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Installation and setup
This chapter provides information on installing OmniPage Pro X and selecting a scanner to use with it.
Please consult the Readme file which provides the most up-to-date information on installing and running the program. Readme is supplied in plain text and PDF formats. These files are copied from the CD to the OmniPage Pro X folder during installation.
This User’s Guide is also supplied in PDF format. It is copied to the sub-folder User’s Guide. The Mac OS X operating system includes a
PDF viewer. Under Mac OS 9, please use Adobe Acrobat. The PDF files can be navigated easily using the bookmarks (table of contents), page thumbnails and hyperlinks on cross references and index entries.
Please continue reading this chapter for the following information: u
System requirements
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Installing the software
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Running the program under Mac OS 9
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Starting OmniPage Pro
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Selecting your scanner
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Registering OmniPage Pro
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Removing OmniPage Pro
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System requirements
The minimum system requirements for OmniPage Pro X are: u iMac, iBook, PowerBook, Power Macintosh or PowerPC compatible computers with at least a G3 processor u Mac OS 9.0 or later, Mac OS X (10.1 or above) and QuickTime
4.1 or later (this is normally included in OS X) u 128 MB of memory (RAM) on Mac OS X; 64MB on Mac OS 9 with 32 MB allocated to OmniPage Pro (or 64 MB allocated to handle full-page color images with more than 256 colors) u 80 to 100 MB of free hard disk space u A color monitor with at least 256 colors and 800x600 pixel resolution u A Macintosh-compatible pointing device u A supported and correctly installed scanner, if you plan to scan documents.
Performance and speed will be enhanced if your computer’s processor, memory and available disk space exceed minimum requirements.
Installing the software
t To install OmniPage Pro X:
Insert the OmniPage Pro CD in the CD-ROM drive.
Double-click OmniPage Pro X Setup.
Select a language and then click Continue. This language will be used for installation and also as the program’s interface language.
Read the license agreement. If you click I Agree, you can continue installation.
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Personalize your copy in the dialog box that appears.
Type in your name, the name of your company and the serial number. You will find the serial number on the CD case.
Click OK.
Click Install in the next dialog box to proceed. A further dialog box lets you choose where the OmniPage Pro files will be installed. Select a drive and optionally a folder location (using
Open or New) and click Choose. The program will be installed in a folder named OmniPage Pro X. If you want to keep a previous
OmniPage version, install your new version to a different location.
All the program files will be copied to the chosen drive and location. Some sub-folders will be created, including
Components, Help, Sample Files, Training Files, User
Dictionaries, User’s Guide, and Zone Templates.
Note
Under Mac OS 9 you may get a warning message if you have no CarbonLib installed on your machine. In this case double-click the CarbonLib Setup. The required CarbonLib will be installed, the computer will then restart and the
OmniPage Pro installation will start automatically.
Running the program under Mac OS 9
This User’s Guide and the online help describe the use of the program under the Mac OS X operating system. Some dialog boxes have a slightly different appearance under Mac OS 9. Mac OS X supports an
Application menu: it includes Preferences... which is in the Edit menu under Mac OS 9 and Quit which is in the File menu in Mac OS 9.
Online Help highlights all differences between Mac OS X and Mac
OS 9 with an OS 9 icon.
The Help menu under Mac OS 9 allows you to show or hide balloon help. This relates to system-wide balloon help, which can appear within OmniPage Pro X under OS 9.
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Starting OmniPage Pro
There are several ways of starting OmniPage Pro
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: u Open the OmniPage Pro X folder and double-click the OmniPage
Pro X icon.
The program launches and the OCR Toolbar will be displayed.
For quicker access, place an alias program icon on your Desktop.
u Drag and drop one or more image files onto the OmniPage Pro X icon.
The program launches and loads the dropped image files. It does not immediately recognize them.
u Drag and drop an OmniPage Document icon onto the OmniPage
Pro X icon or double-click an OmniPage Document icon.
The program launches and opens the previously created
OmniPage Document. See page 56 and Saving an OmniPage
Document on page 61.
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Use the Direct OCR feature. See Direct OCR on page 66.
Selecting your scanner
Before you can select a scanner in OmniPage Pro X, its driver must already be installed on your system. It should also be tested, to be sure it is working properly with the scanning software supplied by its manufacturer. Consult the documentation supplied with your scanner.
You can either let OmniPage Pro auto-detect your scanner or you can select a scanner type manually in the Select Scanner dialog box. If you cannot find your scanner model in the scanner list in this dialog box,
OmniPage Pro allows you to select a driver from one of the two
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general scanner driver types supported by the program. You can select either a Photoshop plug-in or a TWAIN driver depending on your scanner.
