If you turn on the scanner at station 6, you will have to restart (reboot) the computer so that it will recognize the scanner. Scanning Text (no graphics or pictures included).

1. Start OmniPage. There is an icon located on the desktop for it.
2. Make sure the text has been placed in the scanner.
3. To scan the text:
   • Click on the File menu and choose Acquire Image.
   • A box will appear to make sure you are ready to scan. When you are, click on the Scan button.
   • The program will then scan the page of text
4. Convert the textual image into a text file or Word document (OCR it - [OCR stands for optical character recognition])
   • If you need to manipulate the image in any way, do so now. Then click on the OCR button on the toolbar.
   • The image of the page has been converted. You are now prompted whether you are done scanning or you have more pages to add. If you choose to add another page, just repeat the above steps (starting at #3, part 2).
5. When you are done scanning:
   • A box appears to allow you to save the converted text images.
   • Choose the drive and directory where you wish to save the file.
   • Choose the type under Save Text as Type:
   • Give your file a name, and click the OK button.
6. Congratulations, you now have a text (not an image) file of the text page(s) you scanned! And don't forget to remove text from the scanner)

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