PaperPort Deluxe 6.0 User's Guide - Visioneer Product Support and ...

88 CHAPTER 8: CONVERTING ITEMS TO TEXT WITH OCRCONVERTING AN ITEM USING ANOTHER OCRAPPLICATIONIf you have another OCR application installed on your computer, suchas Pro OCR, an OCR link appears on the Link Bar. Instead of usingPaperPort’s built-in OCR application, you can convert an item to textby using another OCR application.To convert an item to text using another OCR application:1. Set OCR preferences for the other OCR application as described inthe documentation that came with your OCR application.2. Select the item to convert.3. Drag it onto the OCR link icon on the Link Bar. You can also clickthe OCR link icon.4. When the OCR link icon is highlighted, release the mouse button.5. Complete the conversion as described by your OCRdocumentation.SETTING THE VISIONEER OCR PREFERENCESYou can set the Visioneer OCR preferences for each link application thatyou use to convert an image into text. For example, you can setpreferences for word-processing applications, such as Microsoft Wordand for spreadsheet applications, such as Microsoft Excel. You canchange the preferences at any time to accommodate the type of item youare converting. You can set preferences from either Desktop View orPage View.