Import Documents (Invoices)

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Import Documents (Invoices)

Instead of scanning paper documents, SmartCapture can import existing ditital files in BMP, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, and PDF formats.

 

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Click the Settings btn_SmartCapture_settings to open SmartCapture configuration options.

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Review the Default Output Folder.

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By default, scanned documents are saved to the configured output Folder

(C:\Users\User\Documents\SmartCapture\Hot_folder).

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Select one or more OCR languages.

The more languages you select, the longer OCR may take.

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Setting the Output Folder.

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Set a folder name for saving scanned and extracted files.

It will be created under the Step 2 path.

For more details, please see Output Options for Imported Documents.

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Return to the Home screen and start scanning.

 

Click first try_022 and select a document.

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Save the file to the Hot Folder (C:\Users\User\Documents\SmartCapture\Hot_Folder). SmartCapture automatically detects the file and launches. Click Run now to start data extraction.

 

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When OCR is complete, SmartCapture opens automatically in a new window to extract and display the scanned data.

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icon_01 Select the field, then icon_02 click the target text or drag to select it to extract from the document.

icon_03 You will see the text in the same field you selected, then verify the extracted text.

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For more details, see the tutorial video:

 

Play SmartScan SmartCapture Tutorial: Data Extraction

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Once all required fields (Number, Date, and Total) are extracted, click first try_009 to finish the process.

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Data extraction is complete when the file name displayed next to "File:" at the bottom of the screen disappears.

Your files will be saved in the pre-set folder.

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