ScanSoft® PaperPort® OCR lets you convert image text into text you can edit; You can import items from other applications; You can export items into other formats- Page 62

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ScanSoft

®

 PaperPort

®

 OCR lets you convert image text into text you can edit

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ScanSoft

®

 PaperPort

®

 SE can quickly convert a text document image into text that you can edit with a word 

processing application.

PaperPort

®

 SE uses the optical character recognition application OCR, which comes with PaperPort

®

 SE.

PaperPort

®

 SE can use your preferred OCR application if it is already on your PC. You can convert the entire 

item, or by using the 

Copy Text

 command, you can choose only a portion of the text to convert.

Dragging an item onto a word-processing link icon starts PaperPort

®

’s built-in OCR application, or you can 

use your own OCR application.

You can import items from other applications

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As well as scanning items, you can bring items into PaperPort

®

 SE in a variety of ways and convert them to 

PaperPort

®

 SE (MAX) files in several different ways:

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Print to the Desktop View from another application, such as Microsoft

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 Excel.

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Import files saved in other file formats, such as Windows

®

 Bitmap (BMP) or Tagged Image File Format 

(TIFF).

You can export items into other formats

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You can export or save PaperPort

®

 SE items in several popular file formats, such as BMP, JPEG, TIFF, PDF 

or self-viewing.
For example, to create a file for an Internet Web site, export it as a JPEG file. Web pages often use JPEG 
files for displaying images.

Exporting an image file

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a

Click 

File

, then 

Save As

 in the PaperPort

®

 SE window. 

The Save ‘XXXXX’ as dialog box is displayed.

b

Choose the drive and folder where you want to store the file.

c

Enter the new file name and choose the file.

d

Click 

Save

 to save your file, or 

Cancel

 to return to PaperPort

®

 SE without saving it.