User manual VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER

[. . . ] Visioneer® Patriot 680 Scanner User's Guide for Windows Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner User's Guide FOR WINDOWS COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2008 Visioneer, Inc. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. The Visioneer brand name and logo are registered trademarks of Visioneer, Inc. The OmniPage brand name and logo is a registered trademark of Nuance Communications, Inc. [. . . ] Other buttons that have JPG or PDF selected as the file Format are not affected, so you can set the JPEG or PDF file size/image quality independently for each button. 4. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window. 44 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER'S GUIDE TEXT FORMATS Selecting the text format option also selects OCR processing as an automatic step for scanning. Therefore, when you scan a document with the text format selected, the text portions of the document are automatically converted to editable text. The text file formats are only available if the OneTouch OmniPage Module or OmniPage Pro software is installed on your computer. Please see the OneTouch OmniPage Mini-Guide on the Installation Disc 1 for instructions on scanning using OCR and details about the OCR Options in OneTouch. The following figure shows samples for different formats. Example menu for the TEXT file options when the Destination Application is Microsoft Word. Example menu for the TEXT file options when the Destination Application is a Storage location. 3. Choose the file type that you want for the text format. Your selection of a file type pertains only to the button currently selected on the OneTouch Properties window. CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 45 Simple Text--The . txt file format. Text with no formatting; used by the standard Microsoft Notepad application. Word Document--The . doc file format used by Microsoft Word. Comma Delimited--The . csv file format; used for database or spreadsheet data with fields separated by commas. When the document is converted into editable text by the OCR software the fields are maintained. Excel Spreadsheet--The . xls file format used by Microsoft Excel. HTML Document--The . htm file format used to create web pages. Searchable PDF--Selecting this version of the Adobe® Reader® PDF file format scans the image, OCRs the text then saves the PDF file as an image with searchable text. Normal PDF--Selecting this version of the Adobe® Reader® PDF file format scans the image, OCRs the text and creates an editable PDF file that can be edited with a PDF editing program such as Adobe® Reader® Professional. If you change them for one button, those changes apply to the other buttons as well. Click OK on the OneTouch Properties window. Please see the OneTouch OmniPage Mini-Guide on the Installation Disc 1 for instructions about the features found in the OCR Options, and full instructions on scanning with the text file formats. 46 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER'S GUIDE SELECTING OPTIONS FOR A BUTTON The OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination Applications available for a button. There are also settings on the Options tab that are global to all OneTouch buttons. Open the OneTouch Properties window and click the Options tab. Options tab 2. 3. Click the menu arrow and choose the button for setting new options. The OneTouch Destination Options are: Show All Destinations--Selecting this option activates all the Destination Application categories for the current button, so that in the OneTouch Properties window for that button, all available destinations are seen under the Select Destination list. Select Destinations--Select this option to individually choose the types of applications to include in the list of Destination Applications. Destination Categories: Document Management applications, such as Nuance PaperPort®, that are for processing and keeping track of your scanned documents. Image Editors include Microsoft Paint and other drawing and graphics applications. CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 47 Text Editors include Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and other word processing and spreadsheet applications. Storage and CD-R/W is for either storing scanned documents in a folder, or sending them to a CD burner to create a CD containing the scanned documents. [. . . ] In all cases, you should turn off your scanner and check your scanner hardware setup. Open the ADF and make sure the ADF pad is securely snapped into place, make sure the main roller is securely seated in its housing, make sure the input tray is fully seated into the ADF and close the ADF cover. Make sure the ADF cable is fully and securely seated into the ADF port on the bottom of the scanner. The ADF will not function properly without the cable being plugged in securely. If the scanner is locked, turn off the scanner and unlock it, then turn the scanner back on. TROUBLESHOOTING 93 Verify that the USB cable is plugged into the computer and that the USB cable is no longer than 6' (feet). [. . . ]