Drawing zones manually

You draw zones on the current page image in the Page Image panel using tools in the Image toolbar. Rectangular zones are the most common. You can create irregular-shaped zones for all zone types except for tables and for vertical text zones. You can make irregular zones by addition or by subtraction. You can join and split zones, resize or delete zones. Expanding and replacing one or more zones are also allowed.

To draw a regular zone

• Select the zone drawing tool of the desired type. Click and drag the cursor.

		for text
		for vertical left-rotated text
		for vertical right-rotated text
		for vertical Asian text
		for table
		for graphics
		for form
		for process zones
		for ignore zones

 

• Form zones are available only in OmniPage Professional. They must be manually drawn.

 

In the following examples, a red arrow pointing from A to B indicates the newly-drawn zone.

To create an irregular zone by addition

• Draw a partly overlapping zone of the same type.

existing zone + new zone	resulting zone

 

To create an irregular zone by subtraction

• Draw an overlapping zone of the same type as the background.

existing zone on an ignore background		resulting zone
	new ignore zone

 

To join two zones of the same zone type

• Draw a joining zone with the same Draw zone tool (in our example, the Graphic zone tool).

two existing graphic zones		resulting zone
	new graphic zone

 

To split a zone

• Draw a splitting zone of the same type as the background.

existing text zone on a process background		resulting zones
	new process zone

 

Expanding and replacing one or more zones

• Draw a new zone to completely enclose the existing zone(s).

In this example, the larger graphic zone will replace the existing smaller one.

In this example, all smaller zones will be replaced by one large process zone drawn to enclose them completely.

To replace a zone part

• Draw an overlapping zone of a different type.

 

existing zone		new zone remains,
		existing zone is reshaped
	new zone with a different zone type

 

A zone drawn over part of a zone of a different type seems to overlap it, but in fact the new zone replaces the overlapped part of the existing zone. You can see this is so if you move the newly drawn zone aside.

To resize a zone

1. Select a zone by clicking either with a zone drawing tool or with the Select zone tool

2. Move the cursor to a side or corner, catch a handle and drag it to the desired location.

To delete a zone

1. Select a zone by clicking either with a zone drawing tool or with

2. Click the Del button or choose Clear from the Edit menu or from the shortcut menu.

 

• Shift-click to select additional zones. To delete all the zones in one step, choose Select All in the Edit menu and press the Delete key or choose Clear.

 

• Certain zone shapes are not permitted. These are U-shaped zones, inverse-U zones and zones completely inside an existing zone. Table zones and vertical text zones must remain rectangular.

Zoning vertical text

Asian text is usually best left to auto-zoning, but if you need to zone it manually, use the following:

 Simple horizontal text zone for horizontal Asian text

 Vertical Asian text zone for vertical Asian text

Non-Asian vertical text can in many cases be auto-detected, but if you need to zone it manually, use the following:

 For vertical left-rotated text

For vertical right-rotated text

Here are examples of these:

Vertical text inside table cells cannot be zoned manually; use auto-zoning for this. Auto-zoning cannot detect multiple lines of vertical text in scanned pages or those coming from image files – use manual zoning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing zones manually