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This update is available for download through the ScanSoft Update Service. The ScanSoft Update Service is an automatic update service included with OmniPage 15. To open the ScanSoft Update Service, do the following:

Launch OmniPage
Click on "Help > ScanSoft on the Web > Get Latest Update".

When the Update Service opens, click "Show Updates" then click "Add" on any of the available Service Pack(s) as desired.

Click the "Next" button and then use the "Download" button to save the Service Pack(s) to the computer.

Once downloaded, double-click the Service Pack to install them (one at a time). Please be sure to close out of all open applications before installing the Service Pack(s), except the service pack download.

Note: If the "Install Now" button is used instead of the "Download" button, a message may appear stating that all open applications should be closed before continuing the installation. All applications can be closed except for the "Update Service" Internet Explorer Window. The Service Pack(s) can be successfully installed with this window open by pressing the "Ignore" button, however all other applications including OmniPage 15 must be closed.

The OmniPage 15 installation CD is required to install the Service Pack(s). If OmniPage 15 was downloaded from our Online Store (Digital River), the full download is required to install the Service Pack(s). Please extract the OmniPage 15 download to a folder on the computer. When the installation of the Service Pack(s) ask for the OmniPage 15 CD, click the "Browse" button and select the folder in which the extracted OmniPage 15 download is located. Click OK and the installation should proceed without a problem.

****** IMPORTANT: THE SERVICE PACK IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE FROM WITHIN OMNIPAGE PRO 15. THIS TECHNOTE DOES NOT HAVE A LINK TO DOWNLOAD A PATCH ******

Issues fixed with Service Pack 1

Technote # Issue Resolved

5235 After modifying barcode driven jobs in the Batch Manager, the OmniPage Batch Manager should no longer hang.

5307 When selecting "Page Ready" in OCR Proofreader window during a Workflow, with manual Image Enhancement and Proofreading step, OmniPage should no longer hang.

5183 OmniPage 15 is able to open OmniPage 12 OPD files.

In addition to the items listed above, the following issues have also been resolved in the Service Pack:

Stability issues:

When right clicking on a supported image file or deleting a file in Windows Explorer, OmniPage should no longer hang.

When accessing the Scanner options in "Tools > Options > Scanner dialog", OmniPage should no longer hang.

When using the "Look for facing pages" option, OmniPage should no longer hang during the recognition process.

When processing complex documents (similar to financial tables), OmniPage should no longer slow down or hang when recognizing.

When opening large *.Max files within OmniPage that use the system's entire resources, a crash should no longer occur. Instead, a message dialog will appear saying that the file can not be opened.

Major Improvements:

OmniPage 15 support PDF-A type files. PDF-A is a constrained form of Adobe PDF version 1.4 intended to be suitable for long-term preservation of page-oriented documents for which PDF is already being used in practice.

The scanning modules within OmniPage 15 have been improved.

Recognition/Text Formatting/Saving:

Overall improved recognition and text formatting on complex documents.

Bold text should appear properly aligned within the text editor.

Issues when saving to HTML format have been resolved. The "Previous page" and "Next page" links should appear properly on the index page. Also, issues when creating "Create one file per page" with "Simple index page" set, should no longer occur when saving to HTML format.

Text should fit properly and extra pages should not be added to the document when saving to WordPerfect using Flowing Page mode.

Loading/Acquiring Images:

Improved loading/handling of DCX files.

User Dictionary

The listing for user dictionaries will properly list the Microsoft Office dictionary as "Custom - Microsoft Office". Previously, only "Custom" was listed.

The Microsoft Office user dictionary will no longer become corrupt when used with OmniPage.

Options:

The zoom settings enabled in the image panel will be applied to additional pages and when starting a new document. The zoom settings will return to "Whole page" view after closing and relaunching OmniPage.

Custom layout information that can be enabled in the OmniPage Options will be retained after recognizing a document.

TechNote Number: 5340
Published: 1/27/2006
Last Modified: 8/8/2007

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