Wordlinx Tutorial

1. Double click on the hard disk icon to open it.

2. Locate the Wordlinx folder and double click it.

3. Double click the Wordlinx 2.0 icon.

4. The program will launch. If this is your first time using Wordlinx:

a. Enter your name and company (optional) when prompted to do so.

b. Click "OK."

c. Review the "Last Minute Information" and click "OK."

5. The Wordlinx logo appears. Click the Image menu and select "Scan."If you get an error message "Sorry. Can’t find a scanner driver inthe Wordlinx folder" consult Document # 3520"Installing From Floppy Disks" and refer to the section onPlug-ins.

6. The Scanner Controls and Preview Window will now appear. The PreviewWindow may contain an image from a previous scan. If this is your firstuse of Wordlinx, the Preview Window will contain a large "X."

7. Place a text document face down on the scanner glass and close thelid.

8. Click the PreScan button. The scanner will now begin moving. If youget a "SCSI I.D." error message, exit the Wordlinx program andcheck the SCSI I.D. setting on the scanner. For more information, consultDocument # 3560 "SCSI Chain Termination andI.D.#.

9. When the scanner is finished, a miniature version of your documentwill appear in the Preview Window. This is not your final scan. Now youmust set the scanning parameters.

10. On the Scanner Controls, located to the left of the preview window,you have areas labeled "Scan Mode" and "Resolution."For text scanning in Wordlinx these must be set on "Line Art"and 300 dpi. If they are not:

a. Click the box to the right of "Scan Mode" and choose LineArt.

b. Click the arrows next to "Resolution" to move the scrollbar up and down until 300 dpi is displayed to the right.

11. Crop your image. The Preview Window contains a dotted-line rectanglecalled the crop box. This must completely frame your image of the page.Follow these steps to manipulate the crop box:

a. Click in the center of the crop box and hold down the mouse button.The arrow will become a closed fist and you will be able to drag the entirebox around the Preview Window.

b. Click near the corner of your image and hold down the mouse button.Drag the mouse diagonally across your image to draw the crop box aroundit.

c. Click on each edge of the crop box. Your mouse will turn from anarrow to a double-ended arrow. Hold down the mouse button and drag theside of the box in and out, up and down.

12. Once your image is framed by the crop box, and your settings areon "LineArt" and 300 dpi, click the Scan button. The scannerwill begin and then display a "Scanning Percent Completed" box.

13. When the scanning is complete, a image labeled "Untitled TIFF"will appear along with a set of OCR tools.

14. Click the Autoblock tool button. This is the middle button on thebottom row of the OCR tools.

15. After clicking the Autoblock tool button, several numbered boxeswill surround the text. Click the OCR button to begin the recognition process.

16. A dialog box titled "Recognizing: Untitled TIFF" willappear with the text moving through it.

17. When the recognition process is complete, an "Untitled Text"box will appear with the recognized text. From here you can edit, save,or print the file or cut and paste it to another word processor.

18. While looking at the document, you may see a character that lookslike this ~. This is a tilde, and Wordlinx uses them to hold the placeof characters that it did not recognize. You may also see characters outof place or replaced with the wrong character, such as a double quotationmark (") in place of an apostrophe (‘). OCR programs like Wordlinxare not 100% accurate in their recognition process, and they will missa few characters. If they miss too much, try the following troubleshootingtips:

a. Rescan the image at 400 dpi. Sometimes the type is too small to beclear at 300 dpi.

b. Make sure the page is lined up straight in the scanner. If it iscrooked, it may cause characters to be unrecognized.

c. If the page is a photocopy or print-out from a fax machine, the pagemay have broken characters or small black spots that would interfere withthe OCR process. It may be impossible to get a good OCR of this documentwithout a cleaner original.