4.1 Edit Window Overview

The Edit window allows you to edit the information of individual business cards.

Double-click any card record in the list menu of the management pane or click the Edit Selected Record button on the Edit toolbar to select the Edit window.

You may click a record and press CTRL or SHIFT key on your keyboard, and then click another record for multiple selection.

4.2 Verify Contacts

The Edit window allows you to verify the contact information for any specific business card. When the editing window is open for a card, the following screen will be presented containing information relevant to the card selected from the Management window.

The Edit window may be used to edit any information on a business card and to correct or update information as necessary for future changes of an individual contact. The features and functions of this window are described below

Note: You can double-click on the business card image to see a bigger image or back to original view.

4.3 Edit Contacts

The WorldCard Edit window has three panes: the Card Information pane, the Personal Information pane and the Notes pane. The Card Information pane displays all relevant business card data retrieving from the card. The Card Information pane is shown in the following picture.

The information in the Card Information pane is categorized in fields such as Name, Position, Company, Address, Telephone/Fax numbers, Email address and Web Site. Additional categories are also available.

The Personal Information pane displays personal information about your contact which is not retrieved from your contacts business card.

The Notes pane stores/displays important data from your personal notes about your business contacts.

Note: If, at any time during the editing mode, an incorrect action is selected, you can reverse the changes by clicking the Restore button from the Editing window.

Clicking the Restore Icon restore the changs of the current content of the business card.

To exit the Edit window, right-click the Exit button or select Exit from the File menu of the Edit window toolbar.

4.3.1 Recognizing Partial Content of a Card Entry

In some cases, the information of a business card may not be completely recognized. You may use the Partially Select and Recognize command of the Edit window. To select Partially Select and Recognize, click this icon.

After clicking the Partially Select and Recognize, you can use the mouse to select the specific area that contains the correct data.

After selecting the area, select the appropriate field for the information which has been highlighted.

Besides, WorldCard allows you partial replacement to the filed you want to replace at the left pane directly. Click the field you want to replace, select the area in the name card image, then click Replace current field. The replacement will be done.

4.3.2 Adjusting the Separation Rate

The Separation Rate is the rate of separation between the color of the card background and the color of the text data contained on the business card.

After clicking the Separation Rate button , the following window appears.

You can move the slider to achieve the clearest contrast between the background colors of the business card and the text on the card. This adjustment is useful when the business card image is blurred, or the contrast between the text and the background of the card is not sufficient for correct recognition of the card information.

You may also adjust the separation rate by area. On the top business card image, select a specific area, and move the slider to achieve the clearest contrast between the background and text of the selected area. You can adjust multiple areas, each area with its own separation rate. Click the button to remove selected area. Click the button to reverse selected area.

4.3.3 Reframing Command

The Reframing Manually command allows you to select a specific area of a business card to save. After the appropriate area is selected, a box will be drawn around the selected data.

If the data selected to be modified is correct, click Yes in the dialog box.

The data outside of the selection box will be changed to white.

4.3.4 Fine Rotating

The Fine Rotate command is used to correct the horizontal positioning of a card after it has been scanned. This is sometimes necessary if a card has been inserted into the WorldCard scanner incorrectly and the resulting scan is skewed in the horizontal plane. An indication of a card that has been improperly scanned is as follows:

4.3.5 Rotating Card

If the card image shows an incorrect orientation, you can use the Rotate Card command of the WorldCard editor to properly align the card orientation. To use the Rotate Card command, click the Rotate Card button in the Editor window. After you click the button , the rotation angle options will appear.

Select the appropriate angle of rotation and then click the Rotate button . The card image will then rotate to the selected
orientation. Should you need additional fine adjustment of the card image, click the Fine Rotate button required.

4.3.6 Rescanning Card

If a card is scanned inappropriately, you may use the Rescanning command of the WorldCard editor by clicking the Rescanning button . After clicking the Rescanning button, the following menu appears.

You can select the appropriate languages from the pulldown menus.

After you have selected the appropriate language settings, you can click the Scan icon to rescan the business card.

The card must then be inserted into the WorldCard scanner as appropriate for the orientation of the languages selected.

4.3.7 Recognizing Again

After adjusting a card image with any commands of the Editing window, you can recognize the business card again to update the image processing of your revised card image.

This task can be accomplished by clicking the Recognize again icon from the Editing window.

Select the appropriate language(s) for the front and/or back side of the card. Then, select the correct region for the language.

You may use the Auto detection feature in the geographic region selection. If the card is double-sided, select the Both Sides command to recognize each side. You may then proceed with the Recognize again command by clicking the Recognize button .

After clicking the Recognize icon is selected, the following prompt appears in the Editing window.

Click Yes to begin the recognition process. Note that the card information will be cleared when you click Yes.

4.3.8 Exchanging Front and Back Side Card Image

Click to exchange the front side and back side images of the business card.

4.4 Viewing Cards

Cards are displayed in the Editing window after the scanning process. The following window shows a typical display of a card in the Editing window.

You can click Back Side button to see the back side image of the business card.

You can click to select the different display percentage of the business card image.

4.4.1 Saving Card Image

If the displayed card image is clear and the information legible, the card image can be saved as a .jpg file by clicking the Save Card Image button .

4.4.2 Deleting Card Image

To delete a card image from the Editing window, click the Delete Card Image button with your mouse pointer.

If you have made an error in deleting a card image, the Editing window allows you to recover the card image by clicking the Restore button .