Mark Detection Zone Group Setup

For each expected mark on a page, a mark detection zone is created and configured. Each mark detection zone will return a value depending on if the mark area is “filled” or “unfilled”. This works well for simple “Yes” or “No” questions. For a question with multiple possible responses, where a single response is desired, the mark detection zones may be “grouped”.

For example, the question, “When traveling by air, what is your seating preference?” may have three possible responses, “Aisle”, “Window” or “Do not care”. Three mark detection zones would be created, one for each of the three possible responses. The three mark detection zones would all be added to a new mark detection group. A single index field would be created for the response to this question and the mark detection group would be used as the default value for the index field. See Adding a document index field .

To add a mark detection zone to group:

Select Add zone to group. A list of existing mark detection groups will be displayed. Select the group in which you want to add this mark detection zone.

If there is no existing mark detection group, the Create New Zone Group dialog box will be displayed.
Enter a name for the new group and click OK.

Select Add/Edit Group. The Mark Detection Zone Group dialog box will be displayed.

Group List — shows the name of the current mark detection group. Click the drop-down list to display other mark detection groups.
No selection value — the group will return this value if no mark is detected in any of the mark detection zones within the group. The value may be a single value such as “0” or a multi-character value such as “No selection”. The value may also be left empty.
Group properties — using the -> button, select and move the mark detection zones that you want to include in the group, from the Zones not in group list to the Zones in the group list.

Using the <- button, select and move the mark detection zones that you do not want to include in the group, from the Zones in the group list to the Zones not in group list.
Click OK.