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CHAPTER FIFTEEN
PaperPort
®
can quickly convert the text on a PaperPort
®
item (which is
really just a picture of the text) into text that you can edit with a word
processing application. PaperPort
®
uses the optical character recognition
application ScanSoft™ TextBridge, which comes with PaperPort
®
—
OR—PaperPort
®
uses your application if it is already on your computer.
You can convert the entire item, or by using the Copy As Text command,
you can select only a portion of the text to convert.
Dragging an item onto a word-processing link icon starts PaperPort
®
’s
built-in OCR application, or you can use your own OCR application.
Importing Items from Other Applications
In addition to scanning items, you can bring items into PaperPort
®
in a
variety of ways and convert them to PaperPort
®
(MAX) files in several
different ways:
• Print to the Desktop View from another application, such as
Microsoft Excel.
• Import files saved in other file formats, such as Windows
®
Bitmap
(BMP) or Tag Image File Format (TIFF).
Exporting Items in Other Formats
You can export or save PaperPort
®
items in several popular file formats.
You can export formats BMP, PCX, DCX, JPG, TIF, PDF, PNG, FPX,
HFX, or self-viewing. For example, you could create a file for an
Internet Web site and export it as a JPEG file. Web pages often use JPEG
files for displaying images.
Exporting an Image File
1
Select the Export command from the File pull-down menu in the
PaperPort
®
window. The Export ‘XXXXX’ As dialog box will be
displayed.
2
Select the drive and directory where you want to store the file.
3
Enter the new file name and choose the file type or select a name
from the File Name text box. (You can scroll through the Directories
and File Name listing for prompting.)
4
Select the OK button to save your file, or Cancel to return to the
PaperPort
®
without saving it.