Split down the middle
Split vertically for left and right pages, horizontally for top and bottom, or both for four quarters. Each part is saved as its own numbered file.
Book and 2-up scanning, one page per file
Scanning a bound book, a booklet or 2-up pages? SimpleIndex splits each scan down the middle as it comes off the scanner, so every page becomes its own cleaned, numbered file, ready to index. When you need just part of a page, such as a photo, an ad or a block of text, draw crop zones and save each one as its own file.
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What it does with a page
Splitting is a scanner setting in the job; crop zones are drawn in the index window.
Magazine scanning
For folded and stapled layouts, Magazine Scan splits each sheet and offers rotation defaults for magazine pages, so the halves come out upright.
Deskew, despeckle, black-border and hole-punch removal and odd/even page rotation run on the full scan first, so both halves come out clean.
Crop zones
Draw several rectangles on a page with the crop tool. When you save, each zone becomes its own file with its own index values: the photo, the ad and the article from one page.
Name and file the pages by values typed in, read by OCR zones or read from barcodes, which are read from the split pages.
Splitting, Magazine Scan and crop zones are in Standard and Professional, with any TWAIN scanner, or ISIS in Professional or with the add-on.
Setting it up takes four steps
Choose the split
Tick Split Pages Vertically or Horizontally, or Magazine Scan, in the job's scanner settings.
Set clean-up and rotation
Deskew, border removal and the odd and even page rotation for your layout.
Scan the stack
Each sheet comes off the scanner as separate page files.
Index and save
Type or read the values, and draw crop zones where a page holds several items.
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What it doesn't do
Pages are split while they are scanned. PDFs and TIFFs scanned earlier and imported from a folder are not split, and splitting is not part of unattended server runs.
The cut is made at the exact centre of the scan, so place the book or sheet straight on the glass. SimpleIndex does not find separate photos or receipts on a flatbed by itself; draw a crop zone around each one instead.
Before you scan the first book
Can it split PDFs I already scanned?
No. Splitting happens as pages come off the scanner. Files imported from a folder are processed whole.
Can it find several photos on one scan?
Not automatically. Draw a crop zone around each photo, and each one is saved as its own file.
Which edition do I need?
Any. Splitting, Magazine Scan and crop zones are in Standard and Professional.
Which scanners work?
Any scanner with a TWAIN driver, or an ISIS driver in Professional or with the ISIS add-on.
Why aren't my split pages turned upright automatically?
Auto-rotate isn't applied to split pages. Set the odd and even page rotation for your layout instead, which Magazine Scan can fill in for you.
Try it on your own books
The free trial runs the full software, page splitting included, and our team in Knoxville can help you set up the first job.
