OCR was not successful (no text was found) on one or more pages

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AlexK

I installed Microsoft Office 2003 EE Tools on another server (Windows Server
2003 EE) and ran OCR on test file. I got this error message:

"OCR was not successful (no text was found) on one or more pages"

What really puzzles me that the same file is being recognized OK on totally
identical server (the same OS and installed Office Tools). It works fine as
well on developers’ desktop machines with Windows XP Pro.

The resolution of this problem is vital for my company's decision to stay
with Microsoft based products.

Thanks,
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Alex,

From your description its not easy to say what you may be seeing.
The OCR capability in MS Office 2003 Document Imaging is language
tool dependent.

Do you have the same language packs for Office installed?
Do you have the same fonts installed?

Is this a test file you're scanning into MS Office Document Imaging
or a multipage TIFF you're opening or...?

FWIW, while MS Office Document imaging OCR does have decent capabilities, if this is a make/break decision on MS Office, as you
imply, you may be disappointed. It is not as full featured an OCR product as those dedicated to that purpose from 3rd party
suppliers. It may be adequate for your needs or it may not.

=============
I installed Microsoft Office 2003 EE Tools on another server (Windows Server
2003 EE) and ran OCR on test file. I got this error message:

"OCR was not successful (no text was found) on one or more pages"

What really puzzles me that the same file is being recognized OK on totally
identical server (the same OS and installed Office Tools). It works fine as
well on developers' desktop machines with Windows XP Pro.

The resolution of this problem is vital for my company's decision to stay
with Microsoft based products.

Thanks>>
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Alex,

From your description its not easy to say what you may be seeing.
The OCR capability in MS Office 2003 Document Imaging is language
tool dependent.

Do you have the same language packs for Office installed?
Do you have the same fonts installed?

Is this a test file you're scanning into MS Office Document Imaging
or a multipage TIFF you're opening or...?

FWIW, while MS Office Document imaging OCR does have decent capabilities, if this is a make/break decision on MS Office, as you
imply, you may be disappointed. It is not as full featured an OCR product as those dedicated to that purpose from 3rd party
suppliers. It may be adequate for your needs or it may not.

=============
I installed Microsoft Office 2003 EE Tools on another server (Windows Server
2003 EE) and ran OCR on test file. I got this error message:

"OCR was not successful (no text was found) on one or more pages"

What really puzzles me that the same file is being recognized OK on totally
identical server (the same OS and installed Office Tools). It works fine as
well on developers' desktop machines with Windows XP Pro.

The resolution of this problem is vital for my company's decision to stay
with Microsoft based products.

Thanks>>
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Alex,

From your description its not easy to say what you may be seeing.
The OCR capability in MS Office 2003 Document Imaging is language
tool dependent.

Do you have the same language packs for Office installed?
Do you have the same fonts installed?

Is this a test file you're scanning into MS Office Document Imaging
or a multipage TIFF you're opening or...?

FWIW, while MS Office Document imaging OCR does have decent capabilities, if this is a make/break decision on MS Office, as you
imply, you may be disappointed. It is not as full featured an OCR product as those dedicated to that purpose from 3rd party
suppliers. It may be adequate for your needs or it may not.

=============
I installed Microsoft Office 2003 EE Tools on another server (Windows Server
2003 EE) and ran OCR on test file. I got this error message:

"OCR was not successful (no text was found) on one or more pages"

What really puzzles me that the same file is being recognized OK on totally
identical server (the same OS and installed Office Tools). It works fine as
well on developers' desktop machines with Windows XP Pro.

The resolution of this problem is vital for my company's decision to stay
with Microsoft based products.

Thanks>>
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Alex,

From your description its not easy to say what you may be seeing.
The OCR capability in MS Office 2003 Document Imaging is language
tool dependent.

Do you have the same language packs for Office installed?
Do you have the same fonts installed?

Is this a test file you're scanning into MS Office Document Imaging
or a multipage TIFF you're opening or...?

FWIW, while MS Office Document imaging OCR does have decent capabilities, if this is a make/break decision on MS Office, as you
imply, you may be disappointed. It is not as full featured an OCR product as those dedicated to that purpose from 3rd party
suppliers. It may be adequate for your needs or it may not.

