You can initiate OCR processing by dragging an image from the OmniPage Pro desktop to any text-based application that supports drag and drop. You can also drag an image file into OmniPage Pro.
Launch your target application and open a document in it.
Place the cursor at the location in the document where you want to insert recognized text.
Launch OmniPage Pro and resize the desktop so you can see both OmniPage Pro and your target application.
Set the appropriate settings in OmniPage Pro.
See the Settings Guidelines for more information.
Load or scan an image into OmniPage Pro.
Create zones around the areas you want to recognize.
Hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys and click in OmniPage Pro's image view.
Keep the Ctrl key, Shift key, and mouse button held down and drag the mouse pointer to your target application.
OCR processing occurs according to the selected settings. Recognized text appears at the cursor location in your application.
Locate the image file in Windows Explorer, My Computer, or on the Windows desktop.
Launch OmniPage Pro and resize the desktop so you can see both OmniPage Pro and your image file.
Drag the image file onto OmniPage Pro's image view.
If a document is already open, the image file is inserted as a new page. The image that is inserted is actually a copy of the image file. The original file remains in its original location.