1
Create the Character String element
Create an element of type Character String and name it CookingTime.
2
Open the Character String tab
Click the Character String tab.
3
Set the alphabet
In the test images, the alphabet includes only digits. To set it, click Add… and select the digits in the Add New Alphabet dialog box.
4
Set the percentage of alphabet characters
In the Percentage of alphabet characters field, enter 1.
5
Disable embedded hypotheses
Clear the Allow embedded hypotheses check box.
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Set the percentage of non-alphabet characters
In the Percentage of non-alphabet characters field, set the maximum to 10%.
7
Set the character count
In the Character count field, specify this fuzzy range:
{0, 1, 3, 4}. This range estimates the string length, assuming the string is 1 to 3 characters long. Any hypotheses outside it are penalized.8
Open the Relations tab
Click the Relations tab.
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Constrain the horizontal position
The cooking time always appears to the left of the time units, no more than 100 dots away. Add these relations relative to the CookingTimeHeader element:
- Left of, Offset = 0
- Right of the left boundary, Offset = -100, Reference boundary = Left
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Constrain the vertical position
The cooking time is always on the same level as the time units. Add these relations relative to the CookingTimeHeader element:
- Above, Offset = -20, Reference boundary = Bottom
- Below, Offset = -20, Reference boundary = Top