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User manual NUANCE OMNIFORM 2 REFERENCE FOR MACINTOSH
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Manual abstract: user guide NUANCE OMNIFORM 2 REFERENCE FOR MACINTOSH
Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide. OmniForm Reference
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Version 2 for Macintosh
CAERE CORPORATION 100 Cooper Court Los Gatos, California 95030-3321 European Offices: Caere GmbH Innere Wiener Strasse 5 81667 Munich Germany Caere UK Information Centre Abbey House, 4 Abbey Orchard Street Westminster, London SW1P2JJ, U.K.
Please Note To use this program, you should know how to work in the Macintosh environment. Please refer to your Macintosh documentation if you have questions about how to use menu commands, dialog boxes, scroll bars, and so on.
OmniForm Reference Version 2.01 for Macintosh Copyright© 1997 Caere Corporation. All rights reserved. CAERE®, Logical Form Recognition, and OmniForm® are trademarks of Caere Corporation. Formonix is a trademark of Formonix, Inc. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Such designations appearing in this manual have been printed in initial caps.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
OmniForm Features ........................................................................................................................ 1-2 Using the Documentation .............................................................................................................. 1-3 Online Help............................................................................................................................... 1-3 Formatting.................................................................................................................................1-3 Symbols......................................................................................................................................1-4
Chapter 2 Installation and Setup
System Requirements ..................................................................................................................... 2-2 Registering OmniForm ...................................................................................................................2-2 Installing OmniForm ...................................................................................................................... 2-3 Starting OmniForm .........................................................................................................................2-4
Chapter 3 Tutorials
Tutorial 1 -- Load and Fill a Form................................................................................................ 3-2 Launch OmniForm...................................................................................................................3-2 Scan the Sample Form ............................................................................................................. 3-3 Fax the Sample Form ............................................................................................................... 3-6 Import an Image File................................................................................................................ 3-6 Filling in the Form..................................................................................................................3-10 Design View ............................................................................................................................3-13 Tutorial 2 -- Edit Text and Add a Graphic ...............................................................................3-15 Scan or Import the Sample Form .........................................................................................3-15 Verifying OCR ........................................................................................................................3-17 Tutorial 3 -- Design Your Own Form ........................................................................................3-21 Pre-Organization ....................................................................................................................3-22 Open a New, Blank Form......................................................................................................3-22 Create the Text Objects..........................................................................................................3-23 Create the Fill Text Objects ...................................................................................................3-23 Create the Comb Objects.......................................................................................................3-27 Create the Check Box Objects...............................................................................................3-29 Create the Table Object..........................................................................................................3-31 Create the Graphic Objects ...................................................................................................3-36
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Define the Calculations ........................................................................................................ . 3-37 Customize the Form .............................................................................................................. 3-41 Test the Form in Fill View..................................................................................................... 3-44 Tutorial 4 -- The OmniForm Database...................................................................................... 3-46 Duplicating a Database Record............................................................................................ 3-46 Creating New Records .......................................................................................................... 3-47 Search the Database Records................................................................................................ 3-48 Sort the Database Records .................................................................................................... 3-49 Database Changes .................................................................................................................. 3-50 Deleting Records .................................................................................................................... 3-51
Chapter 4 Views and Form Usage
Using Form Assistant ..................................................................................................................... 4-2 Opening Form Assistant ......................................................................................................... 4-2 The Form Assistant Options................................................................................................... 4-3 Setting the Form Assistant Startup Option .......................................................................... 4-4 The Design View Window............................................................................................................. 4-5 The Fill View Window.................................................................................................................... 4-6 Form Usage Options ....................................................................................................................... 4-7 Choosing a Form Usage Option............................................................................................. 4-7 Where to Select Form Usage Options ................................................................................... 4-8 Changing Form Usage............................................................................................................. 4-9
Chapter 5 OmniForm Procedures
Scanning a Paper Form................................................................................................................... 5-2 Scanning With Form Assistant............................................................................................... 5-2 Using the Scan Form... Command .......................................................................................... 5-4 Importing an Image File........................................................................................................ ......... 5-8 Importing With Form Assistant............................................................................................. 5-8 Using the Scan Form... Command to Import ...................................................................... 5-10 Filling a Form................................................................................................................. ................ 5-13 Filling Fields With Form Assistant...................................................................................... 5-13 Using the Fill Command ....................................................................................................... 5-13 Printing or Faxing a Form ............................................................................................................ 5-14 Printing/Faxing With Form Assistant ................................................................................ 5-14 Using the Print... Command ................................................................................................. 5-15 Searching a Form........................................................................................................................... 5-17 Searching With Form Assistant ........................................................................................... 5-17 Using the Search... Command............................................................................................... 5-18 Opening a Form to Design....................................................................................................... .... 5-19 Opening a Form in Design View With Form Assistant.................................................... 5-19 Using the Design Command ................................................................................................. 5-19
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Creating a New Form ...................................................................................................................5-20 Creating a New Form With Form Assistant.......................................................................5-20 Using the New Command .....................................................................................................5-20 Opening a Form.............................................................................................................................5-21 International Settings ....................................................................................................................5-22 Selecting a Language for Your Form(s) ..............................................................................5-22 How OmniForm Uses Language Selections.......................................................................5-23 The Allow Multiple Languages Option ..................................................................................5-25 Menu Shortcuts..............................................................................................................................5-26
Chapter 6 Designing a Form
The Design Process .........................................................................................................................6-2 The Design View Toolbars ............................................................................................................. 6-3 The Standard Toolbar .............................................................................................................. 6-3 The Font/Text Toolbar ............................................................................................................ 6-4 The Arrange Toolbar ............................................................................................................... 6-4 The Drawing Toolbar .............................................................................................................. 6-5 Creating Objects............................................................................................................................... 6-6 General Creation Guidelines ..................................................................................................6-6 Creating a Text Object ............................................................................................................. 6-7 Creating a Line Object ............................................................................................................. 6-7 Creating an Oval Object .......................................................................................................... 6-8 Creating a Rectangle Object....................................................................................................6-8 Creating a Graphic Object....................................................................................................... 6-8 Creating ...
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