Becoming an Imaging Pro

Session IX

What is the halFILE Image Viewer?

• Modular Program (halViewer.dll)

• Designed to be the primary image display for all halFILE programs

• Designed around Imaging for Windows controls

The Imaging what?

• Imaging for Windows was a Built-in component to Win9x/Me/NT/2000

• XP and later, it is an additional software purchase

• Versions: – Imaging 2.6 Standard/Professional– Imaging 2.7 (standard – no OCR included) – Imaging 2.8 (professional – OCR included)

What happened to Kofax?

• Kofax is still used for scanning

• Kofax and Adrenaline are still supported

Working with halFILE Image Files

How are images stored in halFILE? • Cartridges vs. Baskets• Single-page TIFF • File name is DDDDDDDD.PPP

– 8-character halFILE Document Number (DDDDDDDD)

– 3-digit page, zero-filled (PPP)• A0345612.001, A0345612.002, …

A0345612.999

How do I…

• Reorder/Modify pages on documents?• Add pages from the scanner to a

document?• Test existing images to make sure they

can be viewed?

Move Utility

• Change the order of pages on a document in a basket

• MOVE• APPEND• REPLACE• DELETE• REVERT• SAVE

Manager - Tools - Move Images

Image Utility

Manager - Tools - Image Utility OREdit - Append Pages - From Scanner• Much the same as Tools_Move Images• Has additional feature of adding pages

directly from the scanner to Insert or Append• Use this utility to scan documents, otherwise,

use the Tools - Move Images menu

Adding Pages to an archived document

• If you do this, we recommend using the Edit - Re-import menu

• If it is unavoidable, use Edit - Append Pages - From Scanner

Tools - Test Images

• Test and Process

• Cropping images

• Deleting blank pages

halFILE Image Viewer

Features• Toolbar• Menus • Annotations• OCR• Other

halFILE Image Viewer

Toolbar• Save• Print• Rotate Left/Right• Page Up/Down• Annotations (LATER IN DEPTH)• Deskew/Despeckle (Imaging Pro ONLY)• Email• Size Pick List

halFILE Image Viewer

Menus (NOT on Toolbar)• File_Open • File_Save As• Edit_Copy • Edit_Cut • Edit_Paste

halFILE Image Viewer

Menus (NOT on Toolbar)• View_First Page/Last Page• View_Go To Page• View_Flip• View_Fit To Window• View_Scaling• Tools_Show Thumbnails

halFILE Image Viewer

Annotations• What is an annotation?• Can I annotate on any of my workstations?• Is it permanent?• Can I remove it?• Look how cool Annotation Sticky Notes are!• Look how cool Annotation Stamps are!• Issues with printing/emailing annotated

documents

halFILE Image Viewer

OCR (Optical Character Recognition)• What is it?• Can I use OCR on any of my workstations?• OCR Menu (in Index)• Can it replace typing and let me sleep more at

work?• Can I use OCR with Index-Verify?

halFILE Image Viewer

Other Viewer Features…• Email Marked as Multi-Page TIFF• Print Marked as Multi-Page TIFF

Questions?