For specific scanner types which work with a TWAIN driver, you can choose whether to use their own interface or use OmniPage Pro’s interface. For scanners using a Photoshop plug-in driver, its interface is always displayed while scanning.
Each scanner driver provides a different user interface, so the available options may vary.
See an overview table in the online Help topic Selecting a scanner. This summarizes the user interface differences depending on which type of scanner driver is chosen.
t To auto-select a scanner for OmniPage Pro:
Switch on your scanner and start OmniPage Pro.
Choose Preferences… from the Application menu (Mac OS 9: Edit menu) then click the Scanner icon to display the Scanner panel.
Click the Select… button to get the Select Scanner dialog box.
Click the Auto-Select Scanner button.
Click Verify to be sure the auto-detected scanner is correctly configured.
If an auto-detected scanner has a TWAIN driver, you can select the option Show TWAIN User Interface. For more detail see point
6 in the section To access a scanner through a TWAIN driver.
Click OK, then Save.
If OmniPage Pro cannot recognize your scanner automatically, select it manually as described in the next section.
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t To select a scanner manually:
Follow instructions 1-3 listed above.
Select a scanner manufacturer under Manufacturer in the Select
Scanner dialog box.
Select a scanner model under Scanner.
Check the driver name under Driver. If you have more than one driver, select the one you want to use.
Click Verify to be sure the selected scanner is correctly configured.
Click OK to close the Select Scanner dialog box.
Click Save in the Preferences dialog box.
If the displayed scanner list does not contain the manufacturer or type of your scanner, you have two more choices under Manufacturer
(Photoshop plug-in) and (TWAIN driver) . To decide which of these general scanner drivers your scanner supports, refer to the documentation supplied with your scanner. See the next two sections for more details on selecting (TWAIN driver) or (Photoshop plug-in) .
Tip If you do not have a scanner at all, you can select (Test) under Manufacturer in the
Select Scanner dialog box to simulate scanning.
t To access a scanner through a TWAIN driver:
Follow instructions 1-3 from the section To auto-select a scanner for
OmniPage Pro.
Select (TWAIN driver) under Manufacturer.
Select a driver name under Scanner.
Check that your scanner driver delivered by the manufacturer has appeared under Driver and select it, if it is not already selected.
Click Verify to check the functioning of your scanner.
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Decide which user interface you want to use for your scanner: the driver’s own interface or OmniPage Pro’s interface. See the overview table in the online Help topic Selecting a scanner which summarizes the user interface functioning for different scanner drivers.
• Select Show TWAIN User Interface if you want to use the user interface of your scanner driver.
• Deselect Show TWAIN User Interface if you want to start scanning from OmniPage Pro using the scanner settings in the
Scanner panel of the OmniPage Pro Preferences dialog box.
Click OK to close the Select Scanner dialog box.
Click Save in the Preferences dialog box.
t To access a scanner through a Photoshop plug-in:
Copy your scanner driver from the Plug-Ins folder of the Adobe
Photoshop program to the OmniPage Pro X: Components:
Scanner Support: Plug-Ins folder.
It is assumed that the scanner driver delivered by the manufacturer has already been copied to the Adobe Photoshop program’s Plug-
Ins folder during scanner installation.
Follow instructions 1-3 from the section To auto-select a scanner for
OmniPage Pro.
Select (Photoshop plug-in) under Manufacturer.
Select the driver just copied under Scanner. Check the driver name under Driver.
Click the Verify button if you want to display the info panels. The driver’s info panel will appear first, then the Scanner Info panel.
Inspect and then close them.
Click OK to close the Select Scanner dialog box.
Click Save in the Preferences dialog box.
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t To scan in the Classic Environment:
• Select Scan in Classic Mode in the Select Scanner dialog box if it is not already selected. Please wait while the program compiles a scanner list.
This option enables you to scan pages even if your scanner has a driver for Mac OS 9 only. If the option is selected, scanning will be performed in the Classic Environment. If the option is deselected, scanning can only be performed with a scanner driver developed for Mac OS X. The Scan in Classic Mode option is not selectable under Mac OS 9.
Registering OmniPage Pro
ScanSoft’s registration Wizard runs at the end of installation. We provide an easy electronic form that can be completed in less than five minutes. You are asked to enter OmniPage Pro’s serial number, which appears on a sticker on the CD sleeve.
When the form is filled and you click Send, the program will search an
Internet connection to immediately perform the registration online.
If you did not register the software during installation, you will be periodically invited to register later. You can go to www.scansoft.com to register online. Click on Support and from the main support screen choose Register in the left-hand column.
For a statement on the use of your registration data, please see
ScanSoft’s Privacy Policy.
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Removing OmniPage Pro
Move or copy any files you want to keep from the OmniPage Pro X folder. These might be settings, training, template, user dictiorary, export or OmniPage Document files. Then drag the folder to the
Trash.
