Example 4: Scanning A Document With Tables And Saving In A Spreadsheet Format - Visioneer PROOCR100 User Manual

Learning Pro OCR Basics
Example 4: Scanning a Document With Tables and Saving in a
Spreadsheet Format
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This example introduces you to processing of multi-column text in tables, where you
want the text to be recognized as all one text block and not broken into columns. You
can use this procedure whenever you want to recognize tables and other documents
that you don't want broken into columns.
To scan multicolumn table text and save in spreadsheet format:
1. Select Single Columns Only and Locate Text Only from the Locate drop-
down list in the Gallery toolbar.
2. Put Sample Document D in the scanner.
Make sure to place it in the correct orientation to align it.
3. Click Auto OCR.
Pro OCR displays your scanner software.
4. Use the scanner software as you usually do to scan the document.
After scanning the sample document, it appears in the Pro OCR window.
A dialog box appears. asking if you want to scan additional pages. For this
example, you won't be scanning any additional pages.
5. Click End.
Pro OCR locates and then recognizes the page.