dpi e When converting screen shots set the resolution to 72 dpi Use 300 dpi resolution for regular texts font size 10pts or greater and 400 600 dpi resolution for texts set in smaller font sizes Opts or less Scanning Multipage Documents ScanTo Office features a special scanning mode for convenient multipage document scanning This mode is enabled by selecting the I m going to scan a multipage document box You may scan as many pages as you wish in this mode To scan multiple pages e In the ABBYY ScanTo Office dialog box select I m going to scan a multipage document If you have a large number of pages to scan there are two ways in which you can do this using a scanner with an Automatic Document Feeder ADF or one without 1 ADF Scanning In your scanner s TWAIN dialog box select the Use ADF option keep in mind that this option may be named differently depending on the scanner model
22. ortant Important You must register your copy of the program to qualify for technical support 20
23. paper documents or open existing image files convert them directly into text or tables ABBYY s powerful conversion technologies will ensure that you get an electronic document which looks just like your paper copy ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 allows you to do the following 1l Scan paper documents and open them in Microsoft Word or Excel for editing 2 Open images of scanned documents in Microsoft Word or Excel for editing 3 Scan and convert paper documents and attach the resulting text to an e mail message either as an RTF document or as an image only PDF file ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 User s Guide Installing ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 System Requirements 1 PC with Intel Pentium Celeron Xeon AMD K6 Athlon Duron or compatible processor Processor must be 200 MHz or higher 2 Microsoft Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 SP6 or greater Windows Me 98 To work with localized interfaces corresponding language support is required 3 64MBRAM for Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 or 32 MB for Windows Me 98 In multiprocessor systems an additional 16 MB RAM is required for each additional processor 4 150 MB hard disk space for typical program installation and 70 MB for program operation 100 TWAIN compatible scanner digital camera or fax modem 6 SVGA video card and monitor min resolution 800x600 pixels Installing the Program The setup program will guide you through the installation process We recommend tha
24. rivacy Policy ABBYY guarantees that it will not disclose your personal information to any third parties without your consent This information may be used by the ABBYY Group to notify you about new releases price changes or special offers but only if you have agreed to receive such notifications by selecting the corresponding option in the registration dialog box ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 User s Guide Working with the Program ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 is fully integrated with the following Microsoft Office 2000 XP and 2003 applications Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Outlook ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 offers several quick scanning opening scenarios 1 Scanning and opening documents in Microsoft Word Documents are scanned or images of scanned documents are opened converted and then opened in Microsoft Word 2 Scanning and opening documents in Microsoft Excel Documents are scanned or images of scanned documents are opened converted and then opened in Microsoft Excel 3 Attaching scanned and converted documents to e mail messages in Microsoft Outlook Documents are scanned or images of scanned documents are opened converted saved to a file and attached to an e mail message in Microsoft Outlook 4 Converting images from Windows Explorer Images of scanned documents are opened converted and then saved to a file or exported to an external application 5 Running the program from the Start Programs menu This s
25. ry document language is the same as the interface language To select a document language 1 Inthe ABBYY ScanTo Office dialog box click More Options 2 Inthe Options dialog box that opens go to the Scan Open Image tab and select a primary language from the list of available languages 3 If your document contains text written in more than one language select a secondary language to ensure greater conversion accuracy Important You cannot select the same language in the Primary language and in the Secondary language fields If you cannot find the required language in the list of available languages 1l ABBYY ScanTo Office may not support this language For a full list of available languages see Supported Document Languages 2 The language may have been disabled during installation To install more document languages run the ABBYY ScanTo Office setup program and select custom setup Saving and Opening Converted Texts Converted text can be saved to a file in any of the supported formats opened in an Office application without saving to disk or attached to a new e mail message as an RTF file or as an Image Only PDF file When saving in DOC RTF you can choose to retain or remove the formatting to retain or remove the pictures and to highlight uncertain characters in a color of your choice Retaining the Layout of the Original Document Layout retention options are set in the Options dialog box Retain Layout tab When saving
