Chapter 5: Troubleshooting
If WordScan Performance is Unacceptable
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sure to specify
Small Text
as a
Text Attribute
of
Text Zones (and in the Scanner Settings dialog box,
if appropriate) when text smaller than 6 points
appears on a page. Also, pages with complex formats
require more recognition time than simple, single
column pages.
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Make sure there is sufficient disk space for the
temporary files that Windows and WordScan must
create. For best performance, your disk should have
at least 25% of its space free. If it has less space than
this, files may be fragmented (that is, written in
small blocks in many different places on your disk).
This results in very slow performance.
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“Optimize” your disk regularly. When you start with
a new hard disk, all the data in one file is stored in
contiguous blocks from beginning to end. As you
(and your programs) create, modify, and delete files,
DOS uses whatever space is available on your disk.
This means that small portions of files are stored in
blocks all over the disk; the disk becomes
“fragmented.” Instead of the disk quickly reading
the entire file in one operation, it must search for all
the individual blocks.
An optimization program reorganizes your disk and
puts all blocks of each file into a contiguous space.
Programs that do this are available from your
computer dealer and should be run regularly.
❑
Check for a computer virus. Computer viruses
corrupt your system when you install software from
infected diskettes or download infected programs
from modems. They can even get into your system
over a network connection. A virus can not only slow
down your system it can also damage your programs
and data.
You should regularly check your system for viruses.
Virus programs are frequently distributed as
shareware on many computer bulletin boards and
information services. Similar programs should be
available from your dealer.
Summary of Contents for WORDSCAN
Page 1: ...i WordScan User s Guide Serial Registration 802 0538 030A...
Page 8: ...vi Related Manuals About This Manual...
Page 88: ...80 Page Setup Chapter 4 WordScan Settings...
Page 102: ...94 Electronic Mail Options Appendix A Output Formats and Scanner Fax and E Mail Settings...
Page 107: ...iii V View menu 71 Virtual memory 82 W Windows 82 Z Zones creating 20 graphic 39 Zoom 72...
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