Nimcard Premium

User Manual
Nimcard Premium User Manual

I. Installation and Registration

1. Installation of Nimcard Premium Program
2. Installation of Nimcard Premium Scanner Driver
3. Registration of Nimcard Premium Software

II. Scanning Business Cards

1. Calibrating Nimcard Premium Scanner
2. Using Nimcard Premium Scanner to scan business cards
3. Using Flatbed Scanner to scan business cards
4. Editing Information of business cards

III. Searching Business Cards

IV. Other Useful Functions

1. Set and edit categories for business cards
2. Infrared Transmission to Mobile and PDA
3. Import/Export data from/to Outlook or Excel

V. Managing Document

VI. Managing Photos and Pictures

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I. Registration and Installation

1. Installation of Nimcard Premium Program

Insert the installation disk to CD-ROM driver. 
An autorun screen will appear as follow:

(1) Click ‘Install’ to start the installation.

(2) Follow the Installation Wizard to complete the installation.

Note:
During installation, you can choose the location to install Nimcard
Premium.

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 You have the option to restart the computer now or later when the
installation completes.

2. Installation of Nimcard Premium Scanner Driver

(If you have purchased the package with the Nimcard Premium
Scanner)

To install Nimcard Premium Scanner Driver automatically:

(1) Make sure you have installed Nimcard Premium software

in your computer.

(2) Connect Nimcard Premium Scanner to your computer via

USB cable.

If your OS is either Windows 98 or Windows ME, the system

will search and update the driver information automatically. 

If your OS is Windows 2000 or Windows XP, the system will

detect the hardware automatically after the scanner is connected
to the computer. You will see the following windows message:

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 (3) The system will launch the Found New Hardware Wizard.

(4)

Choose
‘Install the
software

automatically (Recommended)’.
(5) Click ‘Next’.

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 (6) You will see a ‘Hardware Installation’ message.
(7) Click ‘Continue Anyway’ to start the installation.
(8)
Click
‘Finish’
to close
the wizard
after

installation completes.

To install Nimcard Premium Scanner Driver manually:

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 (1) Before installing Nimcard Premium software, connect the
Nimcard Premium Scanner to the computer.

(2) In the Nimcard Premium CD, the scanner driver is located at the
folder named ‘Scanner Driver’. Double click to install the driver
and Nimcard Premium software simultaneously.

Note:
If your OS is either Windows 98 or Windows ME, you will need
to restart your system after installation.
3. Registration of Nimcard Premium Program

IMPORTANT: Please read before you use the program.

It is necessary to obtain an ‘Authorisation Code’ and Register
your software before usage.

A. Obtaining the ‘Authorisation Code’ through the website

(1) To register, visit http://tdt.thakral-it.com/main.html
(2) Click on the ‘Nimcard Products Online Registration’ button
(3) A screen will prompt for your CD Serial Number, User
Registration Code and Email Address
(4) Key in the CD Serial Number which can be found at the
back of the CD jacket
(5) Key in your User Registration Code. This can be obtain
when you launch your Nimcard Premium program.
(6) Key in your Email address. Click ‘OK’
(7) An email containing the Authorisation Code will be sent
to you.

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B. Registering your Nimcard Premium Software
(1) When you have received your Authorisation Code,
launch the Nimcard Premium program
(2) Click ‘Register Now’ and enter the CD number and
the Authorisation Code.
(3) Click ‘Ok’
(4) Your Nimcard Premium has been successfully registered.

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 Kindly Note:
Nimcard Premium can only be installed in ONE computer under
the licensing agreement. You can choose to register the software
later should you not decided which computer to install in. The
software comes with 30 times trial.

II. Scanning Business Cards

When you first launch Nimcard Premium, the following screen
will appear:

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If you are scanning business cards, under ‘New Database’ click
‘Nimcard Premium Database’ and name your folder.

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 IMPORTANT:
Before scanning any business cards, calibrating the Nimcard
Premium Scanner is necessary for achieving optimal performance.
You should calibrate the scanner if you are connecting the scanner
to your computer for the first time.

