Importing Items From Other Applications; Exporting Items In Other Formats - Brother Backup Battery Owner's Manual

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).

Exporting Items in Other Formats

You can export or save PaperPort
BMP, PCX, DCX, JPG, TIF, PDF, PNG, FPX, HFX, or self-viewing. For example, you could create
a file for an Internet Web site and export it as a JPEG file. Web pages often use JPEG files for
displaying images.
Exporting an Image File
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Select the Export command from the File pull-down menu in the PaperPort
Export 'XXXXX' As dialog box will be displayed.
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Select the drive and directory where you want to store the file.
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Enter the new file name and choose the file type or select a name from the File Name text box.
(You can scroll through the Directories and File Name listing for prompting.)
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Select the OK button to save your file, or Cancel to return to the PaperPort
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TextBridge
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OCR is automatically installed when you install PaperPort
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items in several popular file formats. You can export formats
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OCR
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item (which is really just a picture of the
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TextBridge , which comes with PaperPort
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Bitmap (BMP) or Tag Image File
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on your
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uses the optical
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's built-in OCR application, or
in a variety of ways and convert
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window. The
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without saving it.
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