Scanning Text Documents with OmniPage on a PC

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OmniPage is a used to turn scanned pages into an editable text document, such as a Word document, using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). The instructions for using OmniPage are below.

1. Place document to be scanned face-down on the scanner and close the lid, if possible.
    
2. Open OmniPage Pro using the desktop icon.
   
    
3. Under the button labeled "1", select the type of image you would like to scan (B&W, grayscale, color) and hit Button 1 to scan.
   
   
   Note: If you get an error when you try to scan, you will need to follow these steps to configure the scanner in OmniPage: 
1. Go to Tools > Options. 
2. Click the Scanner tab. 
3. On the error windows that pop up, select No, No, then OK. 
4. Click Setup. 
5. Click Next twice. 
6. Select the name of the scanner you are using. 
7. Click Next twice more, then Finish. 
8. Click OK and you are ready to scan.
    
4. After scanning the first page, you will be prompted to Add More Pages or Stop Loading Pages. If you need to scan additional pages, place the next page on the scanner and choose Add More Pages. Choose Stop Loading Pages once you have scanned your entire document.
   
    
5. In the left column, select the pages you wish to convert to text, or press Ctrl + A in the left column to select all the pages. Under the button labeled "2", choose the type of document you scanned or simply choose Automatic (recommended), and hit Button 2 to have OmniPage recognize the text in your scanned pages. This may take a few minutes depending on the size of your document.
   
    
6. OmniPage will now ask you about words it is unsure of. If OmniPage has interpreted the scanned word correctly, click Ignore. Otherwise, you can select the correct option below and click Change, or you can type the correct word yourself in the top window. When this process is complete, the text will show up in the right hand column of your screen. You can also choose "Close" to skip the proofreading process.
   
    
7. Click Button 3 to save your document to file.
    
8. This will bring up a Save to File window. Select where you want to save your file, a file name, and the file format you want to use. OmniPage allows you to save your document in a number of text and image formats, including Microsoft Word format and rich text format.