Select the text, graphic or table window tool. The mouse pointer assumes the shape of a crossbar.
Move the cursor to a corner of the window you want to create and click.
Stretch the window by moving the cursor to the opposite corner and click again.
Tip: create polygonal windows by merging rectangular zones. Whenever two windows (of the same type) intersect, they become a polygon automatically. (Creating polygonal table windows makes no sense.)
Right-click a window and select the command Window - Type (from the Context menu) to change the window type - text, graphic or table.
Select the “arrow” tool and click inside a window to select a window. Markers appear at each corner and in the middle of the window sides.
To unselect windows, click the mouse button elsewhere.
To select additional windows, hold down the Shift key while clicking inside these windows.
To select a window and the included windows (of another type), hold down the Ctrl key while clicking inside the main window.
Choose the command Select All to select all windows.
Tip: you can display the type, coordinates and sort order of a window by pressing the Alt key while you select it!
Select the window(s).
Place your cursor over a marker.
Drag the mouse to change the window size.
Select the window(s).
Drag the mouse to modify the position of the window(s).
Select the window(s). (Choose the command Select All to select all windows.)
Select the command Cut to cut the selected window(s) to an internal buffer.
Select the command Clear to delete the selected window(s) irretrievably.
Tip: use the corresponding shortcut keys!
Tip: right-click the mouse (Context menu) and select the command Delete Window to delete all selected windows and the window under the mouse cursor.
Tip: use the command Delete Small Windows to erase all smaller windows.
Right-click the mouse and select the command Copy as Text (from the Context menu) to recognize the window under the mouse cursor. The OCR results get sent to the clipboard as “body text” .
Tip: the regular OCR options - the current document language, font type etc. - apply.
Tip: when you re-execute the OCR, only the new or modified windows get recognized.