Layout Types

If implemented in your program, the OCR control lets end users indicate the column layout and picture content of the original documents they are going to OCR.  Indicating the layout type in advance of performing OCR can improve document recognition.

Auto detect This setting is appropriate for original documents that contain pictures, tables, or spreadsheets.  Imaging automatically detects column layout and picture content.  Use of this setting is recommended in most cases

Single column with no pictures This setting is appropriate for one-column original documents without pictures, tables, or spreadsheets.

Single column with pictures This setting is appropriate for one-column original documents that contain straight text and pictures.  Imaging does not perform OCR on the pictures.

Multiple columns with no pictures This setting is appropriate for multiple-column original documents without pictures, tables, or spreadsheets.

Multiple columns with pictures This setting is appropriate for multiple-column original documents that contain straight text and pictures.  Imaging does not perform OCR on the pictures.

Note: OCR processing is available with Imaging for Windows Professional Edition V1.0, V1.1, and V2.0 only.