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11 Silwood Road, Ascot, Berks, SL5 0PY
Tel: 01344 875201 Fax: 01344 875202
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Sleuth was written by Graham Jones.
This user guide was written by Ian MacDougall and Graham Jones and edited by Sheridan Williams.
Sleuth 3 - First edition 1998
Published by Beebug Ltd.
117 Hatfield Road, St. Albans, Herts. AL1 4JS
Telephone: 00 44 (0)1727 840303 Fax:
00 44 (0)
1727 860263
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Contents
Introduction
Loading Sleuth
Loading a sprite
Greyscale sprites
Scanning using TWAIN
Configuring Sleuth
Output preferences
Input and processing preferences
Icon Bar menu
User dictionary
Minimise memory
Reload image
Stop OCR
Manipulating the sprite
Starting the OCR process
Stopp
ing the OCR process
Using zones
Changing the order of zones
Manipulating zones
Ignore zones
Single column zones
Saving zones
Table zones
Zones and TWAIN
Guided editing
Inserting and deleting paragraph breaks
Saving the output - (disabled in the
version)
Editable file format
Style information
How to get the best results from Sleuth
Batch processing
How to get the best results from Sleuth
Problem solving
Sleuth's limitations
Important points to remember
How Sleuth works
Training
Finding lines of text
Character recognition
Reading a line of text
Final steps
Why is Sleuth 3 slower than Sleuth 2
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Draw
Copyright notice
Sleuth must not be used where its use would infringe copyright laws. Most documentation that is under copyright will have a notice to that effect. The publisher will not accept any responsibility for the consequences arising from the use of the software in this manner.
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