Starting Other Scanning Software - Epson Expression Photo XP-850 User Manual

User's Guide

Starting Other Scanning Software

Note:
Some scanning software may not be included in some countries.
Epson Event Manager
This lets you assign any of the product buttons to open a scanning program. You can also save frequently used
scanning settings, which can really speed up your scanning projects.
How to start
❏ Windows:
Select the start button or Start > All Programs or Programs> Epson Software > Event Manager.
❏ Mac OS X:
Select Applications > Epson Software, and then double-click the Launch Event Manager icon.
How to access the help
❏ Windows:
Click the icon in the upper right corner of the screen.
❏ Mac OS X:
Click menu > Help > Epson Event Manager Help.
ABBYY FineReader
This software lets you scan a document and convert the text into data that you can edit with a word processing
program.
OCR software cannot recognize, or has difficulty recognizing, the following types of documents or text.
❏ Handwritten characters
❏ Items that have been copied from other copies
❏ Faxes
❏ Text with tightly spaced characters or line pitch
❏ Text that is in tables or underlined
❏ Cursive or italic fonts, and font sizes less than 8 points
❏ Folded or wrinkled documents
See the ABBYY FineReader help for more details.
How to start
❏ Windows:
Select the start button or Start > All Programs or Programs > ABBYY FineReader folder > ABBYY
FineReader.
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