Hello, That also works for txt files as well. > On Dec 15, 2014, at 2:05 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > daniela, > I think I have found the procedure for getting AFP to automatically open the > scanned pages in textedit. > You must select “scan to rtf” in step #3. Then, when you press the “finish > import” button in step#6, AFP will automatically bring up the save dialog > where you export the scanned doc to an RTF document using the default title > of Untitled for a filename. Make sure the box for Open saved results after > export is checked, and since all rtf docs open with textedit by default in OS > X, textedit will open with your scanned pages. > > Good Luck and let us know how it works. > >> On Dec 15, 2014, at 4:18 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Daniela, this is how I scan documents using AFP. >> 1, in the “new task” screen, I select my scanner from the source table. >> 2, I check the “go right” checkbox to the left of the source table. That >> brings up a scroll area to the right of the source table which contains >> buttons for all the document types that I can scan to. >> 3, in the scroll area , I interact and click the button for .rtf format >> document (just my personal choice, you can select any doc type you want.) >> 4, this brings up a “import” window, and my scanner makes an initial pass >> over the document. >> in this window there all kinds of settings that will affect your scan >> results. probably the most important is the color depth setting. press the >> color depth button and set it to “gray scale” it’s the optimum setting for >> OCR. Also suggested is setting the resolution to 300DPI. the other settings >> are self-explanatory, set them as you wish for best results. >> 5, at the far right/bottom of the window are the “scan” and “finish import” >> buttons. With the document on the scanner, press “scan” for each page of the >> document. Note: you can set >> AFP to automatically scan after a pause allowing you to change pages on the >> scanner, but unless you’re scanning a big doc, I find it best to manually >> scan each page. >> 6, when done scanning pages, I press the “finish import” button and AFP >> OCR’s the scanned pages, and then brings up a “save” dialog. I use the >> default filename of untitled and press export. I then get a dialog asking if >> I want to replace the previous Untitled document. I press the “replace” >> button and textedit opens with my scan results. I can then do what I like >> with the results and close textedit when done. >> 7, returning to AFP, I find myself in the “untitled” window which contains >> tools for selecting areas on the scanned doc, and a lot of stuff I don’t >> bother trying to use as it is mostly useful for sighted people. They can >> draw borders around tables and other areas for additional scanning etc. >> 8, Now here’s where you want to set AFP to automatically export the scanned >> results to textedit or some other viewing program. Unfortunately, I can’t >> seem to find any setting for automatic export either. However, you can >> simply press Command + S to start the export process manually. If I’m not >> mistaken, auto export/save is not an actual setting from within AFP, but is >> done somehow in OS X, telling it to automatically open AFP’s scan results in >> textedit. I’m going to look into this because it really bothers me not to >> know. >> I hope this has been somewhat helpful. >> >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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