Components
FormReturn's integrated components streamline form design with the processing and export of captured response data:
Template Editors - The Template Editors are the Segment Editor and the Form editor, used to add the Form Components for designing OMR forms and for publishing and printing forms.
Source Data - is the part of FormReturn's database, used for storing your data tables and records.
Processing Queue - where images are uploaded and stored while they wait to be sent to the form processor for response data capture.
Captured Data for storing published form structure and captured data from processed forms and managing the captured response data.
Preferences - for choosing your preferences for FormReturn on your computer.
FormReturn Server - used for processing forms and storing captured data.
Segment Editor
A segment is designed as a separate component, then added to the form template. The checkbox tool in the segment editor toolbar is used to add the
checkbox mark areas.
Each segment has it's own segment barcodes, located
at the top right and bottom left. These barcodes are
used by the form processor to locate the segment and mark areas on the form page.
Quick Start to Design a Segment Template
Form Editor
The form editor is used to create a new form template, to which you will add your segment containing the mark areas and a Form ID Barcode. These are the two necessary components of a Form template, everything else added is up to you. Form Design Components
The segment tool is used to create an empty area on the form page which you will add the segment to.
The barcode tool is used to add a Form ID Barcode for identification and reconciliation of each form page in a form publication.
After adding any other typed information you want to appear on the form, the template is recognition tested then published and saved as a pdf file on your computer. Printing can be done from the pdf at any time.
Form Editor
Source Data
Source Data is FormReturn's database where data tables are added for storing respondent's records (or a data table without records in the case of anonymous forms). The data table containing the records of the respondents, is chosen when you are publishing the form template, for reconciling captured response data with the template and forms it belongs with.
Anonymous forms for surveys are linked to an empty data table for storing the captured response mark values.
Adding Source Data
Processing Queue
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The Processing Queue is where uploaded form images are stored temporarily, while they wait to be sent to the incoming images table in the FormReturn Server.
The Form Processor in FormReturn's server, processes the incoming images one at a time, detects and captures the response marks and sends the information to captured data. Because Image processing takes a matter of seconds per form, hundreds of forms can be processed each day, depending on the quality and speed of your computer and scanner.
Manage the Processing Queue
Captured Data
Captured Data is where a record for each form page with it's captured response data and the image of each processed form page is stored. The captured data can be exported to an external spreadsheet for easy analysis or printing.
Manage Captured Data
Preferences
Preferences can be used to set general and database preferences for FormReturn.
General Preferences
The FormReturn Server
The server icon is located in your task bar.
The FormReturn Server is used for two things:
- Database storage of data tables; form structure information of published forms and Captured response data.
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Form processing, of the form images using OMR and sending the results to captured data.
