I.R.I.S. Readiris 14 for Windows for Mac Quick Start: instruction

Quick Start Guide

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This Quick User Guide is to help you install and get started with Readiris™ 14.

 FordetailedinformaonaboutReadiris™’fullrangeoffeatures,consultthehelp le provided

withthesoware,orthelatestUser Guides on www.irislink.com/support/userguides.

Table of Contents

1. Installing Readiris™

 2. StarngReadiris™

 3. Acvaon+Registraon

 4. ScannerConguraon

5. Basic Processing Steps

6. FAQ and Technical Support

1. Installing Readiris™

 • InserttheReadiris™CD-ROMintheCD-ROMdrive,thenclicktheCD-ROMiconon

the Desktop.

 • RuntheReadiris™installerpackageandfollowtheon-screeninstrucons.

 • ThenclickInstalltostarttheactualinstallaon.

 YoumightbeaskedtoenteranAdministratorUsernameand

Password to install Readiris™.

 • Youarepromptedtoentertheserial number.

 Theserialnumbercanbefoundinsidetheproductboxand

contains 15 digits.

 • Whentheinstallaonisnished,clickClose.

The Readiris™ folder is added to the Applicaonsfolderbytheinstallaonprogram.

2. Starng Readiris™

 • TostartReadiris™,gotoFinder > Applicaons > Readiris™ Pro/Corp 14.

 • Thendouble-clicktheReadiris™ icon.

3. Acvaon + Registraon

Acvaon (Readiris™ ESD version and Readiris™ Corporate)

WhenyourunReadiris™,youareaskedtoacvateit.Unacvatedversionscanonlybe

used for 30 days.

 • ClickRequest the keytoobtainyoursowarekey.

  YouareredirectedtotheAcvaonwebpage.

 • FillinyourdataandclickSubmit.

 Youwillreceivethesowarekeybye-mailwithin

24 hours.

 • Onceyou’vereceivedthekeyfromI.R.I.S.insertitinthe

correspondingeld,andthenclickOK.

Notethataninternetconneconisrequiredtocompletetheacvaon.

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Registraon

YouarerecommendedtoregisterReadiris™.RegisteringisrequiredtogetTechnicalSupport.

Registeringalsooersotherbenetssuchasproductupdatesanddiscountsonfutureproducts.

To register Readiris™:

 • OntheHelpmenu,clickRegister Readiris™ to

bedirectedtotheRegistraonwebpage.

 • FillinyourdataandclickSubmit.

Notethataninternetconneconisrequiredto

register.

4. Scanner Conguraon

In order to scan documentsinReadiris™,yourscanner’sdrivermustbeinstalledcorrectly

on your computer.

Installing an Image Capture scanner

 • ConnectyourscannertoyourMacwithaUSB

cableandpoweriton.

 • Youareaskedtoinstallorupdatethe

necessarysoware.

 • ClickInstall to install the driver.

 Notethataninternetconneconisrequiredtocompletethisoperaon.

Installing a Twain driver scanner

 • ConnectyourscannertoyourMacwithaUSBcableandpoweriton.

 • Installtherequireddriver.

 Ingeneral,driverscanbefoundontheCD-ROMprovidedwithyourscannerand

onthewebsiteofyourscannermanufacturer.TheyarenotprovidedbyI.R.I.S.

To check if your scanner has been correctly installed:

 • OntheReadiris™menu,clickPreferences.

 • ThenclicktheScannertab.

 Ifyouseeyourscannerdisplayedinthelist,

itisfunconalwithReadiris™.

5. Basic Processing Steps

Inthisseconwecoverthebasic processing steps in Readiris™.

Follow these steps in order to scandocuments,openPDFlesandimageles,recognize

them and send them to your applicaon(e.g.Microso®Word,iWork®Pages,Adobe®

Reader) or to an online Storage System(Google®Docs,Dropbox®,Evernote®).

Please consult the User Guide on www.irislink.com/support/userguides for a complete

overviewoftheoutputformatsandapplicaons.

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STEPS OVERVIEW

1. Scan a document OR openanexisngimageorPDFle

2.Modifythescanned/openedimageandtheirrecognionzones

3. Choose the document language

4. Choose the output format and output desnaon

5. Saveyourrecognizeddocuments

BASIC CONFIGURATION

1 Scan a document OR open an exisng image or PDF le

Scanning a document

 • ClickScan to scan paper documents with your scanner.

 Apreviewwindowopensanddisplaysyourscannersengs.

o Select Color and 300 DPIaspreferencestoobtain

opmalresults.

o Select the Page Analysisopons:

 KeepthedefaultoponPage Analysisacvated.Thisopondividesyour

documentsautomacallyintorecognionzones.Readiris™usesthezonesto

recognizeyourdocuments.

Readiris™ can deskew(straighten)documentsandrotatethembymeansof

Page orientaondetecon.

Opening an image or PDF le

 • ClickFileandselecttheleyouwanttoopen.

 • ThesamePage Analysis Oponscanbeselectedhere.

2 Modify the scanned/opened images and their recognions zones

Whenscanning/openingdocumentsinReadiris™thepagethumbnailsaredisplayedinthe

Pages panel.

Thecurrentimage-anditsrecognionzones-aredisplayedinthecenteroftheinterface.

Page thumbnails Current image

Theycanbemodiedeasily:

 • Tochangetheorderofthepages,dragthethumbnails

toadierentposioninthePagespanel.

 • Todeleteapage,selectapageandclickthedeleteicon.

 • Todeleteazone,selectitandpresstheBackspace

buon.

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3 Choose the document language

Clickthelanguagelistinthetoptoolbarandselectthelanguageofyour

document.

 WhenyouareusingReadiris™fortherstme,alistof10languagesis

displayed.

 ThislistcorrespondstopreferredlanguageslistofyourMacOperang

System.

To select another language:

 • ClickOther Languages.

 • Selectthelanguageofyourdocumentfromthelanguagelist.

To select mulple languages inside the same document (Readiris™ Corporate only)

 • ClickOther languages.

 • SelectthePrimary language.

 • Cmd-clickupto4secondarylanguagesfromthe

Secondary list.

4 Select the output format and desnaon

Inthetoptoolbar,clicktheoutputformatyouwanttogenerate.

 Example:DOCXtodotexteding,PDF for storage purposes.

To add or remove formats from the toolbar:

 • Clickthedownarrowandselectwhichformatyou

want to add or remove.

To change the default opons of a parcular format:

 • Double-clickitsformatbuon.

 • Then,selecttheDesnaonoponsofyourchoice:

o Select File to save the documents locally to

yourcomputerorportablestoragedevice.

o Select Applicaon > Select Applicaon to

openthedocumentsinthatapplicaon.

o Select Storage system to send your documents

to an online Storage system.

 NotethattheconnecontotheonlineStoragesystemmustbecongured

correctlytobeabletoexport.