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Chapter 6 - Recognition

To recognize a multilingual document:

1. Select the Select multiple languages item in the language list on the Standard toolbar.

The

Recognition language dialog will open.

2. Select the languages of your choice in the

Recognition language dialog.

Note:

1. If you find that you often use a certain language combination, you can create a new

language group that includes the languages you most often use.

2. Increasing the number of the recognition languages used simultaneously may have an

adverse effect on recognition quality. A reasonable number of languages to use

simultaneously is 2-3.

3. Before recognizing a document, ensure that the fonts selected on the

Formatting tab

support all the characters contained in the recognition language(s) chosen, otherwise the

recognized text will be displayed incorrectly ("?" or "_" symbols will appear instead of

letters). See under Fonts for Recognition Languages that may be Displayed in Text Editor

Incorrectly in ABBYY FineReader Help for more information.

You may find that your chosen recognition language is not listed. This can be because of one of the fol-

lowing reasons:

1. The language is not supported by FineReader. See the complete list of recognition

languages under Supported Languages in ABBYY FineReader Help.

2. The language has not been included in the recognition language list displayed on the

Recognition toolbar. To add a language, select the Choose more languages item in the

language list on the

Standard toolbar. The Recognition language dialog will open. Select

the language of your choice in the dialog.

3. The language was disabled during custom installation.

Note: Always ensure that you use the same folder as the one that contains FineReader.

To show/hide a language in the drop-down list on the toolbar:

● Select the language of your choice in the Language Editor dialog (Tools>Language

Editor) and then check or uncheck the Show this language in the drop-down list on the

toolbar item.

Tip: It is even possible to set a recognition language for an individual block. To do this, right-click the

block concerned and select the

Properties item in the local menu. The Properties dialog will open.

Select the

Block tab in the dialog and then select the block recognition language in the Languages field

on the tab.

Source Text Print Type

As a rule source text print type is determined automatically. To ensure that this is the case, select

Autodetect in the Print Type group (Tools>Options menu, Recognition tab).

When recognizing draft mode dot matrix printouts or typewritten texts, recognition quality can some-

times be increased by selecting another print type:

● Select the Typewriter item if you wish to recognize typewritten texts

● Select the Dot Matrix Printer item if you wish to recognize dot matrix printouts.