6.0

ABBYY FineReader 6.0 User’s Guide

To select a block or a group of blocks:

● Select the tool and click on the desired block or press the left mouse button and draw

a rectangle around all the blocks you wish to select.

Note: You can select one or more blocks using the usual block drawing tools. To select several blocks

at once hold down

SHIFT or CTRL with one of the tools activated: , , or and drag the

arrow over the blocks you want to select. To invert the selection (i.e. to select an unselected block or

vice versa), hold down the

CTRL key with one of the tools activated: , , or and drag the

arrow over the desired blocks.

To move blocks:

● Hold down ALT with one of the tools activated: , , , , or and move the

blocks.

To renumber blocks:

1. Select the tool.

2. Click the blocks in the order of your choice. The contents of blocks will be displayed in the

output text in the same order.

Note: If you renumber blocks on a previously recognized image, the recognized text in the draft

mode of Text window will be re-arranged to reflect the new numbering.

To delete a block:

● Select the tool and click the block you wish to delete.

● Select the blocks you wish to delete and press DEL.

Note: If you delete a previously recognized block, its text in the Text window will be deleted too.

To delete all image blocks:

● Select the Delete blocks and text item in the Batch menu.

Note: If you delete blocks on an image that has already been recognized, the recognized text in the

Text window will also be deleted

Tip: If automatic table layout analysis has resulted in table rows and columns being drawn incorrectly,

try editing the automatic analysis results instead of deleting all the blocks and drawing them manually

again. Almost invariably this proves less time consuming.

Editing a table manually:

Use the following Image toolbar tools to edit a table:

Add vertical separator

Add horizontal separator

Remove separator

Manual Table Layout Analysis