DocuMate 3115User’s Guide82The Format TabThe options on the Format tab window are for setting the input and output formats for the scanneddocuments.1. Click the Format tab and choose the options you want for both the input and output formats.Input Format Options• Automatic—Choose this option to let the OCR process determine the format of the pages.Typically you select this option when the document has different or unknown types oflayouts, pages with multiple columns and a table, or pages containing more than one table.The OCR process will then determine if text is in columns, an item is a graphic or text, andtables are present.• Single Column no Table—Choose this option if the document contains only one column oftext and no tables. Business letters are normally in this form. You can also use this option fordocuments with words or numbers in columns if you do not want them placed in a table ordecolumnized or treated as separate columns.• Multiple Columns, no Table—Choose this option if some document pages contain text incolumns and you want it kept in separate columns, similar to the original layout. If table-likedata is encountered, it is placed in columns, not in a gridded table.• Single Column with Table—Choose this option if your document contains only one columnof text and a table. The table will be placed in a grid in the Destination Application you haveselected. You can later specify whether to export it in a grid or as tab-separated text columns.• Spreadsheet—Choose this option if the entire document consists of a table that you want toexport to a spreadsheet program, or have treated as a table. No flowing text or graphics willbe detected.
