Nuance scansoft omnipage pro 14 User Manual

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You do not have to save your documents to the OPD file type. You would 
typically do this for the following reasons:

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You cannot finish working with the document in the current 

session.

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You want to pass the document to other users who have 

OmniPage Pro. For example, you can pass an OPD file to a 
specialist for proofing. In an office network, you may have one 
scanner generating images for recognition and proofing at several 
workstations.

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You want to build up an archive of recognized documents whose 

original images remain accessible. The recognized texts allow 
searching by keywords and other document retrieval techniques.

Saving to OPD is done from the File menu, or by using the Save button 
in the Standard toolbar. The title bar shows the OmniPage Document file 
name. If you intend to create an OPD, you can save it to this file type at 
an early stage, for protection. Then use the Save button to save it 
periodically as you work. Save it again at the end of your session.

When you close the document or exit the program, you will be prompted 
to save the document as an OPD. You can include one or more saves to 
the OPD file type in a workflow, along with steps to save images or 
recognition results to other file types, see “Creating workflows” on 
page 98.

Recognition results should be saved from OPD files before installing any 
OmniPage Pro upgrade. These files may not be upwards compatible to newer 
OPD file formats, or possibly only the images will be retained when the files are 
upgraded. When you open an OPD created by OmniPage Pro 10, only images are 
loaded. When you open an OPD created by OmniPage Pro 11, images and 
recognized pages are loaded, but no zones are retained. All three are retained in 
OPD files originating from OmniPage Pro 12.