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Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Technical Assistance for Your Kofax Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Certified Scanners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Image Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Installing Kofax Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Starting Kofax Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Using an Evaluation License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Activating a Software License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Using a Hardware Key License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Kofax Express Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Scan Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Scanning Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Viewing Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Adjusting Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Indexing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Configuring Index Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Indexing Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Exporting Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Opening the Kofax Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Image Viewer Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Administrator Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ExpressAccess.xml . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 App.AppProfile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Keyboard Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Removing Kofax Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Preface
This guide includes the information you need to successfully install Kofax Express, activate the product license, and acquaint yourself with the software. If you downloaded Kofax Express from the Kofax Electronic Delivery site, refer to the instructions on the site to extract the installation files. If you received Kofax Express as a package, the installation files are included on your electronic media.
Related Documentation
In addition to this guide, the Kofax Express documentation set includes the following: Kofax Express Help: Gives you online product assistance, including step-by-step procedures, a description of the typical task workflow, and details about the user interface. Kofax Express Release Notes: Contains information that is not available in your other Kofax Express documentation. Available in PDF format on the Kofax Support pages at www.kofax.com. Kofax Express Export SDK: Includes an API reference, developers guide, and samples for creating custom export connectors and exporters.
Overview
Kofax Express is an easy-to-use, batch-oriented document scan application capable of high-speed scanning with real-time image display, indexing, and bar code detection. Kofax VRS technology is built into the application to ensure optimal image quality. Kofax Express can export captured content to a folder that is accessible to your document management or storage system. Kofax Express can also export content to Kofax Capture or Microsoft SharePoint.
System Requirements
Information about supported operating systems and other Kofax Express requirements is available on the Kofax Support Web pages at www.kofax.com.
Certified Scanners
Kofax Express is certified with a wide range of industry-standard scanners, and new scanners are certified on a regular basis in the following license categories: Kofax Express for Desktop or Workgroup Scanners: Supports throughput up to 50 duplex pages per minute (based on letter-size pages scanned in landscape mode). Kofax Express for Low-Volume, Mid-Volume, or High-Volume Scanners: Supports throughput between 50 and 130 duplex pages per minute (based on letter-size pages scanned in landscape mode). For the most current list of certified scanners, visit the Kofax Web site at www.kofax.com and see either the Kofax Express technical specifications on the Software pages or the Scanner Configurator on the Support pages. You can download Kofax Scanner Component Installers with drivers for supported scanners from the Support pages.
Image Storage
By default, Kofax Express stores images in the common application data folder within the ProgramData folder (or the Documents and Settings folder on a Windows XP computer). Be sure to reserve sufficient disk space for scanned images. You can use the Job Setup tab in Kofax Express to set the batch path to the appropriate folder.
To install Kofax Express 1 2 3 At the computer where you want to install Kofax Express, log in with Administrator rights and close all other applications. Connect your scanner to the computer, but do not power on the scanner until later in the procedure. Point to the Kofax Express folder on your computer or installation media, and run setup.exe. The installer welcome screen is displayed. 4 Click Next and follow the setup instructions on the screen. During setup, you are prompted to accept the license agreement and specify a location for installing the Kofax Express software on your computer. 5 6 7 8 Click Install to start the installation. When you are notified that the installation is complete, click Finish. Power on your scanner. Start Kofax Express and verify that your product license is active. For instructions, see Starting Kofax Express on page 7.
The predefined job contains an empty batch and settings intended to produce excellent image quality for most document types; it should not be necessary to change them. 3 On the Scan Settings tab, in the Scanner group, click Select. The Select Scanner window is displayed. 4 Point to the name of your scanner on the list and click OK. (If your scanner is not listed, see Certified Scanners on page 6 for information about downloading the appropriate driver.) On the toolbar, the name of the current scanner is refreshed with the name of your scanner. You are now ready to scan with Kofax Express! For more information, including details about the Kofax Express user interface, press F1 to view the Help.
Tip You must have an Internet connection to access the Kofax Express activation Web site. If necessary, you can go to another computer with a working Internet connection and activate your product license here: http://activate.kofax.com/kofaxexpress/activate.aspx 2 3 4 User Identification: Type your name, company, and email address. System Identification: Bypass the entries in this section, which is prepopulated with computer information that is detected automatically. Product Identification: Type the part number, serial number, and the product code provided at the time of product purchase. The other entries in the Product Identification section are pre-populated, based on existing information supplied during the installation process. You cannot update these entries. 5 6 7 License Code: If you already have a license code, type it here. Otherwise, it is automatically filled in once you complete the next step. Click Activate. Do one of the following: Click OK to clear the message that confirms successful license activation. Click Retry if the Activate - Connection Failed window is displayed. If you click Retry without success, click Cancel to display the Activate - No Internet Connection window. Then follow the onscreen instructions, which explain how to use another computer to activate the license. Once you activate the license, automatic reminders are discontinued. Note If you attempt license activation without completing it successfully, a grace period is started. While the grace period is active, you can continue to use all of the product features that are appropriate for your license level. If the grace period elapses without successful license activation, the product switches to demonstration mode. As a result, a stamp is applied to scanned images, and limitations are applied to the export process.
