Last Reviewed: November 1, 2005
Article: DTS0106
Applies to: dtSearch 5.x, 6.x, 7.x
When you click View > View as Image while viewing a document in dtSearch, dtSearch attempts to find and display the image file associated with the document. To find the image file, dtSearch looks for a file with the same name as the document and an extension that indicates it is an image file. For example, if you are viewing SMITH.DOC and click View > View as Image, dtSearch will look for SMITH.TIF.
Linking Multiple Images to a Document
When dtSearch looks for images associated with a document, dtSearch automatically checks for multiple files having sequential names, such as SMITH001.TIF, SMITH002.TIF, etc. Some scanning (or other) software stores the pages of a document in multiple files with names ending in 001, 002, 003, etc. For example, a three page file named EXAMPLE.DOC could have image files EXAMP001.TIF, EXAMP002.TIF, and EXAMP003.TIF.
If dtSearch does not find an exact match to the document filename, dtSearch will look for and collect image files containing truncated versions of the filename. It will display the first of these files as "page 1" of the image, the second as "page 2," etc. Use the PgUp and PgDn keys to get from one page to another.
Note: A much better way to work with OCR data is to use the PDF "image with hidden text" format, which lets you keep the document text and image in a single file. For more information on this format, see: How to use dtSearch or dtSearch Web with OCR