=============
I installed Microsoft Office 2003 EE Tools on another server (Windows Server
2003 EE) and ran OCR on test file. I got this error message:

"OCR was not successful (no text was found) on one or more pages"

What really puzzles me that the same file is being recognized OK on totally
identical server (the same OS and installed Office Tools). It works fine as
well on developers' desktop machines with Windows XP Pro.

The resolution of this problem is vital for my company's decision to stay
with Microsoft based products.

Thanks>>
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Alex,

From your description its not easy to say what you may be seeing.
The OCR capability in MS Office 2003 Document Imaging is language
tool dependent.

Do you have the same language packs for Office installed?
Do you have the same fonts installed?

Is this a test file you're scanning into MS Office Document Imaging
or a multipage TIFF you're opening or...?

FWIW, while MS Office Document imaging OCR does have decent capabilities, if this is a make/break decision on MS Office, as you
imply, you may be disappointed. It is not as full featured an OCR product as those dedicated to that purpose from 3rd party
suppliers. It may be adequate for your needs or it may not.

=============
I installed Microsoft Office 2003 EE Tools on another server (Windows Server
2003 EE) and ran OCR on test file. I got this error message:

"OCR was not successful (no text was found) on one or more pages"

What really puzzles me that the same file is being recognized OK on totally
identical server (the same OS and installed Office Tools). It works fine as
well on developers' desktop machines with Windows XP Pro.

The resolution of this problem is vital for my company's decision to stay
with Microsoft based products.

Thanks>>
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Alex,

From your description its not easy to say what you may be seeing.
The OCR capability in MS Office 2003 Document Imaging is language
tool dependent.

Do you have the same language packs for Office installed?
Do you have the same fonts installed?

Is this a test file you're scanning into MS Office Document Imaging
or a multipage TIFF you're opening or...?

FWIW, while MS Office Document imaging OCR does have decent capabilities, if this is a make/break decision on MS Office, as you
imply, you may be disappointed. It is not as full featured an OCR product as those dedicated to that purpose from 3rd party
suppliers. It may be adequate for your needs or it may not.

=============
I installed Microsoft Office 2003 EE Tools on another server (Windows Server
2003 EE) and ran OCR on test file. I got this error message:

"OCR was not successful (no text was found) on one or more pages"

What really puzzles me that the same file is being recognized OK on totally
identical server (the same OS and installed Office Tools). It works fine as
well on developers' desktop machines with Windows XP Pro.

The resolution of this problem is vital for my company's decision to stay
with Microsoft based products.

Thanks>>
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Alex,

From your description its not easy to say what you may be seeing.
The OCR capability in MS Office 2003 Document Imaging is language
tool dependent.

Do you have the same language packs for Office installed?
Do you have the same fonts installed?

Is this a test file you're scanning into MS Office Document Imaging
or a multipage TIFF you're opening or...?

FWIW, while MS Office Document imaging OCR does have decent capabilities, if this is a make/break decision on MS Office, as you
imply, you may be disappointed. It is not as full featured an OCR product as those dedicated to that purpose from 3rd party
suppliers. It may be adequate for your needs or it may not.

=============
I installed Microsoft Office 2003 EE Tools on another server (Windows Server
2003 EE) and ran OCR on test file. I got this error message:

"OCR was not successful (no text was found) on one or more pages"

What really puzzles me that the same file is being recognized OK on totally
identical server (the same OS and installed Office Tools). It works fine as
well on developers' desktop machines with Windows XP Pro.

The resolution of this problem is vital for my company's decision to stay
with Microsoft based products.

Thanks>>
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Alex,

From your description its not easy to say what you may be seeing.
The OCR capability in MS Office 2003 Document Imaging is language
tool dependent.

Do you have the same language packs for Office installed?
Do you have the same fonts installed?

Is this a test file you're scanning into MS Office Document Imaging
or a multipage TIFF you're opening or...?

FWIW, while MS Office Document imaging OCR does have decent capabilities, if this is a make/break decision on MS Office, as you
imply, you may be disappointed. It is not as full featured an OCR product as those dedicated to that purpose from 3rd party
suppliers. It may be adequate for your needs or it may not.

