Remark Classic OMR Version 4 User‟s Guide Remark Products Group 301 Lindenwood Drive, Suite 100 Malvern, Pennsylvania, 19355-1772 USA www.gravic.com Remark Classic OMR User’s Guide Disclaimer The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Gravic, Inc., who assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions. Gravic, Inc. reserves the right to revise this document and to make changes to the products described herein for the purpose of product improvement at any time, without obligation to notify any person of such revisions or changes. Notice The information contained in this document is the exclusive property of Gravic, Inc. This work is protected under United States Copyright Law and other international copyright treaties and conventions. 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Contents Remark Classic OMR Overview 1 1.1 Overview ...............................................................................1 1.2 Optical Mark Reading Basic Concepts ........................................2 1.3 What is Included with your Software .........................................5 1.4 New Features in this Version ....................................................5 1.5 Technical Support ...................................................................8 Installing and Activating Remark Classic OMR 11 2.1 Overview ...............................................................................11 2.2 System Requirements .............................................................11 2.3 Installing the Software ............................................................12 2.4 Uninstalling the Software .........................................................13 2.5 Running Remark Classic OMR ...................................................13 2.6 Software Activation .................................................................14 2.6.1 Manual Activation ......................................................15 2.6.2 Transferring a License ................................................15 2.6.3 Missing or Corrupt License File .....................................16 2.7 Registering the Software .........................................................17 2.8 Updating the Software .............................................................17 Navigating Remark Classic OMR 19 3.1 Overview ...............................................................................19 3.2 Remark Classic OMR Components .............................................19 3.3 Navigation Tools .....................................................................20 3.4 Using the Mouse and Keyboard .................................................20 3.4.1 Using the Mouse ........................................................20 3.4.2 Using the Keyboard ....................................................20 3.4.3 Using Keyboard Shortcuts ...........................................21 3.4.4 Scrolling ...................................................................21 3.5 Menu Items ...........................................................................22 3.5.1 File Menu ..................................................................23 Remark Classic OMR User’s Guide 3.5.2 Edit Menu .................................................................25 3.5.3 View Menu ................................................................27 3.5.4 Tools Menu ...............................................................28 3.5.5 Sheet and Region Menus .............................................29 3.5.6 Help Menu ................................................................30 3.6 Accessing the Software Help File ...............................................31 Setting Up Your Scanner 33 4.1 Overview ...............................................................................33 4.2 OMR Scanners- General Information .........................................33 4.3 OMR Forms ............................................................................33 4.3.1 Timing Marks.............................................................33 4.3.2 Columns ...................................................................34 4.4 Selecting Your OMR Scanner ....................................................34 Using the Template Editor 39 5.1 Overview ...............................................................................39 5.2 Creating Form Templates .........................................................40 5.2.1 Using the Template Editor ...........................................40 5.2.2 Region Types.............................................................40 5.2.3 Beginning the Form Template ......................................41 5.2.4 Creating Regions .......................................................45 5.2.5 OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) Regions .......................46 5.2.5.a OMR Region Types .................................... 46 5.2.5.b Region Orientation .................................... 50 5.2.6 Defining the OMR Region ............................................51 5.2.7 Linking OMR Regions ..................................................54 5.2.8 Creating an Input Region ............................................55 5.2.9 Barcode Regions ........................................................56 5.3 Advanced Region Properties and Features ..................................57 5.3.1 Advanced Properties: General: Include Region in Read Operation ........................................................................................57 5.3.2 Advanced Properties: General: Required Region ............58 5.3.3 Advanced Properties: General: Question Text and Region Names ........................................................................................58 5.3.3.a Question Text ........................................... 59 5.3.2.b Question Names ........................................ 59 5.3.4 Advanced Properties: Analysis: Test Settings ................60 5.3.5 Advanced Properties: Analysis: Survey Settings .............62 5.3.6 Advanced Properties: Analysis: Analysis Respondent ID ..63 Contents 5.3.7 Advanced Properties: Blank Responses .........................64 5.3.8 Advanced Properties: Multiple Responses ......................65 5.3.9 Advanced Properties: Respondent Trackers ...................66 5.3.10 Advanced Properties: Database Lookup.......................67 5.4 Additional Template Editor Features ..........................................69 5.4.1 Copy/Paste ...............................................................69 5.4.2 Drag/Drop ................................................................70 5.4.3 Deleting Regions ........................................................71 5.4.4 Undo/Redo ................................................................71 5.4.5 File Properties ...........................................................71 5.5 Saving a Form Template ..........................................................71 5.6 Editing an Existing Form Template ............................................72 Scanning Forms 73 6.1 Overview ...............................................................................73 6.2 Opening a Form Template ........................................................73 6.3 The Remark Classic OMR Read Wizard .......................................75 6.3.1 Scanning Using Default Settings (Easy Scan).................77 6.3.2 Scanning Multiple Sheet Forms Without Page ID Marks ...78 6.3.3 Scanning Multiple Sheet Forms with Page ID Marks ........78 6.3.4 Reading Multiple Sheet Forms with Respondent Trackers 79 6.4 Using an OMR Scanner‟s Select Stacker .....................................81 6.5 Using an OMR Scanner‟s Printer ................................................82 6.5.1 Using Grade and Print .................................................84 6.6 Batch Processing ....................................................................85 6.7 Overwriting Data Records ........................................................87 6.8 Reviewing Exceptions ..............................................................88 6.8.1 Reviewing Exceptions by Modifying Individual Cells ........89 6.8.2 Using Review Exceptions .............................................90 6.8.2.a Using the Review Exceptions Window ........... 92 6.9 Respondent Detection .............................................................94 6.10 Reviewing Duplicate Responses ..............................................95 6.11 Graph Viewer .......................................................................96 Working with Your Data 99 7.1 Overview ...............................................................................99 7.2 Understanding the Data Grid ....................................................99 7.3 Editing the Data Grid ...............................................................100