Intelligent text selection tool and method of operation
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19. An intelligent text selection method, comprising the steps of:
- selecting a portion of a graphical document, said portion having graphical text information and non-text graphical information; and
distinguishing said graphical text character information from non-text graphical information within said portion for converting said graphical text information into corresponding character code data.
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Abstract
An intelligent text selection method is provided that includes the steps of selecting a portion of a graphical document, the portion having graphical text information and non-text graphical information, differentiating the graphical text character information from non-text graphical information within the portion and converting the graphical text information into corresponding character code data.
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19. An intelligent text selection method, comprising the steps of:
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selecting a portion of a graphical document, said portion having graphical text information and non-text graphical information; and
distinguishing said graphical text character information from non-text graphical information within said portion for converting said graphical text information into corresponding character code data. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. Computer executable program code residing on a computer-readable medium, the program code implementing a tool for causing the computer to select a portion of a graphical document, said portion having graphical text information and non-text graphical information;
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distinguish said graphical text character information from non-text graphical information within said portion; and
convert said graphical text information into corresponding character code data. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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34-1. The computer executable program according to claim 33, wherein the program code additionally causes the computer to:
differentiate said graphical text information from said non-text graphical information using a deskew algorithm.
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