DocuMate 3115User’s Guide71Scanning with Optical Character Recognition(OCR)Optical Character Recognition (OCR) converts text and numbers on a scanned page into editable textand numbers. You can then work with the text and numbers to edit, spell check, change font or typesize, sort, calculate, and so forth.The One Touch OmniPage Module or the OmniPage Pro software must be installed on your computerin order to use the OCR options with the One Touch software and your DocuMate 3115. The One TouchOmniPage Module was automatically installed when you installed your driver from the installation disc.To scan with OCR:1. Open the One Touch Properties window.2. Select a text editing program in the Select Destination list, then select a text file format in theSelect Format panel.For example, if you want to edit your document in Microsoft’s Word, select that application thenchoose a file format such as TEXT, RTF or DOC.NOTE: Xerox recommends that all OCR processing use the original factory settings for OCR scanningthat came with your scanner. When scanning with other settings, use at least 300 dpi for theresolution. If the original documents are of poor quality or have a small type font, 400 dpi can beused as the maximum resolution.NOTE: Some of the illustrations in this section may not look exactly as they appear on yourcomputer’s screen. The differences are minor and do not affect the steps to use the new features.
