Links To Many Other Applications; Importing Items From Other Applications - Brother MFC-590 Owner's Manual

Links to Many Other Applications

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PaperPort automatically recognizes many other applications on your computer and creates a
"working link" to them. The Link Bar at the bottom of Desktop view shows icons of those linked
applications. To use a link, drag an item onto one of the icons to start the application represented by
the icon. This sample Link Bar shows several applications with links to PaperPort
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If PaperPort does not automatically recognize one of the applications on your computer, you can
manually create a link using the Create New Link command. (See PaperPort
information about creating new links.)
Using ScanSoft
(Converting Image Text to Text You Can Edit)
Software by:
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ScanSoft TextBridge
computer.
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PaperPort can quickly convert the text on a PaperPort
text) into text that you can edit with a word processing application. PaperPort
character recognition application ScanSoft
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PaperPort uses your application if it is already on your computer. You can convert the entire item,
or by using the Copy As Text command, you can select only a portion of the text to convert.
Dragging an item onto a word-processing link icon starts PaperPort
you can use your own OCR application.

Importing Items from Other Applications

In addition to scanning items, you can bring items into PaperPort
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them to PaperPort (MAX) files in several different ways:
I Print to the Desktop View from another application, such as Microsoft Excel.
I Import files saved in other file formats, such as Windows
Format (TIFF).
Using ScanSoft
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TextBridge OCR
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ScanSoft
OCR is automatically installed when you install PaperPort
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TextBridge
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PaperPort
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item (which is really just a picture of the
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, which comes with PaperPort
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's built-in OCR application, or
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in a variety of ways and convert
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Bitmap (BMP) or Tag Image File
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for Brother and ScanSoft
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on your
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uses the optical
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TextBridge