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System Requirements

Java
Microsoft C++ 2008 run times
Either MODI (Microsoft Office Document Imaging) or Tesseract OCR engine from Google.

Please note MODI is available in Microsoft Office 2003 and in 2007 it is not part of Office 2010. 
The install of Simple Zonal OCR also installed an installer for Tesseract, it is only necessary to agree to the license terms to use it.

The program install checked for Microsoft C++ run times and installed them if necessary. (unless the installer canceled it). To check for Java, MODI and Tesseract click on the "System Check" button.



The System Check Window will appear.



Java is a required component and if it is not installed the Java button will been enabled. Clicking on it will take the user to the Java website to download the program.

The window shows what OCR engine is currently being used by the program. If the "MODI" button is enabled it can be selected to be used. If it is not enabled or the user prefers the award winning Tesseract OCR engine they can click on the button, accept the license terms and install Tesseract.

Shown in the window above, Java is present as the button is greyed out and the OCR engine is set to Tesseract.

When the user exits this Window the current displayed settings will be saved.

Some notes on the two engines:

Both OCR engines do an excellent job on numbers in a standard sized font. 

When the font is unusual, or very large it is better to use MODI if available. 

If the documents are being virtually created (not scanned) it is better to use Tesseract engine.

If using MODI do not check "Auto Rotate" and "Auto Straighten". To see if they are checked, open MODI, click on Tools \ Options with the Options window open, click on the tab that says "OCR" and the check boxes will be displayed.