Command line options

Command Result mspview <path:filename.tif>

mspview <path:filename.mdi>

Starts Office Document Imaging and opens the specified file. mspview -r <path:filename.tif>

mspview -r <path:filename.mdi>

Starts Office Document Imaging and opens the specified file in Reading view. mspview -o <path:filename.tif>

mspview -o <path:filename.mdi>

Starts Office Document Imaging, performs optical character recognition (OCR) on the specified file, and then saves the file with the new OCR text.

This command has no effect if OCR has already been performed on the file.

Notes

• If the TIFF image is monochrome, it will be compressed in TIFF CCITT G4 format.
• If the TIFF image is grayscale or color, it will be compressed in TIFF 6.0 JPEG format.
• If the MDI image is monochrome, it will be compressed in MODI BW format.
• If the MDI image is grayscale or color, it will be compressed in MODI Color format.
• If the image is over 900 dots per inch (dpi), it will be saved at 900 dpi.
• The file is saved using the additional compression and OCR settings in the Options dialog box.

mspview -f <path:filename.tif>

mspview -f <path:filename.mdi>

Starts Office Document Imaging, performs OCR on the specified file, and then saves the file with the new OCR text.

Use this command if you want to perform OCR on a file that has already had OCR performed on it.

Notes

• If the TIFF image is monochrome, it will be compressed in TIFF CCITT G4 format.
• If the TIFF image is grayscale or color, it will be compressed in TIFF 6.0 JPEG format.
• If the MDI image is monochrome, it will be compressed in MODI BW format.
• If the MDI image is grayscale or color, it will be compressed in MODI Color format.
• If the image is over 900 dpi, it will be saved at 900 dpi.
• The file is saved using the additional compression and OCR settings in the Options dialog box.

For example, the following command opens Mypic.tif in Reading view.

mspview -r "C:\My Documents\mypic.tif"

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