Objective

The following will describe how to start the search dialog box of the client with the help of an ELO Dropzone search tile.

Triggering a search via the search tile

You have configured a search tile in ELO Dropzone as described in the Setting up a search tile section. You can now trigger a search by clicking the configured search tile.

1. Click the search tile you set up.

The search result is displayed in the client.

Activation via keyboard shortcut

You can activate keyboard shortcuts to perform searches with ELO Dropzone. To do so, you must have configured a search tile in ELO Dropzone as described in the Setting up a search tile section. You entered the keyboard shortcut in the Activation via keyboard shortcut for search and scripts area.

Apply Clipboard contents

1. Press CTRL+C to select a search term in any application with machine-readable text (Microsoft Word, PDF-Reader, browser, etc.).

The search term has now been placed on the Windows Clipboard.

2. Enter the keyboard shortcut that you previously defined for Apply Clipboard contents in the search tile.

The search result is displayed in the client.

Copy with CTRL+C

1. Press CTRL+C to select a search term in any application with machine-readable text (Microsoft Word, PDF-Reader, browser, etc.).

2. Enter the desired keyboard shortcut that you defined for Copy with CTRL+C in the search tile.

ELO Dropzone simulates copying with CTRL+C. The search result is displayed in the client.

Copy with double-click

1. Point to a search term in any application with machine-readable text (Microsoft Word, PDF-Reader, browser, etc.).

2. Enter the desired keyboard shortcut that you defined for Copy with double-click in the search tile.

ELO Dropzone simulates a double-click. The word is selected and applied as a search term. The search result is displayed in the client.

OCR window contents

1. Open a file containing OCR-readable text, such as a scanned document in TIFF format.

2. Enter the desired keyboard shortcut that you defined for OCR window contents in the search tile.

ELO Dropzone evaluates the OCR window contents and uses it as a search term. The search result is displayed in the client.