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font In typography, a complete set of type in one size and style of
character. In computer usage, a collection of letters, numbers,
punctuation marks, and other typographical symbols with a consistent
appearance; the size can be changed readily.
font/text toolbar The toolbar that contains buttons for formatting
characters and paragraphs.
Form Assistant A dialog box that is set by default to open automatically
upon OmniForm launch. It contains buttons that initiate basic
OmniForm functions such as scanning forms.
form usage In OmniForm, how you can view and use a form.
format The form in which information is organized or presented. The
general shape and appearance of a printed or electronic page including
page size, character width and spacing, and line spacing, and so on.
found set A subset of records in a database retrieved during a search.
Each record contains at least one piece of information that matches
criteria set during a search such as the same name in a
Customer
field.
function A single word used by OmniForm to represent database,
mathematical, statistical, date, time, financial, logical, or text operations
within a calculation. Use the
Sum
function, for example, to compute the
sum of numbers in selected fields.
HP AccuPage™ A dynamic auto-thresholding technology, developed
and licensed by Hewlett-Packard Corporation, that improves the
combined performance of HP scanners and OmniForm. HP AccuPage
sets scanning brightness automatically to deliver high-quality images
and improved recognition, especially for text printed on shaded
backgrounds and at small point sizes.
image An electronic picture of text and/or graphics such as a scanned
document or graphic file.
link To match field data exported from a database to corresponding fields
in the import database. This ensures that OmniForm imports the proper
information into the proper fields.
Also, to place an OLE object in a form so that it retains a connection to
the original source file.
Logical Form Recognition™ (LFR) A proprietary Caere technology used
by OmniForm that identifies text, rectangles, lines, and fillable areas on
a form during import. LFR incorporates optical character recognition
(OCR) to produce a form with editable text as well as editable, fillable
fields. Fillable areas are smartly named, labeled, and put in a logical
order.
nondesigned form A form imported into OmniForm as an image without
editable text or fillable fields. Use this import option when you just want
to print or fax a form as it is.