1. Calibrating Nimcard Premium Scanner

(1) Run Nimcard Premium program, click from the
mail toolbar, or select ‘Scan’ from ‘File’ menu.
(2) Choose ‘Calibrate’ from ‘Action’ menu.

The Calibration Wizard will appear:

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 (1) Insert the calibration card (white name card size paper
included in the box or use any back of a business card)
with the white side facing upwards to the scanner.
(2) Follow the wizard to complete the calibration.

Note:
The Calibration Card can be used as a cleaning card. You can re-
calibrate the scanner if the scanned results are not satisfactory.

2. Using Nimcard Premium Scanner to scan business cards

(1) Create a New Nimcard Premium Database before scanning.
(2) From the ‘File’ menu, click ‘New’.
(3) Select ‘Nimcard Premium Database’.

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Scanning business cards automatically:
Nimcard Premium Scanner comes with Auto Scan feature.
Scanning will start automatically once the inserted business card is
detected.

(1) Insert the Business card into the scanner (with the front of the
business card facing upwards). You will see the following screen:

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(2) If you do not need to scan the back of the Business card,
click ‘Process’ on the toolbar to process the scanned
information. If you need to scan the back of the Business
card, do not click ’Process’ at this moment.

To scan and process the back of the Business card:

(1) Click ‘Back’ on the toolbar.
(2) Insert the Business Card with the back of the
Business card facing up.
(3) Select ‘Scan’ from ‘Action’ menu.
(4) Click ‘Process’ on the toolbar to process the scanned
information.
(5) Recognition result will be added to the current
database.

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Scanning business cards manually:
(1) Under menu, click ‘Settings’ and select ‘Scanner Options’.
(2) Choose ‘Nimcard Premium Scanner’
(3) Click on the main toolbar.

This will launch the Scan Windows:

(4)
Choose the appropriate card type before scanning.
For Business card that contain English characters only,
select ‘English Card’ from ‘Type:English’ menu; for
Business card that contain both Chinese and English
character, select ‘Chinese\English Card’.*
(5) Insert the Business card into the scanner. (with the front of
the business card facing up).
(6) Select ‘Scan’ from ‘Action’ menu.

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 (7) If you do not need to scan the back of the Business card,
click ‘Process’ on the toolbar to process the scanned
information. If you need to scan the back of the Business
card, do not click ’Process’ at this moment.

To delete the scanned images:

(1) Click ‘Delete’ on the toolbar to delete the scanned images

To adjust the brightness and contrast of the scanned images:

(1) Choose ‘Adjust Brightness/contrast’ option from ‘Edit’ menu.

Note: The changes made will only affect the current scanned
business cards. To change settings on all the scanned images,
select ‘brightness and contrast’ settings under ‘Scan Options’.

To scan business cards in Chinese or other languages:

(1) To scan Chinese or other languages, your computer have
to be installed with the relevant languages.
(2) On the desktop, click ‘Start’, select ‘Control Panel’, select
‘Regional & Language Options’.
(3) Under the ‘Advanced’ tab, ‘Language for non-unicode
program’, select the desire languages.
(4) The system will prompt you to restart.
(5) You will be able to scan in other languages.

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3. Using Flatbed Scanner to scan Business cards
Nimcard Premium software can scan business cards from ANY
flatbed scanner and process them.

(1) Choose the scanner type before Twain Scanning. Under

‘Settings’, select ‘Scanner Options’ and click ‘Flatbed Scan’.

Note:
(a) Set resolution to 300 or 400 dpi to scan in Flatbed
interface
(b) Place the business cards on the Flatbed scanner
(c) The number of cards must not be more than 8 at one
time

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(d) All cards must be placed within the A4 area on the
Flatbed scanner
(e) Split the cards into 2 columns, the distance between
the 2 columns must be more than 20 millimeters.
(f) There must not be more than 4 cards in one column,
and the distance between all the cards must be more than
20 millimeters. All cards must be in landscape position.

