User manual NUANCE SCANSOFT PAPERPORT 10 GETTING STARTED GUIDE

[. . . ] L EGAL N OTICES Copyright © 1999­2004 by ScanSoft, Inc. No part of this publication may be transmitted, transcribed, reproduced, stored in any retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means, mechanical, electronic, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual, or otherwise, without prior written consent from ScanSoft, Inc. , 9 Centennial Drive, Peabody, Massachusetts 01960. Printed in the United States of America and Ireland. The software described in this book is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license. [. . . ] In PaperPort Professional 10, you can use Print to PDF to print the document in PDF Formatted Text & Graphics format. You can use the Print to PaperPort capability to create print-formatted views of web pages. 18 Acquiring Items Capture web pages You can use Web Capture to capture web pages on the Internet as PaperPort Image items or PDF Image items on your PaperPort desktop. These items function as convenient pointers to your favorite web sites. Once you capture a web page, you can perform a variety of activities. For example, you can: · · · · View the page. Go to the actual web page on the Internet (PaperPort Image item only). Index the content of captured web pages. Use the Print to PaperPort feature to create print-formatted views of web pages, which can also be added to the All-in-One Search index for searching by text content. Add PaperPort folders PaperPort provides an easy-to-use filing system for organizing your items and sharing them with others. In the Folders pane, you can: · · Add existing folders on your computer to the Folders pane. Create new folders, mapped network drives and folders on external devices attached to your computer. Initially, the Folders pane shows a set of folders designed to help you get started using PaperPort. You can move or delete these folders whenever you prefer. You can add folders already on your computer to the Folders pane, including network folders and folders on external devices attached to your computer. Documents within these folders are then available for use within PaperPort. Refer to the PaperPort Help for more information about adding and using PaperPort folders. PaperPort Getting Started Guide 19 Use DesktopDelivery DesktopDelivery (PaperPort Professional 10 only) monitors network or local folders for incoming files of specified types (PDF, TIFF, JPEG and MAX). It can also monitor e-mail folders for attachments. It imports these files to specified PaperPort DesktopDelivery folders (i. e. PaperPort folders designated to receive files from a monitored folder outside PaperPort). Right-click on any PaperPort folder and select DesktopDelivery from the shortcut menu. Monitored e-mail inbox folder Monitored folder Refer to the PaperPort Help for details. Import pictures from your camera To bring digital photos on the PaperPort desktop, first plug your camera in. If your device is displayed as a drive you can start acquiring your files. If your camera does not support this kind of operation, and its driver is installed properly, its TWAIN or WIA interface will display enabling you to import images from it. Do not edit the images on your camera in place ­ not all editing produces the desired result first time. Instead, bring your files into PaperPort and use the SET tools to enhance them. 20 Acquiring Items Touching Up Images When you display an image item in the Page View window, PaperPort provides several tools you can use to adjust or improve your image. For example, you can straighten a scanned page, lighten an underexposed photograph that is too dark, adjust the color in a color picture, remove "dirt spots" from a document page, or sharpen fuzzy pictures. In addition, you can rotate an item, remove stray dots, enhance lines, remove red eye, and crop part of an image. Scanner Enhancement Technology tools Select Area Use the Select Area tool to select part of an image you want to cut, copy, or delete using the commands on the Edit menu or in the shortcut menu. [. . . ] By selecting more than one item, you can convert multiple items to a new format at the same time. Refer to the online Help for details. Convert images to text You can convert scanned documents to text by a simple drag and drop of the thumbnail to your word processor program. PaperPort automatically processes your scanned document using PaperPort's OCR software, launches your word processing program, and loads the scanned text into a document ready for editing. In the Page View window, PaperPort also allows you to copy text from part of an image item for use in a text editing, word processing, or spreadsheet program. [. . . ]