=============
I installed Microsoft Office 2003 EE Tools on another server (Windows Server
2003 EE) and ran OCR on test file. I got this error message:

"OCR was not successful (no text was found) on one or more pages"

What really puzzles me that the same file is being recognized OK on totally
identical server (the same OS and installed Office Tools). It works fine as
well on developers' desktop machines with Windows XP Pro.

The resolution of this problem is vital for my company's decision to stay
with Microsoft based products.

Thanks>>
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Alex,

From your description its not easy to say what you may be seeing.
The OCR capability in MS Office 2003 Document Imaging is language
tool dependent.

Do you have the same language packs for Office installed?
Do you have the same fonts installed?

Is this a test file you're scanning into MS Office Document Imaging
or a multipage TIFF you're opening or...?

FWIW, while MS Office Document imaging OCR does have decent capabilities, if this is a make/break decision on MS Office, as you
imply, you may be disappointed. It is not as full featured an OCR product as those dedicated to that purpose from 3rd party
suppliers. It may be adequate for your needs or it may not.

=============
I installed Microsoft Office 2003 EE Tools on another server (Windows Server
2003 EE) and ran OCR on test file. I got this error message:

"OCR was not successful (no text was found) on one or more pages"

What really puzzles me that the same file is being recognized OK on totally
identical server (the same OS and installed Office Tools). It works fine as
well on developers' desktop machines with Windows XP Pro.

The resolution of this problem is vital for my company's decision to stay
with Microsoft based products.

Thanks>>
 
M

microsoft.public.office

Bob,



Thank you for prompt reply.



I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application. We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.



I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well.



Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager. I can e-mail test file, if you need it.



Are you aware of any implicit dependencies of MODI on Windows components,
i.e. ASP.NET enabled, E-mail services enabled, Front Page 2002 extensions
etc.?



AlexK

Bob Buckland ?:-) said:
Hi Alex,

From your description its not easy to say what you may be seeing.
The OCR capability in MS Office 2003 Document Imaging is language
tool dependent.

Do you have the same language packs for Office installed?
Do you have the same fonts installed?
Click to expand...

I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well.
Is this a test file you're scanning into MS Office Document Imaging
or a multipage TIFF you're opening or...?
Click to expand...

Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
FWIW, while MS Office Document imaging OCR does have decent capabilities,
if this is a make/break decision on MS Office, as you
imply, you may be disappointed. It is not as full featured an OCR product
as those dedicated to that purpose from 3rd party
suppliers. It may be adequate for your needs or it may not.
Click to expand...

I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application.We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.
 
M

microsoft.public.office

Bob,



Thank you for prompt reply.



I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application. We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.



I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well.



Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager. I can e-mail test file, if you need it.



Are you aware of any implicit dependencies of MODI on Windows components,
i.e. ASP.NET enabled, E-mail services enabled, Front Page 2002 extensions
etc.?



AlexK

Bob Buckland ?:-) said:
Hi Alex,

From your description its not easy to say what you may be seeing.
The OCR capability in MS Office 2003 Document Imaging is language
tool dependent.

Do you have the same language packs for Office installed?
Do you have the same fonts installed?
Click to expand...

I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well.
Is this a test file you're scanning into MS Office Document Imaging
or a multipage TIFF you're opening or...?
Click to expand...

Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
FWIW, while MS Office Document imaging OCR does have decent capabilities,
if this is a make/break decision on MS Office, as you
imply, you may be disappointed. It is not as full featured an OCR product
as those dedicated to that purpose from 3rd party
suppliers. It may be adequate for your needs or it may not.
Click to expand...

I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application.We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.
 
M

microsoft.public.office

Bob,



Thank you for prompt reply.



I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application. We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.



I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well.



Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager. I can e-mail test file, if you need it.



Are you aware of any implicit dependencies of MODI on Windows components,
i.e. ASP.NET enabled, E-mail services enabled, Front Page 2002 extensions
etc.?



AlexK

Bob Buckland ?:-) said:
Hi Alex,

From your description its not easy to say what you may be seeing.
The OCR capability in MS Office 2003 Document Imaging is language
tool dependent.

Do you have the same language packs for Office installed?
Do you have the same fonts installed?
Click to expand...

