Xerox Documate 4700 User Guide

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Still Image Client
If you want to specify an application to use for scanning 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 selected until after you start scanning.
Destination type—the Still Image Client destination is classified as an “Event Forward Link”. To make it available in 
the destination list, you must select STI...

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User’s Guide 92 4. A dialog box opens for you to select the application 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 Microsoft’s Paint application as a BMP, GIF, PNG, or JPG, but not as TIFF or JP2 as Paint cannot open 
those two file types. Please refer to Image Formats on page 58 for more information on which image formats 
One Touch supports.
Destination...

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

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Adding Image Editor Applications to One Touch
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 application icon appears in Step 3.
3. Select the icon in Step 3 of the dialog box. That is the icon that...

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PDF Applications
PDF destinations are applications that can open 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, One Touch 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 sending 
the file to...

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User’s Guide97 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 application icon appears in Step 3.
7. Select the icon in...

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User’s Guide 98 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 text 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 with a...

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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 One Touch 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 61 to see a list of text file formats that are available when OCR is installed....

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User’s Guide 100 To configure a destination application for the Send to Application link:
1. Click Browse to open the Windows file browser and navigate to the location of the application’s executable 
(*.exe) file. 
In most cases, the application’s directory is located in the programs directory on the C: drive. Because you can 
select any executable file, make sure you select an application that can receive image or text files.
2. Select the application’s *.exe file then click on...