OCR: Documents

Analyze a file containing scanned documents for the purpose of performing a sequence of actions on each document.

Step 1 - Analyze & separate the documents

The first step in using the OCR: DOCUMENTS command is to analyze and separate the documents on which the specified actions will be performed.

  1. Select the file containing scanned documents to analyze.

  2. Enter required options in 2 tabs:

    Pages to Analyze:

    • Choose whether to analyze all pages of the file or enter specific pages to analyze.

    • Indicate if you wish to ignore pages containing specified words.

    Document Separation:

    • Choose the method for separating the scanned documents to be analyzed.

  3. Indicate if you wish to place information about total pages/documents and current page/document into variables.

    Available fields will vary based on the method for separating documents selected in step 2 above.

  4. Instruct the wizard how to handle any errors encountered. Read more about error handling.

Step 2 - Define the actions

Upon adding the OCR: DOCUMENTS command to your wizard, you will notice that it becomes an empty "container" within the Editor Pane, waiting for you to fill it with instructions:

  1. Enter the action(s) the wizard should take on each analyzed document.

    • You can do this by dragging the required Advanced Command(s) directly into the container.

Loop-the-loop

The wizard performs the actions defined within the container by looping through each page or inner document (i.e., it will perform the complete sequence of actions on a single page/document, then move on to perform the sequence on each remaining page/document in turn).

No limits

You can use any available Advanced Command within the OCR: DOCUMENTS container (i.e., don't feel limited to using just the OCR commands!)

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Break that loop!

Under certain conditions, you may want to break and/or restart the loop created by the OCR: DOCUMENTS container. Make this happen by using the Loop: Break and/or the Loop: Restart command (usually within an If Else command).