Click Hardware Key (or Register) on any of the following: Kofax Express Evaluation window Kofax Express Evaluation Reminder window Kofax Express in Demonstration Mode window Kofax Express Help tab The Register Kofax Express window is displayed, unless you used the previous Kofax Express version to register your hardware key license. If the license is already registered, no further action is necessary. Tip You must have an Internet connection to access the Kofax Express registration Web site. If necessary, you can go to another computer with a working Internet connection and register your product license here: http://activate.kofax.com/kofaxexpress/register.aspx
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User Identification: Type your name, company, and email address. Product Identification: Type the identification code (typically 7 characters) that is attached to your Kofax Express hardware key. The other entries in the Product Identification section are pre-populated, based on existing information supplied during the installation process. You cannot update these entries.
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Click Register Now. Do one of the following: Click OK to clear the message that confirms successful license registration. If the Register Kofax Express - No Internet Connection window is displayed, follow the onscreen instructions, which explain how to use another computer to register the license. Click OK to close the window. Once you register the hardware key license, automatic reminders are discontinued. Tip You can view or update registration information by clicking Register on the Help tab.
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yourself with the application and start scanning immediately (see Starting Kofax Express on page 7). Tip Your Kofax Express installation includes three predefined jobs. For more information, see the Demo Jobs topic in the Help. A Kofax Express job also includes the following: Batches: Groups of scanned documents Documents: Sets of one or more related images Images: Electronic representations of scanned pages Pages: Physical sheets fed through the scanner to produce images When you close Kofax Express and reopen it, the Scan to Desktop job is opened again unless you create or open another job. By default, Kofax Express opens the most recent job each time you start the application.
Scan Profiles
Each job is also associated with scan settings, which are saved in profiles. Each scan profile is a saved combination of scanner and Kofax VRS settings that are applied during a scan operation to achieve the best possible image quality. The profile settings are based on (and optimized for) the currently selected scanner. You can update the scan settings to suit your preferences for page size, resolution, color mode, simplex or duplex scanning, rotation, blank page deletion, automatic color detection, and more. You can create your own scan profiles or use the predefined profiles. Kofax Express comes with the following predefined scan profiles: Default: This profile supports excellent image quality for most document types. Automatic: This profile is optimized for use on high performance computers, and it also supports excellent image quality for most document types. Color: This profile is optimized to support excellent image quality for color documents. With the Color profile, the Color Detect and Background Smoothing features are also available. Network Scanner: This profile is similar to Automatic, without Hole Punch Removal, Auto Crop, and Edge Cleanup. Simplex scanning is selected by default. The Network Scanner profile is recommended for use with the FolderScan feature. Each time you connect to a scanner, the predefined scan profiles are refreshed with the appropriate settings. Scan profiles help save time, because they give you a convenient way to save and reuse preferred scan settings. For more information, see the Working with Scan Profiles topic in the Help.
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Scanning Documents
Once you open the Scan to Desktop job (or another job), you can start scanning. To scan a single page 1 2 Place a single page in your scanner. From the Home tab, click Scan One or press F11.
The page is scanned and displayed in the image viewer. To scan a stack of pages 1 2 Place a stack of pages in your scanner. From the Home tab, click Scan All or press F12.
The pages are scanned and displayed in the image viewer. The scan controls are also available from the Quick Access toolbar and the Scan Settings tab.
Viewing Documents
As pages are scanned, the images are displayed in the viewer. From the status bar at the bottom of the viewer, you can select thumbnail view to view all the images at
once, or single image view to view one image at a time. In either view, you can use the slider in the status bar to adjust the magnification of images. You can also zoom in or zoom out while scanning is in progress. Note While the Scan Settings or VRS Corrections tabs are active, single image view is always active. Thumbnail view is not available from these two tabs. Single image view is also active whenever indexing mode is active.
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In the viewer, you see each document associated with the active batch. You can drag and drop images from one position to another. When you drag and drop a duplex page, both the front and back are moved together. The documents and scanned images are numbered in consecutive order. The numbering sequence is restarted with each new document. If you add, remove, or rearrange documents or images, they are automatically renumbered. When you move the pointer to any image in the viewer, the following properties are displayed: color mode, resolution, file size, and time/date stamp. When you move the pointer to the document title, other properties are displayed: document number and number of images it contains, time/date stamp, and index field values (if applicable). For more information, see the Image Viewer topic in the Help.
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To apply image quality adjustments 1 Select the images that you want to update and right-click. The Page mini toolbar (Figure 3 or Figure 4) is displayed in the viewing area. 2 Do one of the following: To apply adjustments to one or multiple images, click the toolbar icon associated with the adjustment that you want to make. To apply VRS corrections, click to access the VRS Corrections tab settings, which you can apply to only one image at a time.