As per below:

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(2) Click the ‘Process’ button on the Flatbed scanner
software to process the scanned images.
(3) After scanning, the program will place the scanned
cards into Twain Scan Window:

(4) From the ‘Action’ menu, click ‘Process’ or click the

‘Scan’ button on the toolbar to process the scanned images.

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 Note:
To scan less than 8 business cards, please refer to the flash demo
when you launch the Nimcard Express program. From ‘Help’
menu, select ‘Flash Demo’. Click ‘Flatbed Scan’.

4. Editing Information of Business cards

You can edit any information on the Business card easily
and efficiently.

A. Drag and Drop Feature: 

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(1) Move the cursor over the area of the Business card to
perform the OCR operation.
(2) The selected area will be highlighted in pink.
(3) Place your cursor within the highlighted box.
(4) Left-click and hold the mouse.

The selected area will be processed and the recognition

text will be displayed near the cursor:

(5) Continue to hold the mouse and drag the recognition

text to appropriate field:

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(6) Release the mouse. The text will be added to the field:

B. Click and Post Feature:

(1) Move the cursor over the area of the Business card to
perform the OCR operation.
(2) The selected area will be highlighted in pink.
(3) Place your cursor within the highlighted box.
(4) Right-click and the option menu will appear:

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 (5) Select the field you want to place the recognition text in.
(6) The information will be added to the selected field.

III. Searching for business cards

Nimcard Premium allows you to search business cards quickly.

Quick Search:

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 (1) Input the keywords in the Search Windows found at the
bottom of the screen.

(2) The cards that contain the keywords will be listed in ‘Searched
Cards’ folder.

No cards will be displayed if there are no search results associated

to the keywords entered.

Tips for quick search:

(a) You can input more than one keyword and separate them
by space, ‘,’ or ‘+’.

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(b) Press the ‘AND’ button
if you want to search cards that contain all keywords.

(c) Press the ‘OR’ button

if you want to search cards that contain any
of the keywords.

(d) To terminate the search operation, delete the keywords.

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IV. Other Useful Functions

1. Set and edit categories for the cards

Nimcard Premium can set different categories of the Business card
which makes it more convenient to sort.

Method I (After Scan)

(1) Switch to editing interface to display the contents and image
of the current card.
(2) Click on the ‘Category’ button on the left side of the image
to categorize the card.

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(3) Click on the Select box to select the categories

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 (4) You may choose to edit the category list, by clicking on the
‘Edit Category’ button. The following window will appear: 

(5) You may choose to add, insert, modify and remove the categories.

Method II
(1) Select the cards you want to set categories, and
select ‘Set Category’ option from ‘Edit’ menu or click
the
button on the Toolbar. The following window will appear:

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 (2) Click on the check boxes to select the categories

(3) Click on the ‘OK’ button, and the category will be set successfully.

2. Infrared Transmission to Mobile and PDA

(1) Highlight the card image(s) that you want to infrared to your
mobile or PDA.
(2) Under ‘File’ menu, select ‘Infrared vCard to’ and click ‘Mobile
Phones or PDAs with IRDA’.

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 (3) The following screen will appear. Click the ‘Fields’ button to select
the information that you want to infrared to the mobile or PDA.

(4) Place your mobile or PDA near to your laptop or computer’s

IrDA. Click ‘Send’.
3. Import/Export data from/to Outlook or Excel

A. Export to Outlook or Microsoft Excel

(1) Under the ‘image browser view’ , select the name

cards that you want to export. Or under the ‘Edit’ menu, click
‘Select All’ to select all name cards.

(2) Under the ‘File’ menu, select ‘Data Export’. Select ‘Outlook’
or ‘Outlook Express’ if you want to export the informaiton to

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 your Outlook Contact or ‘Microsoft Excel’ if you want to export
your information to the Excel spreadsheet.

(3) Follow the screen wizard instruction to complete the data

exporting.

