Click Start in the Windows task bar and locate and click Kofax OmniPage Ultimate > OmniPage Ultimate.
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Double-click the OmniPage icon in the program's installation folder
or on the Windows desktop if you placed it there.
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Double-click an OmniPage Document (OPD) icon or file name; the clicked
document is loaded into the program.
Right-click one or more image file icons or file names for a shortcut menu. Select Open With... OmniPage application. The images are loaded into the program.
On first opening, the OmniPage title screen is displayed and then its desktop, in Classic View. Use the Window menu to set a different view. Choose Select a View from the Help menu for a brief description of the views. For guidance on using the program, open the How-to-Guides from the Help menu.
There are several ways of running the program with a limited interface:
Use the DocuDirect program. Click Start in the Windows task bar and locate and click Kofax OmniPage Ultimate > OmniPage DocuDirect, or
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Right-click the OmniPage Agent
icon in the taskbar and select Show
DocuDirect.
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Click the Acquire Text
button on the Kofax OCR toolbar
of a supported application using the Direct
OCRTM
facility.
Right-click on one or more image file icons or file names in Windows Explorer or your desktop or Easy Loader for a shortcut menu. Select OmniPage and choose a workflow from its sub-menu.
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Right-click the OmniPage Agent
icon on the task bar. Choose a workflow to start the program and run
the workflow. If you do not see this icon on the task bar enable it
in the General panel of the Options
dialog box.
An alternative to using the full program is to use the OmniPage Launchpad - a Windows 8 styled program letting you quickly set up and run recognition tasks. To start it, click Start in the Windows task bar and locate and click Kofax OmniPage Ultimate > OmniPage Launchpad. In Windows 8 its tile appears in the Windows Start screen.