26. soft Word Open in Microsoft Excel to convert the file and open the resulting text in Microsoft Excel Save to file to convert the file and save it to your hard disk Send to mail ecipient as document to convert the file save the resulting text as an rtf file and attach it to a new e mail message Send to mail recipient as image to convert the file save the resulting text as multipage image only PDF file and attach it to a new e mail message 3 Click Start 4 Inthe Open Image dialog box that opens select the file s you wish to convert and click OK Note If the resolution of the image is not optimal for conversion purposes the Change Resolution dialog box will open where you can adjust the image resolution 5 The resulting text will be automatically sent to the application of your choice 12 ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 User s Guide Program settings Scanning Opening Images Conversion quality depends greatly on the quality of the scanned image In ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 you can either scan a paper document or open an image that is already saved on your computer Scanning ABBYY ScanTo Office talks with scanners via the TWAIN interface This is a standard adopted in 1992 for the interaction of computer image input devices such as scanners and external applications ABBYY ScanTo Office communicates with your scanner via the scanner s TWAIN driver This means that all scanning settings are made in the dialog box provide
27. t you close all the running Microsoft Office applications before installing ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 To install ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 1 Place the ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 CD ROM into the CD ROM drive The setup program will start automatically 2 Follow the instructions of the setup program If the setup program does not start automatically 1l Click Start and select Settings Control Panel 2 Double click the Add Remove Programs icon 3 Click Add New Programs and then click the CD or Floppy button 4 Follow the instructions of the wizard Installation Options The setup program will prompt you to select one of the two installation options e Typical recommended Installs all of the program components including all of the document languages and one interface language the one you selected during installation Custom Installs only the components you select Note You can always install additional components or remove installed components later To install additional components or remove installed components after you have installed ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 1 Click Start and select Settings Control Panel 2 Double click the Add Remove Programs icon 3 Click Change or Remove Programs sclect ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 in the list of installed programs and then click Change 4 Inthe Custom Setup dialog box select the components you wish to install and follow the instructions of the setup program To remove ABBYY ScanTo Offic
28. used consult your scanner documentation for the exact procedure and then start scanning 14 ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 User s Guide 2 Non ADF Scanning In your scanner s TWAIN dialog box click the Scan button this button may be named differently in different scanners Scan your page insert another page into your scanner and click the Scan button in the TWAIN dialog box of your scanner to continue scanning When you have finished scanning your pages click the Close or other scanner specific button in the TWAIN dialog box of your scanner Scanning Books When scanning a book although it is easier to scan both the left and the right page at the same time conversion quality is higher if after scanning the image of the two pages is split into two with each image corresponding to a single book page Layout analysis and de skewing are then performed separately for each page To split dual pages e In the ABBYY ScanTo Office dialog box select Split dual pages Each image of two facing pages will be split into two separate images Conversion During conversion a scanned document is transformed into editable text which retains the formatting of the original ABBYY ScanTo Office can convert both monolingual and multilingual documents e g documents which contain text in English and French Document Languages ScanTo Office can process both monolingual and multilingual e g written in English and French documents By default the prima
29. wn list Maximum e Very high e High e Medium Low Note The default value is High The quality you select for the pictures will affect the size of the resulting file the higher the quality the greater the size of the file To find an optimum size quality ratio try saving pictures with various quality settings opening them in an image viewing program to see if you are satisfied with the results Checking Converted Text You can ask the program to highlight uncertain characters in Microsoft Word and select the highlighting color e Inthe Options dialog box go to the Retain Layout tab and check the Use text color box Click on the color box to the right to select the desired color In the resulting Word document the characters about which the program is uncertain will be highlighted in the color you selected 16 ABBYY ScanTo Office 1 0 User s Guide Appendix Supported Image Formats ABBYY ScanTo Office opens image files in the following formats BMP 2 bit black and white 4 and 8 bit Palette 16 bit 24 bit Palette and TrueColor 32 bit PCX DCX 2 bot black and white 4 and 8 bit Palette 24 vit TrueColor JPEG gray color JPEG 2000 gray color TIFF black and white uncompressed CCITT3 CCITT3FAX CCITTA Packbits ZIP gray uncompressed Packbits JPEG ZIP TrueColor uncompressed JPEG ZIP Palette uncompressed Packbits ZIP multipage TIFF PNG black and white gr
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