Indexing
Kofax Express supports the ability to set up index fields to represent the content of the documents that you scan. Indexing is a two-part process: Configure the index fields before you scan. Click Indexing to enter or verify the index field values after you scan. When you export a batch from Kofax Express, the index data is included in text or xml format. You use index data to quickly locate and retrieve documents after exporting a batch to an archival or storage system, Kofax Capture, or Microsoft SharePoint.
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Indexing Documents
To perform indexing and verification, click Indexing to switch to indexing mode. While indexing mode is active, the Indexing panel and navigation toolbar (Figure 5) are displayed on the right side of the Kofax Express window. In this mode, you can view and verify automatically applied index values, manually enter the values, or set up OCR zones for capturing index values. For more information, see the Home Tab Index Group topic in the Help.
Exporting Documents
Kofax Express can export captured content to a folder that is accessible to your document management or storage system. Kofax Express can also export content to Kofax Capture (using the Kofax Capture XML Import Connector) or to Microsoft SharePoint. If you are exporting documents in PDF format, you have the option of producing highly compressed images with search capabilities. You configure the export settings from the Job Setup tab. Then you export the documents by clicking Export Batch from the Home tab, Start Export from the Batches panel, or by pressing CTRL+R from any tab. For more information, see the following topics in the Help: Job Setup Tab - Export Group Home Tab - Export Group
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The Kofax menu is closed when you start Kofax Express. To open the Kofax menu, click the Kofax Button the Kofax Express window. in the upper left corner of
To close the Kofax menu, click the Kofax Button again. For more information, see the Kofax Menu topic in the Help.
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Administrator Access
By default, Kofax Express users have full access to every feature in the product. If you prefer to grant full access only to certain users, use the ExpressAccess.xml and App.AppProfile files to manage access based on user-specific permissions. Both files are available in the common application data folder: Windows 7/Vista: ProgramData\Kofax\Kofax Express 2.5 Windows XP: Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Kofax\Kofax Express 2.5 For example, you might use the files to restrict a scan operator from job setup or index setup features while assigning the scan operators supervisor access to all features except batch export. You could grant full access to any user who is responsible for managing a Kofax Express installation. The level of access is based on each users Windows login.
ExpressAccess.xml
This file controls the logged-in users access to Kofax Express. By default, <DisableAllAdmin> is set to 0 (zero), granting full access to Kofax Express. When <DisableAllAdmin> is set to 1, the logged-in user can view (but not change) settings on the Options window, which controls general preferences and access to individual features. ExpressAccess.xml excerpt:
<ExpressAccess> <Class>ExpressAccess</Class> <Version>1</Version> <Members> <DisableAllAdmin>0</DisableAllAdmin> </Members> </ExpressAccess>
To set more than one level of access to Kofax Express on the same computer, create a folder named Kofax Express containing an override copy of ExpressAccess.xml with the alternate setting. Copy the folder to the current users application data folder: Windows 7/Vista: Users\<Current User>\AppData\Roaming Windows XP: Documents and Settings\<Current User>\Application Data When a Kofax Express user logs in to the computer, the current users application data is always checked first for the override file. If the file exists, it is used even if empty, in which case it has the same effect as the default ExpressAccess.xml file that grants full access to Kofax Express. Otherwise, the ExpressAccess.xml file in the common application data folder is used. The override file is useful if you are a Kofax Express administrator, because you can log in to any Kofax Express workstation and customize the settings on the Options window. Apply read-only permission to ExpressAccess.xml to prevent unauthorized users from altering the file.
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App.AppProfile
This file contains the current values for all settings on the Options window. After customizing the Options window settings, copy the updated App.AppProfile to workstations where you want to restrict or control access to individual features. For example, you might customize the settings so that the Job Setup, Bar Code Setup, and Index Setup tabs do not appear on the Kofax Express user interface. You could copy the updated App.AppProfile file to any workstation where users do not require access to those tabs. Additionally, you could copy an override version of ExpressAccess.xml to the current users application data folder on those workstations, so the logged-in user would not be able to use the Options window to restore access to those tabs.
Keyboard Shortcuts
This section lists common Kofax Express keyboard shortcuts. A complete list of shortcuts is available from the Keyboard Shortcuts topic in the Help. Keyboard Shortcut F11 F12 ESCAPE CTRL+B CTRL+D CTRL+J CTRL+K CTRL+O CTRL+R CTRL+Y CTRL+Z CTRL+SHIFT+A CTRL+SHIFT+D CTRL+SHIFT+O CTRL+SHIFT+S Description Scan one page Scan all pages Stop scanning Create a batch Create a document Create a job Start/stop indexing Open job Export a batch Redo or reverse the most recent Undo action Undo or reverse the most recent action Save job as Draw OCR zone Switch to compact thumbnail view Switch to single image view
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Description Switch to thumbnail view Remove OCR zone View the Help Rename Change selected images to color Change selected images to grayscale Change selected images to black and white View the context-sensitive Help topic for the active tab
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