Scanning to create a PDF or JPG

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PDF (Portable Document Format) or JPG (image)

1. Launch Omni Page 15.0 - Located in CDC 121
a. Go to: Start > Programs > ScanSoft OmniPage 15.0 > OmniPage 15.0

Place the document face down on the scanner. Position it in the bottom right corner.

2. On the main menu in OmniPage, go to: File > Get Page > Scan (OR Click on Button #1 and from pull down select Scan B/W (text) or Grayscale (images)
a. The application may need to locate the scanner. Follow steps for the Scanner Setup Wizard, select TWAIN: hp scanjet 8200 series #2 TWAIN. See Help Guides - Scanner Setup Wizard for details

3. Select Stop Loading Pages – If you want to continue scanning, you still need to select
Stop Loading Pages. Place the second page in the scanner.

To scan additional pages:
A. Go to: File > Get Page > Scan (or click Button #1)

B. In the dialogue box Continue Automatic Processing,

select Stop Loading Pages
C. Repeat for each additional page
4. OPTIONAL: If you want Save the original Scan, go to: File > Save OPD > name it descriptively
a. This will create an Omni Page file with an .opd extension

5. To create the PDF file, go to: File > Export Results > Save to File (Or Click on Button #3 )

a. Locate the drive where you wish to save the document, such as a network drive (e.g. gdabrowski on 'File Server (cluster)’(U:)
b. Select the file type: PDF – Portable Document Format (*.pdf) OR JPG - JPEG Bitmap (*.jpg)

c. Name file descriptively, for example: syllabusART201
d. Quit the Omni Page application. Go to: File > Exit
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Test the PDF file or JPG:
i. Go to My Computer on the desktop.
ii. Click the document where the file was saved, the network drive, for example:.gdabrowski on "Cluster" (U) or Public on “Isis” (P:)
iii. Double click the file to open.
As a note: For a PDF or jpg you do not perform the OCR (optical character recognition) (Button #2). The OCR converts the text into a word document.

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