Visioneer® Visual Explorer User's Guide FOR WINDOWS COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Visioneer® Visual Explorer 1.0 Software for Windows. Copyright ©1998 Visioneer, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. AnyPort, AutoFix, AutoLaunch, Visioneer® FormTyper, MicroChrome, PaperEnable, PaperLaunch, PaperPort, PaperPort Deluxe, PaperPort ix, PaperPort Links, PaperPort mx, PaperPort OneTouch, PaperPort PowerBar, PaperPort vx, PaperPortation, PaperPort Strobe, PaperPort 3000, PaperPort 3100, PaperPort 3100B, PaperPort 6000, PaperPort 6000A, PaperPort 6000B, PaperPort 6100, ScanDirect, SimpleSearch, SharpPage, Visioneer Pro OCR 100, and Visioneer are trademarks of Visioneer, Inc. PaperPort, Visioneer® Visual Explorer, and the Visioneer logo are registered trademarks of Visioneer, Inc. Powered by dtSearch; www.dtsearch.com. 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AS A RESULT, EXCEPT AS SET OUT ABOVE, THE PRODUCT IS SOLD "AS IS" AND YOU ARE ASSUMING THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE PRODUCT'S SUITABILITY TO YOUR NEEDS, ITS QUALITY AND ITS PERFORMANCE, IN NO EVENT WILL VISIONEER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECT IN THE PRODUCT OR FROM ITS USE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. All exclusions and limitations in this warranty are made only to the extent permitted by applicable law and shall be of no effect to the extent in conflict with the express requirements of applicable law. FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for the class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed, and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: · Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. · Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. · Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. · Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. This equipment has been certified to comply with the limits for a class B computing device, pursuant to FCC Rules. In order to maintain compliance with FCC regulations, shielded cables must be used with this equipment. Operation with non-approved equipment or unshielded cables is likely to result in interference to radio and TV reception. The user is cautioned that changes and modifications made to the equipment without the approval of manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Chapter 1: Welcome to the Visual Explorer Software . . . . . . . . . . 1 View items in a variety of ways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Capture Web pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Organize all your items in folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Combine items into stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Add notes, highlight areas, and mark up a page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Link to other applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Fax it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 E-mail it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Use SimpleSearch to find an item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Import items from other applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Export items in other formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Use right mouse button shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Visit Visioneer's Web site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Chapter 2: Viewing Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing items in Desktop View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Desktop View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Command Bar in Desktop View . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing items in Page View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Page View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Command Bar in Page View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zooming in or out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing between Desktop View and Page View . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing items by using the application that created them . . . . . Setting the Double-Click Action preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quitting Desktop View or Page View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 3: Filing Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Visual Explorer's filing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying folders and items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding and removing folders from Folder View . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a folder to Folder View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing folders from Folder View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arranging folders in Folder View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12 13 14 15 18 18 20 20 21 21 22 23 23 24 27 27 29 29 iii iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Working with folders and items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dragging and dropping items into folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Filing items in multiple locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duplicating items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating new folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giving folders new titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dragging and dropping folders into folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating new items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Windows Explorer to manage items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using SimpleSearch to find an item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 4: Stacking PaperPort Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Combining items into stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using drag and drop to create stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting and deselecting items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giving titles to items and stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving between stacked pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unstacking items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiling items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 5: Capturing Web Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using a supported browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Capturing Web pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Updating captured Web pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing captured Web pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Searching Web pages using SimpleSearch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 6: Using Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The basic steps for using links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting a link's preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Managing the Link Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing how links appear on the Link Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . Showing and hiding the Link Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing a link from the Link Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reordering links on the Link Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 36 37 39 41 42 42 44 44 47 48 49 53 54 54 56 58 58 59 60 60 62 62 63 64 64 TABLE OF CONTENTS v Chapter 7: Sending a Fax or E-Mail Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sending an item as a fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sending an item with an e-mail message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sending a self-viewing file using an e-mail link . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 8: Annotating a Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the annotation tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pointer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eraser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straighten Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Highlighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Freehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying and hiding annotations . . . . . . . . ...