I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well.
Is this a test file you're scanning into MS Office Document Imaging
or a multipage TIFF you're opening or...?
Click to expand...

Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
FWIW, while MS Office Document imaging OCR does have decent capabilities,
if this is a make/break decision on MS Office, as you
imply, you may be disappointed. It is not as full featured an OCR product
as those dedicated to that purpose from 3rd party
suppliers. It may be adequate for your needs or it may not.
Click to expand...

I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application.We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.
 
M

microsoft.public.office

Bob,



Thank you for prompt reply.



I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application. We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.



I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well.



Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager. I can e-mail test file, if you need it.



Are you aware of any implicit dependencies of MODI on Windows components,
i.e. ASP.NET enabled, E-mail services enabled, Front Page 2002 extensions
etc.?



AlexK

Bob Buckland ?:-) said:
Hi Alex,

From your description its not easy to say what you may be seeing.
The OCR capability in MS Office 2003 Document Imaging is language
tool dependent.

Do you have the same language packs for Office installed?
Do you have the same fonts installed?
Click to expand...

I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well.
Is this a test file you're scanning into MS Office Document Imaging
or a multipage TIFF you're opening or...?
Click to expand...

Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
FWIW, while MS Office Document imaging OCR does have decent capabilities,
if this is a make/break decision on MS Office, as you
imply, you may be disappointed. It is not as full featured an OCR product
as those dedicated to that purpose from 3rd party
suppliers. It may be adequate for your needs or it may not.
Click to expand...

I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application.We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.
 
M

microsoft.public.office

Bob,



Thank you for prompt reply.



I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application. We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.



I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well.



Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager. I can e-mail test file, if you need it.



Are you aware of any implicit dependencies of MODI on Windows components,
i.e. ASP.NET enabled, E-mail services enabled, Front Page 2002 extensions
etc.?



AlexK

Bob Buckland ?:-) said:
Hi Alex,

From your description its not easy to say what you may be seeing.
The OCR capability in MS Office 2003 Document Imaging is language
tool dependent.

Do you have the same language packs for Office installed?
Do you have the same fonts installed?
Click to expand...

I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well.
Is this a test file you're scanning into MS Office Document Imaging
or a multipage TIFF you're opening or...?
Click to expand...

Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
FWIW, while MS Office Document imaging OCR does have decent capabilities,
if this is a make/break decision on MS Office, as you
imply, you may be disappointed. It is not as full featured an OCR product
as those dedicated to that purpose from 3rd party
suppliers. It may be adequate for your needs or it may not.
Click to expand...

I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application.We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.
 
M

microsoft.public.office

Bob,



Thank you for prompt reply.



I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application. We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.



I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well.



Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager. I can e-mail test file, if you need it.



Are you aware of any implicit dependencies of MODI on Windows components,
i.e. ASP.NET enabled, E-mail services enabled, Front Page 2002 extensions
etc.?



AlexK

Bob Buckland ?:-) said:
Hi Alex,

From your description its not easy to say what you may be seeing.
The OCR capability in MS Office 2003 Document Imaging is language
tool dependent.

Do you have the same language packs for Office installed?
Do you have the same fonts installed?
Click to expand...

I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well.
Is this a test file you're scanning into MS Office Document Imaging
or a multipage TIFF you're opening or...?
Click to expand...

Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
FWIW, while MS Office Document imaging OCR does have decent capabilities,
if this is a make/break decision on MS Office, as you
imply, you may be disappointed. It is not as full featured an OCR product
as those dedicated to that purpose from 3rd party
suppliers. It may be adequate for your needs or it may not.
Click to expand...

I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application.We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.
 
M

microsoft.public.office

Bob,



Thank you for prompt reply.



I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application. We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.



I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well.



Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager. I can e-mail test file, if you need it.



Are you aware of any implicit dependencies of MODI on Windows components,
i.e. ASP.NET enabled, E-mail services enabled, Front Page 2002 extensions
etc.?



AlexK

Bob Buckland ?:-) said:
Hi Alex,

From your description its not easy to say what you may be seeing.
The OCR capability in MS Office 2003 Document Imaging is language
tool dependent.

Do you have the same language packs for Office installed?
Do you have the same fonts installed?
Click to expand...