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B. Import from Outlook

(1) From the ‘File’ menu, select ‘Data Import’ and click ‘Outlook’
or ‘Outlook Express’.
(2) Follow the screen wizard instruction to complete the data importing.

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V. Managing Document

1. Process Document
Nimcard Premium allows you to process and manage your Scanned
documents. Scanned documents should be in jpeg, tiff or bmp version.
Create a New Document Database before scanning:
(1) From the ‘File’ menu, click ‘New’.
(2) Select ‘Document Database’.
(3) Name your folder and click ‘OK’

(4) Connect your flatbed scanner to the computer and click ‘Scan’. You
can browse the document image in the ‘Twain scan’ window after
scanning.

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(5) Click ‘Process’ from the ‘Action’ menu or click ‘Process’
button on the toolbar. The following screen will appear:

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 (6) After processing, you can progress to edit or copy.

Special Function:  In the edit view, when you right-click

in the blank area of the image, a menu will appear:

(a) Select ‘Show OCR Layout’, on the document image. Green

pane will appear (otherwise the green pane will not appear).
Right-click in the green pane, a menu will appear as above.

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 Select the relevant button (for example: Title), the content
which drawn by green pane will recognized the “Title edit
area” in the right. You can Use and searched expediently.
  
(b) Nimcard Premium supports Drag and Drop Function by
mouse (you can drag and drop the content that you want to
the relevant place from left to right, used in ‘Title’ edit area
to ‘Text’ area).

【Append with OCR text】 －Append the drag and drop content in the last
【Replace with OCR text】 －Replace the text with the drag and drop content
【Insert with OCR text】 －Insert in anywhere with the drag and drop content
 
(c) Operate on the document image, select after right-click on the
green pane.

  【Remove Rectangle】 －Remove the green Rectangle

  【Clear the rectangle】 －Clear content in the green pane with blank
  【Modify Texts】 －Modify the content in the green pane, as below:
  

Modifying text of the original document.

(1) Right click in the green pane, select ‘Modify Text’.
(2) The following window will appear.
(3) Key in the text, the modified text will overlay the original text.

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2. Search Document

(a) Direct Search:

You can use document title or document author to find the document.

(b) Quick Search:

Input keyword in the search window. Keyword can be any
text in the document content.

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 The documents which contain the keyword will show in the
‘Searched Records’, the keyword will be highlighted in blue pane.

Right click on the blue pane to zoom in the image.

3. Categorise Document

(1)
In edit view, click ‘Category’ button from the left column.

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 (2) In the category window, select check box. You can select
more than one category.
Alternatively, click ‘Set Category’ from Edit menu, or click
button on the toolbar, the ‘Select Category’ dialog will appear:

VI. Managing Photos

and Pictures

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Nimcard Premium can do intelligent search to the scanned images
or existent images which are in the hard disk, and import these
images into relevant database.

1. Process Photographs
(1) Create a New Photo Database before scanning. From the
‘File’ menu, click ‘New’.
(2) Select ‘Photo Database’. Name your folder and click ‘OK’.

(3) Insert the photo facing upwards in the scanner and click on the
‘Scan’ button. The following window will appear:

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(4) Adjust the size, dpi, brightness if necessary.
(5) Click the ‘Scan’ button.
(6) The following screen will appear:

(7) Drag the red box to highlight the areas you want to process.
(8) Click the ‘Process’ button. The following edit interface screen
will appear. You may input information such as name, date,
event, location etc in the editor’s column.

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2. Searching Photographs and Pictures

(1) Under ‘File’ menu, click ‘Search images’. The search dialog box
will appear.
(2) Select ‘Change Directory’, and click ‘Search Now’ to start searching
for your images.

(3) Select the images you want to add, click ‘Add to Nimcard
Database’ button.
(4) Alternatively, right click on the selected image, and click
‘Add to Nimcard Database’ pop up menu.

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 (5) You can now add the image to your existing database or
create a new database.

   

For further information on using Nimcard Premium:

(1) From the ‘Help’ menu, click ‘Flash Demo’.

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