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P3PC-2022-02ENZ0
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CardMinder
User’s Guide
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INTRODUCTION ■ About This Manual This document describes the use of CardMinder, a business card scanning application. 1) About CardMinder (A quick look at CardMinder) 2) Configuration Before Scanning (Setting options before scanning) 3) Scanning and Exporting Business Card Data (Basic procedures for common scanning tasks) 4) Business Card Data Handling (Maintaining and using your Business Card database) 5) Correcting Recognized Character data (Correcting the recognized data on a Business card) 6
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Screen Examples In This Manual The screen examples in this manual are subject to change without notice in the interest of product improvement. The screenshots used in this manual were of those in Windows XP. If the screenshots in this manual differ from the actual screens, follow the actual ones. ■ Note, Liability READ ALL OF THIS MANUAL AND RELATED MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS PRODUCT. IF NOT USED CORRECTLY, UNEXPECTED INJURY MAY BE CAUSED TO USERS OR BYSTANDERS. While all efforts have
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■ Trademarks ScanSnap and the ScanSnap logo are trademarks of PFU LIMITED. Microsoft, Windows and Windows Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Excel is a product of Microsoft Corporation in the United States. Adobe and the Adobe logo, as well as Acrobat and Adobe Reader are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Other product names referred to in this
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■ Manufacturer PFU LIMITED International Sales Dept., Imaging Business Division, Products Group Solid Square East Tower, 580 Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa 212-8563, Japan Phone: (81-44) 540-4538 • The contents of this manual may be revised without prior notice. • We are unaccountable for any damages or passive damages from the use of this equipment or this manual and any compensation of third party. • It is prohibited by copyright law to copy this document, whether in whole or
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ i ■ About This Manual ................................................................. i ■ Note, Liability ......................................................................... ii ■ Trademarks ........................................................................... iii ■ Manufacturer ........................................................................ iv Chapter 1 About
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Chapter 4 Business Card Data Handling .............................. 29 4.1 Data search by hot key..................................................... 30 4.2 Deleting data from the [Inbox] / [Exported] tab ............. 32 4.3 Restoring data from the [Trash] tab................................ 33 4.4 Deleting data from the [Trash] tab .................................. 35 Select records to be deleted permanently .......................................... 35 Empty [Trash] .......................
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5.1 Selection of language....................................................... 57 5.2 Recognizing the business card image again................. 58 5.3 Recognition by using Rectangle Selection.................... 59 5.4 Keyword Recognition by using Rectangle Selection.... 61 5.5 Correcting Recognition Results Manually ..................... 63 5.6 Changing the Save Date .................................................. 64 Chapter 6 Setting Preferences...........................................
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Chapter 1 About CardMinder 1 This chapter describes the features and basic operations of CardMinder. 1.1 About CardMinder................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Features of CardMinder.......................................................................................... 5 1.3 Operation Flow........................................................................................................ 6 1.4 Operation Windows ........
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About CardMinder 1.1 About CardMinder 1.1 About CardMinder CardMinder is an application that scans your business cards with an image scanner and converts them into the address database. CardMinder allows quick scanning, image recognition, and data- base management for all your office scanning needs. Using an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) engine and sharing recognized data with a PIM 1 (Personal Information Manager), CardMinder is able to... • Scan business cards and convert them into data
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About CardMinder 1.1 About CardMinder ■ System Requirements CardMinder runs on the system of the following environment: Computer: Operating Windows 2000 Windows Vista System(*1) Windows XP 1 CPU Intel Pentium III processor Intel Pentium 4 processor 600 MHz or higher (*2) 1.8 GHz or higher (*2) Memory 256 M byte or more (*2) 512M byte or more (*2) Disk capacity 200 M byte or more of free disk spaces are required. (*3) *1 : It is recommended the operating system be used with the latest
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About CardMinder 1.1 About CardMinder ATTENTION • If the screen resolution is set to 800 x 600, line breaks will occur at positions where it would be inappropriate and lines of charac- ters are misaligned when you change a point size to a larger one. 1 ATTENTION • To recognize and view Japanese and Chinese business cards, change the settings as follows: Windows 2000: Select "Control Panel," -> "Regional Options," -> the "Gen- eral" tab. Check "Japanese," "Simplified Chinese," "Traditional Ch
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About CardMinder 1.2 Features of CardMinder 1.2 Features of CardMinder The features of CardMinder are as follows: • Scan one side or both sides of business cards just at the touch of the button on the scanner. (ScanSnap). 1 • Capture memo written on business cards and create a database. • Recognize characters on business cards, and automatically convert them into database records, assigning to specific database fields such as Full Name and Company, which are used as key- words. Records assigned
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About CardMinder 1.3 Operation Flow 1.3 Operation Flow You can operate CardMinder by doing the following: Selecting (See Chapter 2) • An application to which the data is exported. 1 Scanning and recognizing a business card (See Section 3.1) 1. Set business card(s) onto the scanner. 2. Scan the business card(s). 3. After scanning is complete, the recognized card’s data is displayed in the Main window. Common "Here gives an illustration of the S300 as an example. Daily Tasks Exporting the databa
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About CardMinder 1.3 Operation Flow Recognizing the data anew (See Chapter 5) 1. Select [Tool] on the menu bar -> [Recognition Language], or click [ ] on the right side of the [Recognition] button and then select a language to use from the list. (See Section 5.1.) 2. Select the business card record on the [Inbox] tab or the [Exported] tab. 1 3. Recognize the data anew. •Recognize business cards anew. (See Section 5.2.) •Recognize data selecte
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About CardMinder 1.3 Operation Flow Displaying the Web browser (See Section 4.11) 1. Select the data on the [Inbox] tab, the [Exported] tab, the [Trash] tab, or the [Mobile] tab. 2. Select [Tool] on the menu bar -> [Web page browse], or right-click on the data listed and select [Web page browse] from the menu. 1 Searching data (1) (See Section 4.1) 1. In another application (Microsoft Notepad etc.), select character strings you want to find (Full Name or Company). 2. Press the F3 and Alt k
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About CardMinder 1.4 Operation Windows 1.4 Operation Windows There are two types of operation windows in CardMinder. ■ Main window 1 Image Toolbar Shows the buttons used to adjust the business card image in Image View. Command Toolbar Shows buttons for the commonly- Business Card Image View used commands. Displays the image of the business card selected Menu bar from Data List View. Displays commands to operate CardMinder. Attachment View Displays the files attached to the business card dat
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About CardMinder 1.4 Operation Windows Button view Function Start scanning of business card(s). With the [ ] button, you can change scanning settings (Duplex/ Simplex) and: • With ScanSnap: You can set scanning quality (Normal/Bet- ter/Best). • With TWAIN scanners: You can set resolution (150/200/300/ 1 400dpi) Recognize the business card selected in the Data List View. Only the characters on the front side of the business card are recognized. The Command recognition result will automatica
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About CardMinder 1.4 Operation Windows Button view Function The height of the business card image is adjusted to Image Display View. The width of the business card image is adjusted to Image Display View. The height and width of the business card image is adjusted to the 1 image display view. The business card image size is enlarged. The business card image size is reduced. Rotate the business card image 90 degrees clockwise. Click the [ ] button to change the rotation angle and plane. Displ
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About CardMinder 1.4 Operation Windows Button view Function Data List Clicking the heading sorts names in alphabetical View order. On the heading clicked for sorting, the mark or the mark appears. Note that if names are listed in the order scanned (the top of the list is the latest), no marks appears. Clicking the heading sorts company names in 1 alphabetical order. On the heading clicked for sorting, the mark or the mark appears. Note that if company names are listed in the order
