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Setup and Operation

Setting up the program




From the Main Menu click on "Setup".



1. This is the root input folder that contains the images to be processed
2. This is the root output folder where the processed files will be placed
3.  Enter a path if saving the original Images 
4. If this box is checked all sub folders of the input folder will be processed
5. If this box is checked the processed files will be placed in a subfolder that matches the input folder. If left unchecked all processed images will be placed in the root output folder. The program will not allow duplicate files to be created. Therefore if processing subfolders of the input folder the user should check this box if there is a possibility of duplicate file names
6. If this box is checked the input folder and subfolders will be monitored for images, if unchecked it will run once and stop
7. Enter a time out in minutes, this allows the program to continue if it encounters a corrupt image file. Set the time to the longest it could possibly take to OCR a file. 
8. Check this box if a tiff image is to be placed in the output folder, the tiff image will be searchable
9. Check this box if a text file is to be placed in the output folder it will have a matching name to the input file
10. Check this box if a PDF file is to be placed in the output folder it will have a matching name to the input file
11. Place a check mark in this box to save a copy of the original file
11. Saves the settings and prompts the user to run the program
12. Opens this Help File
13. Exits without saving the file.

Enter the desired options and click on continue.

Click on Yes to Start Processing Files



An Icon will appear on the task bar showing that the program is running.

To shut down or restart the program 

To Start Tiff to Text III



Click on "Run Program" to start the program



Click on "Shut Down" to end the program