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Revision as of 16:58, 27 October 2025

This article is about the current version of Grooper.

Note that some content may still need to be updated.

2025 2023.120232.90
Graphic depicting the Grooper Document Viewer.

The Grooper Document Viewer is the portal to your documents. It is the UI that allows you to see a folder Batch Folder's (or a contract Batch Page's) image, text content, and more.

You may download the ZIP(s) below and upload it into your own Grooper environment (version 2023). The first contains one or more Batches of sample documents. The second contains one or more Projects with resources used in examples throughout this article.

About

The Document Viewer allows users to view documents! It comes equipped with several different tools and settings that let you see what you need to see the way you need to see it.

Like the Batch Viewer, there is no one place the Document Viewer exists. As you navigate through Grooper anytime there is some kind of interface that needs you to view a document, or page, it will be present somewhere within the UI. These include, but are not limited to:

  • general viewing of batch contents when using a Batch Viewer anywhere
  • seeing the effects of an Image Processing Profile and using that visual feedback to make adjustments to said profile
  • when writing regular expression patterns and viewing the highlighted results
  • when testing extraction on any extractor, or even a full Data Model
  • when reviewing information like Classification, or Extraction
This is an example image of the Document Viewer in Grooper.

How To

While the Document Viewer may appear as nothing more than a simple panel in which to view a selected Document, it contains useful tools that aid in viewing said document, or extracted daua from the document, as well as navigation. Understanding the Document Viewer means knowing the functionality of its main toolset.

Interface Tools

Document Viewer Toolbar

The Document Viewer Toolbar runs along the top of the pane on the right of the screen, just above the document you are viewing. (Some buttons do not apply to certain file types and will be hidden in those contexts.) The toolbar provides quick access to essential actions such as page navigation, page fitting, copying, printing, and viewing additional information as well as forms of the document, should this be available.

Select Region Tool

This tool allows users to select a specific region within a document page, which is especially useful for image-based documents. Selecting a region can be used for tasks such as extracting text via OCR, highlighting, or copying content from a defined area. Select it to draw a rectangle around a portion of the document.

Copy Tool


Zoom Tools

Magnify Tool

This lets users click & drag to see a magnified overlay window, great for viewing character or image quality details close-up.




Transform and File System Tools

Print and Save Page Tools

Detail Viewer



Document Navigation and Rendition

Navigation Buttons

Rendition Selector