I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well.
Is this a test file you're scanning into MS Office Document Imaging
or a multipage TIFF you're opening or...?
Click to expand...

Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
FWIW, while MS Office Document imaging OCR does have decent capabilities,
if this is a make/break decision on MS Office, as you
imply, you may be disappointed. It is not as full featured an OCR product
as those dedicated to that purpose from 3rd party
suppliers. It may be adequate for your needs or it may not.
Click to expand...

I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application.We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.
 
M

microsoft.public.office

Bob,



Thank you for prompt reply.



I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application. We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.



I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well.



Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager. I can e-mail test file, if you need it.



Are you aware of any implicit dependencies of MODI on Windows components,
i.e. ASP.NET enabled, E-mail services enabled, Front Page 2002 extensions
etc.?



AlexK

Bob Buckland ?:-) said:
Hi Alex,

From your description its not easy to say what you may be seeing.
The OCR capability in MS Office 2003 Document Imaging is language
tool dependent.

Do you have the same language packs for Office installed?
Do you have the same fonts installed?
Click to expand...

I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well.
Is this a test file you're scanning into MS Office Document Imaging
or a multipage TIFF you're opening or...?
Click to expand...

Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
FWIW, while MS Office Document imaging OCR does have decent capabilities,
if this is a make/break decision on MS Office, as you
imply, you may be disappointed. It is not as full featured an OCR product
as those dedicated to that purpose from 3rd party
suppliers. It may be adequate for your needs or it may not.
Click to expand...

I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application.We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.
 
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microsoft.public.office

Bob,



Thank you for prompt reply.



I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application. We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.



I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well.



Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager. I can e-mail test file, if you need it.



Are you aware of any implicit dependencies of MODI on Windows components,
i.e. ASP.NET enabled, E-mail services enabled, Front Page 2002 extensions
etc.?



AlexK

Bob Buckland ?:-) said:
Hi Alex,

From your description its not easy to say what you may be seeing.
The OCR capability in MS Office 2003 Document Imaging is language
tool dependent.

Do you have the same language packs for Office installed?
Do you have the same fonts installed?
Click to expand...

I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well.
Is this a test file you're scanning into MS Office Document Imaging
or a multipage TIFF you're opening or...?
Click to expand...

Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
FWIW, while MS Office Document imaging OCR does have decent capabilities,
if this is a make/break decision on MS Office, as you
imply, you may be disappointed. It is not as full featured an OCR product
as those dedicated to that purpose from 3rd party
suppliers. It may be adequate for your needs or it may not.
Click to expand...

I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application.We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Alex,

For your second question, MS Office Document Imaging does not, to my knowledge have any dependencies other than those for install
Office 2003. There could, on the other hand, be something installed on one machine, or associated with a file type, that is
interfering with Office document imaging.

It's also possible that the JPG to TIFF conversion is creating a file where the text isn't clear enough to be seen as 'text', or
that the compression choice used in the TIFF output you're creating is a problem to MODI. That issue has come up from time to time.
If you like, you can zip the original JPG and the TIFF file you're using.

Check the locale and language settings in the Windows control panel as well as those of Office in the Language Settings tools in
Start=>Programs=>Microsoft Office Tools.

=======
Bob,



Thank you for prompt reply.

I'm aware of MODI OCR limited capabilities. But all we need for now is OCR
of small .jpeg images in multi-threaded .NET 1.1 application. We don't want
to spent couple grand for third party product on top of MSDN subscription we
already have. I'm aware also that MODI OCR is not thread safe. We adjusted
our code accordingly.

I'll check to see, if we have the same fonts installed on test bed and
production server. Checking OCR options in MODI application (Microsoft
Office\Microsoft Office Tools\Microsoft Office Document
Imaging->Tools->Options->OCR) i see the same language settings. Microsoft
Office Language Settings on both machines show me identical stuff as well. >>

Test file is one page TIF document i created exporting small .jpeg image via
Microsoft Office Picture Manager. I can e-mail test file, if you need it.

Are you aware of any implicit dependencies of MODI on Windows components,
i.e. ASP.NET enabled, E-mail services enabled, Front Page 2002 extensions
etc.?

AlexK >>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx
 

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