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Adobe searchable PDF —this is the PDF image format with  a hidden searchable text layer. 
You will not be able to edit the text the file.  The application you are adding must be able to 
open *.pdf files.
The options you select at Step 4 determine the page format icons in the OneTouch Properties 
window for that group of applications. Refer to the documentation you received with the 
application to see which text formats the application accepts. 
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Still Image Client
If you want to specify an application to use for scan
ning at the start of the process, you can use event 
forwarding. 
Supported file formats —you cannot select a file format when  scanning to the Still Image Client as 
the destination application is not sele cted until after you start scanning.
Destination type —the Still Image Client destination is classi fied as an “Event Forward Link”. To make 
it available in the destination list, you must...

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4. A dialog box opens for you to select the applicat
ion to use for scanning. Select the application you 
want in the box and click  OK.
Now the application you selected opens and you can continue scanning using that application’s 
interface. 
Te c h n i c a l  N o t e
If the scanner scans and sends an image to an application  without prompting you to choose an 
application to run, the control panel options for your scanner’s events are automatically set to run a...

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Image Editors
Image editors include Microsoft Paint and 
other drawing and graphics applications. 
Supported file formats —the available file formats are based on  the selected destination application. 
For example, you can scan to Micros oft’s Paint application as a BMP, GIF, PNG, or JPG, but not as TIFF. 
Please refer to  Image Formats  on page 67 for more information on which image formats OneTouch 
supports.
Destination type —this destination type is classified...

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Image Documents Properties
These properties apply to Microsoft Paint and other image processing applications.
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Add application —click this button to open the Add Simple Image Link dialogue so you can add 
other image editing applications to OneTouch. 
• Delete application —select an application in the list  then click this button to remove the 
application from the OneTouch destination list. You can only delete an application that you have 
added, the destinations...

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Adding Image Editor Applications to OneTouch
1. To add another application to the list, click the 
Add application button. The Add Simple Image 
Link dialog box opens.
2. Click  Browse to find the application you want to add to the list.
When you select the application using the Browse  button, Steps 1 and 2 on the dialog box are 
automatically filled in, and the ap plication icon appears in Step 3.
3. Select the icon in Step 3 of the dialog box. That is the icon...

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PDF Applications
PDF destinations are applications that can op
en and/or edit the Adobe PDF file format. 
Supported file types —applications in the PDF destination group support the *.pdf file format. When 
the OmniPage module or software is installed, OneTou ch includes an option to scan as sPDF or nPDF. 
Selecting either of these two formats still creates a  *.pdf file, but the “s” and “n” letters indicate that 
OCR will process the image before send ing the file...

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3. Click on one of the default text editors such as WordPad.
4. Click on the 
Properties button.
5. To add another application to the list, click the  Add application button. The Add Text Based Link 
dialog box opens.
6. Click  Browse to find the application you want to add to the list.
When you select the application using the Browse  button, Steps 1 and 2 on the dialog box are 
automatically filled in, and the ap plication icon appears in Step 3.
7. Select the...

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8. In Step 4 of the dialog box, select Adobe PDF format and Adobe searchable PDF. 
Adobe PDF format —select this option if you are adding  a PDF viewing or editing application to 
the list. This PDF format is an image format only , it will not recognize the document using OCR, 
and you will not be able to search or edit the te xt in the final file. The application you are adding 
must be able to open *.pdf files.
Adobe searchable PDF —this is the PDF image format...

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Send to Application
The 
Send to Application  link allows you to select any application on your computer as the scan 
destination. 
Supported file types —all file formats in OneTouch are available when scanning to this destination. 
After you configure the link, as described below, make sure you select a file format that the application 
can open. Please refer to  Te x t  Fo r m a t s on page 69 to see a list of text file formats that are available 
when OCR is...