You can set certain properties for zones to customize how each zone will be treated during processing. The Zone Properties dialog box contains settings for zone type and zone content.
When you change a zone type using the Zone Properties button in the Image toolbar, newly drawn zones and any previously selected zones will change zone type.
Each zone on a page has a zone-type setting. The zone type determines how OmniPage Pro handles each particular zone during processing. You can select the following zone types:
Single-column text zone for text zones that contain a single column
Multiple-column text zone for text zones that contain multiple columns
Table zone for text or numeric zones that contain data in rows and columns
Auto-detect zone for the automatic detection of zone-content type
Graphic zone for photos, drawings, and areas of text that you want to retain as a graphic
Reverse-text zone for single columns of light text on dark background
Ignore zone for parts of the page that you do not want recognized
All text zones on a page also have a zone-content setting. The zone content specifies the characters OmniPage Pro looks for within a zone during processing. You can select Alphanumeric or Numeric as the zone content setting.
For example, if a particular zone only contains numbers and mathematical signs, you can specify the contents of that zone to be Numeric. OmniPage Pro will only look for numeric characters in that zone during recognition.
NOTE: OmniPage Pro assigns a zone type and Alphanumeric contents to each zone when it processes documents automatically. This is true for all zones recognized automatically, except graphic zones. You do not need to change the zone properties unless you want to modify the way zones will be treated during processing.