Scanning double-sided questionnaires
These instructions assume that you have the recognition field text set to “Upward” on the Recognition Fields tab in the UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Paper/Scan Add-on Options dialog and apply only when you are loading paper into the scanner along the short edge. If your scanner supports loading paper along the long edge (and, for example, you scan portrait-oriented pages in landscape mode), the settings will be different.
If you cannot determine the correct settings, contact UNICOM Systems, Inc. Support.
The recommended steps are:
1 Load the questionnaire definition.
2 Format the document.
3 Select Mirror Margins in the Page Setup dialog. This specifiies that the questionnaire will be scanned double-sided.
4 Change the rotation settings on the Options tab in the UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Paper/Scan Add-on Options dialog. See:
5 Insert the scanning control fields.
6 Set the printer properties in Word, and then print the questionnaire.
7 Change the scanner settings in ReadSoft FORMS Manager, and then transfer the questionnaire to ReadSoft FORMS.
8 If necessary, adjust the form definitions in ReadSoft FORMS Manager.
You cannot mix landscape and portrait pages in double-sided questionnaires.
Double-sided portrait pages, flipped on long edge
1 On the Options tab in the UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Paper/Scan Add-on Options dialog ensure that Rotate is set to 0 for All Forms.
2 Change the printer properties to print double-sided and flip on the long edge.
3 In the scanner settings in ReadSoft FORMS Manager:
▪Select the Two-sided check box.
▪Set Rotate Front to 0 degrees.
▪Set Rotate Back to 0 degrees.
You do not need to make any changes to the form definitions in ReadSoft FORMS Manager.
Double-sided portrait pages, flipped on short edge
1 On the Options tab in the UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Paper/Scan Add-on Options dialog select By Form and ensure that Rotate is set to 0 for Odd Pages and to 180 for Even Pages.
2 Change the printer properties to print double-sided and flip on the short edge.
3 In the scanner settings in ReadSoft FORMS Manager:
▪Select the Two-sided check box.
▪Set Rotate Front to 0 degrees.
▪Set Rotate Back to 180 degrees.
4 In ReadSoft FORMS Manager, go into the form definition of all even pages and change the rotation of the recognition field.
Double-sided landscape pages, flipped on short edge
1 On the Options tab in the UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Paper/Scan Add-on Options dialog ensure that Rotate is set to 0 for All Forms.
2 Change the printer properties to print double-sided and flip on the short edge.
3 In the scanner settings in ReadSoft FORMS Manager:
▪Select the Two-sided check box.
▪Set Rotate Front to 0 degrees.
▪Set Rotate Back to 180 degrees.
You do not need to make any changes to the form definitions in ReadSoft FORMS Manager.
Double-sided landscape pages, flipped on long edge
1 On the Options tab in the UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Paper/Scan Add-on Options dialog select By Form and ensure that Rotate is set to 0 for Odd Pages and to 180 for Even Pages.
2 Change the printer properties to print double-sided and flip on the long edge.
3 In the scanner settings in ReadSoft FORMS Manager:
▪Select the Two-sided check box.
▪Set Rotate Front to 0 degrees.
▪Set Rotate Back to 0 degrees.
4 In ReadSoft FORMS Manager, go into the form definition of all even pages and change the rotation of the recognition field.
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