Running workflows

To run a workflow with OmniPage open

1. Select the desired workflow from the Workflow drop-down list.

1. Press the Start button.

2. You can also use the OmniPage Agent icon. See below.

To run a workflow with a document open

If you start a workflow with a document open you will be asked to process only workflow-defined pages or also pages from the current document. Choose an option then click Start Workflow.

Workflow-defined pages will be added to the current document as defined under Tools > Options > Process > New pages.

The OmniPage Toolbox displays the steps in the workflow and acts as a progress monitor. The Workflow Status panel provides more detailed page-by-page reporting, warning and error messages; it also gives precise information on all the input and output files involved and lets you quickly view any of them. See Workflow viewer.  

You do not have access to most program functions on the current document while the workflow is running. You can switch to a different document and work on it. If the workflow has an interactive step that needs your attention, its title bar will blink.

To pause a workflow

• Press the Pause button.
  
  A dialog box appears detailing choices. Click OK. You may have to wait for the current workflow step to finish. Then you can:

• resume processing with the Start button

• save or modify the incomplete workflow results by selecting 1-2-3 in the Workflow drop-down list to stop the workflow. Use manual or automatic processing to work further and save the pages.

• discard the workflow results by closing the document using the File menu.

• save the current state of the document to an OmniPage Document file using the File menu.

Running workflows with user interactions

You may request steps requiring interaction (manual zoning, manual image enhancement, or proofing). The program presents pages for attention. Draw zones manually, enhance your image or proofread the recognized text then let OmniPage continue working.

When you run a workflow with interaction in a job, you can choose to suppress the interactive steps. See Modifying Jobs.

To continue a workflow after a user interaction

There can be three user interaction steps in workflows: image enhancement, zoning and proofing. When such a workflow runs, the step icon in the Toolbox provides two buttons, as shown:

• Click the Page Ready button to signal that manual enhancement, zoning or proofreading is ready, and that you are ready to see the next page.

• Click the Document Ready button whenever you reach the last page of a document, or earlier, if you no longer want to do image enhancement, zoning or proofing on the remaining pages.

• Any pages without zones will be auto-zoned.

• The After Completion menu under Process / Workflows gives you three options to end a workflow. You can choose to close the document, close OmniPage, or shut down your computer. These settings are useful if your workflow is designed to run unattended. In this case, remember to include a saving step. These settings affect only the next running of the workflow, they are not remembered.

To run a workflow with OmniPage closed

1. Click the OmniPage Agent icon in your taskbar.

If you do not see the icon, select Enable OmniPage Agent on system tray in the General panel of the Options dialog box or launch it from the Windows Start menu.

1. Select a workflow from its shortcut menu.

You can select a sample workflow or one you have created. OmniPage will start and immediately run the workflow.