ScanSoft TEXTBRIDGE PROFESSIONAL EDITION 8.5 User Manual page 123

TextBridge Pro provides two recomposition modes. In one
(Recompose Text) only the text is recomposed and the images are
discarded. This is useful, for example, when your document
contains cell tables and you want them output as cell tables.
Word and WordPerfect support tables (data in rows and columns,
which are referred to as cell tables).
In the second recomposition mode (Recompose All) text and
graphics (either automatically-detected or manually-zoned) are
output in their original column layout and locations.
For best results in recomposing a document with graphics, you
can use TextBridge Pro's Smart Zones™ feature in preview mode.
Before you process a page, display it in preview mode and create
image zones around all the graphics on the page (halftones and
line art). Then click Go to process the page. The original column
layout is maintained and the pictures are output appropriately.
Smart Zones can improve recomposition in cases where pictures
in a document include text or some element that TextBridge Pro
mistakes for text. Smart Zones aids the recomposition process.
With Smart Zones, TextBridge Pro only recognizes the areas not
zoned. Note, however, that this version (4.0) of TextBridge
Pro enjoys an improved recognition engine, reducing the
need for using Smart Zones.
It is important to note that in reconstructing the layout of the
original document, TextBridge Pro is limited by the composition
capabilities of the target word processor.
You should not expect to scan a complex magazine page
originally created with a desktop publishing program and get
identical output in your word processor. Even the most powerful
word processors (Word, WordPerfect) do not have some of the
composition capabilities of desktop publishing software.
In addition, some free-form layouts defeat TextBridge Pro's
recomposition capabilities. For these types of documents, it is
often best to preview pages and manually zone text and image
zones that you want to capture.
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