HOW TO USE THE APPLE SCANNER FOR TEXT ON MAC #3




1. Turn on the Scanner FIRST.
2. Turn on Mac #3.
3. Open your Microsoft Word (or other program such as FileMaker Pro) document; or for a new untitled Word document, pull down the Apple menu and select Microsoft Word If you don't open a document first, your scanned text will be put on a clipboard (for cut/paste) or possibly thrown away.
4. Pull down the Apple menu and select OmniPage Direct.
5. Place sheet of paper to be scanned face down on scanner, centered according to arrows.
6. Select Auto unless you are scanning only a portion of the page. If you wish to scan a partial page, read pp. 21-24 in the manual. Select Single Page or Multiple Pages (you will be prompted to change sheets).
7. To make other changes in the scan format, such as page size or orientation, brightness, or if you wish a carriage return <CR> at the end of every line (as for poetry), etc., click on Options and make the desired changes.
8. If you have opened a formatted document (rather than a new empty untitled one), insert the cursor at the place in your document where you want the scanned text to appear.
9. Click on Scan to start scanning. When the scan is complete, the program will automatically quit and close its window. Your scanned text will appear in your opened document. Unrecognized characters are represented in your text file with a tilde (~).
10. When you are finished scanning, Shut Down the Mac, then turn the scanner off.

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