The Format Tab - Visioneer Strobe 500 User Manual

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The options on the Format tab window are for setting the input and output formats for the scanned documents.
1. Click the Format tab and choose the options you want for both the input and output formats.
Input Format Options
• Automatic—choose this option to let the OCR process determine the format of the pages. Typically
you select this option when the document has different or unknown types of layouts, pages with
multiple columns and a table, or pages containing more than one table. The OCR process will then
determine if text is in columns, an item is a graphic or text, and tables are present.
• Single column no table—choose this option if the document contains only one column of text and no
tables. Business letters are normally in this form. You can also use this option for documents with words
or numbers in columns if you do not want them placed in a table or decolumnized or treated as
separate columns.
• Multiple columns, no table—choose this option if some document pages contain text in columns
and you want it kept in separate columns, similar to the original layout. If table-like data is
encountered, it is placed in columns, not in a gridded table.
• Single column with table—choose this option if your document contains only one column of text
and a table. The table will be placed in a grid in the Destination Application you have selected. You can
later specify whether to export it in a grid or as tab-separated text columns.
• Spreadsheet—choose this option if the entire document consists of a table that you want to export to
a spreadsheet program, or have treated as a table. No flowing text or graphics will be detected.
Output Format Options
• Automatic—the document will be formatted as close to its original as possible. The OneTouch
software will adjust its settings to the most appropriate for the document being scanned in order to
match your selected output format. The output quality will be maximized and the processing time
minimized.
• No formatting—the document will be plain text, one column, left-aligned in a single font and font
size. You can then export the plain text to nearly all file types and target applications.
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