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Readiris Pro 12 Getting Started Guide
The purpose of this guide is to get you up to speed with how the program works and how to make it work better for
your purposes. We will show you step by step how to get up and running at fast as possible
Program setup
To begin go to File > Select Source and select the entry marked twain for your
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scanner. If this box is empty then you will be unable to scan from Readiris. To
fix, install the latest version of the scanner software. Click on the Scanner button
and find the closest match to your scanner. This step selects the scanner profile.
If there is no match choose
Open button to process already scanned images or PDF files.
Set the paper size and color.
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documents that your want to edit or change and makes available the image
adjustment option to improve results that will be discussed later.
ADF
= Automatic Document Feeder. This is the on/off switch. Checked is on,
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unchecked is off.
Scan another page after is for flat bed scanners to set a time interval to place
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new pages on the glass and have the program continue automatically.
Invert is for situations where the scanner returns a black page with white text
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Digital Cameras can be used to process images from that source
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Process as 300 DPI is for existing image files that may have scanned at a lower
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resolution. 300 is the optimal balance between good scan speed and accuracy.
Increased resolutions may actually degrade results.
Smoothen color images improves the appearance of grayscale and color images
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that may be on your document.
Twain other models.
Note that you can use the
Grayscale or Color
produces better results for
Auto Exposure – Automatically sets brightness
and contrast for the scan. When unchecked
adjustment sliders will appear on the left, if
available for your scanner model.
Invert – Corrects white text on black background
problem.
Process as 300 DPI - Overrides scan settings to
force 300 DPI
Smoothen color images – Improves appearance
of images that are scanned with the text on the
document.
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Summary of Contents for I.R.I.S. READIRIS PRO 12
- Page 1 Readiris Pro 12 Getting Started Guide The purpose of this guide is to get you up to speed with how the program works and how to make it work better for your purposes. We will show you step by step how to get up and running at fast as possible Program setup To begin go to File >...
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Page 2: Output Format
Prior to clicking on Scan or Open you can set the options button to have the program perform automatic operations on the scanned image. If the pages are crooked use Page Deskewing. If they need to be rotated then select the appropriate option there. Page Analysis is set by default and is necessary for the OCR. - Page 3 Send to - When you process the document by clicking on Recognize + Save it will prompt you to save the file and then open it in the selected Program. External File - Allows you save the file without opening, sending by email or opening the file as with Sent to.
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Page 4: Image Quality
Image Quality Another aspect to consider is Readiris can only convert images that are correctly oriented. It will not work if they are sideways or upside down. If you find this is happening use the rotate tool to turn the image or click the Options button and select... -
Page 5: Adjust Image
Adjust Image After scanning the document in Grayscale, go to View menu and uncheck display documents in color. Go to view again and click on Actual Size. This will magnify the image so you can see the letter shapes to gauge how light or dark they are. Next go to Process on the file menu and choose Adjust Image. -
Page 6: Output Formats
Output Formats Readiris Pro 12 is about providing choices to help you accomplish your goals. Many times though it may confusing to know what format to use in what situation. Below are listed every file format available in the program. On the next page we will discuss these in more detail. - Page 7 There are two separate ways to output from Readiris. Either in the Send to, which uses a script to send the results to the output application or in the External File which saves the file and opens it in the associated application. Portable Document Format is a file format created by Adobe Systems Inc to enhance document exchange.
- Page 8 Word (DOCX) for Word 2007 & 2010 Word Markup Language was introduced in Word 2003 and is the standard format in Word 2007 and is based on XML (extensible markup language) replacing the binary format used in previous versions of Word.
- Page 9 Comma Separated Value is a text format for storing tabular data which uses a comma to separate values. It is usually associated with Excel on Windows machines. Since it can only display a single table it is sometimes referred to as a flat file.
- Page 10 About Forms... Readiris is a very good tool for converting scanned or pre-scanned images, including Adobe Acrobat PDF files into real text documents. However, it cannot perform miracles. There are some kinds of documents it will have trouble working with. While Readiris Pro 12 is vastly improved over previous versions it will have trouble with forms. A form typically has lines, boxes, check boxes and the like and is intended to be filled out on screen.