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Windows & Macintosh
Macintosh
Windows
ScanSoft OmniPage
ScanSoft OmniPage Pro (Windows) / SE (Macintosh) is an optical character recognition (OCR) program
that converts characters scanned from a book, magazine or newspaper into text data for editing or
digital transmission. After conversion, the text can be edited with word processors and similar
programs.
Starting OmniPage and the Driver Software
Windows
When you install OmniPage Pro, the Add Scanner Wizard will display. Choose the [CanoScan
D1230U] or [CanoScan D2400U] option. This instructs OmniPage Pro to select the correct
scanner for scanning.
1. Click the Windows [Start] button and select [Programs], [Caere Applications] and
[OmniPage Pro 9.0]. OmniPage Pro will start.
2. Click the [Scan Image] button on the toolbar, or open the [Process] menu and select [Scan
Image]. The scanner will start scanning and display the scanned image in OmniPage Pro.
• If the toolbar button displays as [Load Image], click the arrow and select [Scan
Image]. Or if the Process menu item displays as [Load Image], open the [Process]
menu and select [Process Settings]. In the [Process] tab, select [Scan Image].
Macintosh
1. Open the [OmniPage 8 SE Folder] folder and double-click the [OmniPage 8 SE] icon.
OmniPage SE will start.
• For the initial setting, open the [Settings] menu and select [Select Scanner], then
select [CanoScan D1230U] or [CanoScan D2400U].
2. Click the [Scan Image] button on the toolbar, or open the [Process] menu and select [Scan
Image]. Canon Plug-in Module CS-U will start and display its control panel.
3. Select [Black & White] as the scan mode and [OCR(300dpi)], [OCR(400dpi)] or [OCR(600dpi)]
as the output device. Click the [Scan] button. The scanned image will display in OmniPage SE.
• If the toolbar button displays as [Load Image], select [Scan Image] from the
button below it. Or if the Process menu item is labeled [Load Image], open the
[Process] menu and select [Process Settings] and [Scan Image].
