Searching with ELO Click OCR

Objective

ELO Click OCR can be used as follows in the search:

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  • A) Starting the search with ELO Click OCR from the Repository work area.
  • B) Starting the search with ELO Click OCR from the Search work area.

Requirements A)

You are not in the Search work area.

Step-by-step A)

1. Click the document that you want to search in.

The document appears in the viewer pane.

2. Press the CTRL + ALT key and the left mouse button. In the viewer pane, draw a frame around the information in the document that you want to use for the search.

3. Release the keys.

The OCR dialog box appears.

4. Click Start search.

Result A)

The ELO Web Client starts a search based on the text information that was read by OCR. You are redirected to the Search work area. Click Search to view the search results.

Requirements B)

You have selected a document: It is displayed in the viewer pane. You are in the Search work area.

Step-by-step B)

1. Click in the search field of ELO iSearch.

2. Draw a frame in the viewer pane while holding the CTRL key and left mouse button around the information in the document that you want to search for.

Information: If you want to add multiple terms in sequence, select each individual term while holding CTRL + SHIFT + LEFT MOUSE BUTTON. Release the mouse button after each term. Repeat the process until you have transferred all desired terms.

3. Release the keys.

ELO Click OCR reads the text contents of the selected area. The recognized text information is used in the search field. The search starts.

Result B)

The search result appears in the Search work area.

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