Interface Overview

To configure and manage the way Mail Markup Office processes mail pieces, an interface (Fig. 3) is provided.

Fig. 3 Mail Markup Office interface

Opening (Launching)

The Mail Markup Office interface (Fig. 3) is opened (launched) in one of the following ways:

•	From the application used to compose your mail.

•	From the Windows Start menu.

From an Application

To open the Mail Markup Office interface (Fig. 3) from the application used to compose your mail, perform the following actions:

1.	Open your application’s Print dialog (Fig. 4) by clicking the Print button or selecting the Print option normally found on the File menu.

2.	Select the Mail Markup option from the Printer drop-down list or the panel containing printer names.

3.	Specify printing options such as page range and copies.*

4.	Click the OK button or Print button to close the Print dialog and open the Mail Markup Office interface.

Fig. 4 Print dialog (Microsoft Word 2007)

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For details about specifying printing options, refer to your application’s documentation or Help.

Using the Start Menu

To open the Mail Markup Office interface (Fig. 3) using the Windows Start menu, perform the following actions:

1.	Open the Mail Markup folder on the Windows Start menu.

2.	Select the Open PDF with Mail Markup option to open a Browse dialog (Fig. 10).

3.	Navigate to the folder containing the PDF you wish to apply OMR marks to.

4.	Select the PDF then click the Open button to open the Mail Markup Office interface.

Closing (Exiting)

The Mail Markup Office interface is closed (exited) by clicking the Close button or the Close (X) button located near the right-hand edge of the title bar.

Edit Boxes

The Mail Markup Office interface contains edit boxes (Fig. 5) where text-based information can be specified.

Fig. 5 Edit box

Click inside an edit box then perform one of the following actions:

•	If text is highlighted in the edit box: Press the Delete button to delete it; type other text to replace it; press the left or right arrow key to remove the highlight.

•	If text is not highlighted in the edit box: Press the Delete or Backspace key to delete existing text; type other text; navigate existing text using the left and right arrow keys.

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For further details about adding, editing and deleting text in an edit box, refer to your Windows documentation or Help.

List Boxes

The Mail Markup Office interface contains list boxes (Fig. 6) with selectable pre-defined options.

Fig. 6 List box

To use a list box, perform the following actions:

1.	Click the arrow to the right of the list box.

2.	In the drop-down list that appears click an option to select it.

Check Boxes

The Mail Markup Office interface contains check boxes (Fig. 7) that allow settings and options to be selected (by adding a tick) or unselected (by removing a tick).

Fig. 7 Check boxes

Click a check box to add and remove its tick.

Radio Buttons

The Mail Markup Office interface contains radio buttons (Fig. 8) that allow single choice settings and options to be selected (by adding a dot) or unselected (by removing a dot).

Fig. 8 Radio buttons

Click a radio button to add a dot (select it).

NOTE:

Adding a dot to a radio button removes the dot from another radio button in the same radio button group.

Scroll Bars

When information contained in certain Mail Markup Office components exceeds its boundaries, vertical and/or horizontal scroll bars (Fig. 9) appear. These provide a mechanism for moving the content up and down or left and right to reveal the hidden content.

Fig. 9 Scroll bar (horizontal)

Click an arrow at the end a scroll bar to move to the content in that direction.

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For further details about using scroll bars, refer to your Windows documentation or Help.

File System Navigation

There are a number of processes in the Mail Markup Office interface (Fig. 3) such as specifying a folder or finding a file that require the Windows file system to be navigated. Navigation is performed in a Browse dialog (Fig. 10).

Fig. 10 Browse dialog (Windows 7)

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For details about how to use the controls in the Browse dialog, refer to your Windows documentation or Help.

Saving Changes

Certain actions, such as selecting an OMR configuration when the currently selected OMR configuration has had changes made to it, cause a Save Changes dialog (Fig. 11) to open.

Fig. 11 Save Changes dialog

Click the Yes button to save the changes then continue with the action.

Click the No button to not save the changes then continue with the action

NOTE:

Clicking any button also closes the Save Changes dialog.

Confirming an Action

Actions that require confirmation, such as exporting an OMR configuration when an OMR configuration file with the same name already exists, cause a Confirm Action dialog (Fig. 12) to be opened.

Fig. 12 Confirm Action dialog

Click the Yes button to confirm the action or the No button to abandon.

NOTE:

Clicking either button also closes the Confirm Action dialog.

Notification

Following the completion or failure of an action such as specifying an OMR configuration name that already exists, a Notification dialog (Fig. 13) is normally opened.

Fig. 13 Notification dialog

Click the OK button to close the Notification dialog.