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ABBYY FineReader 6.0 User’s Guide
Ignore words with digits and other non-alphabetic characters
The spell check treats all words containing digits and other characters not included in recognition lan-
guage as correct unless they also contain uncertain characters.
Correct spaces before and after punctuation marks
The spell check does not stop if it comes across incorrect spacings before or after punctuation marks, it
simply corrects them automatically.
Adding and Deleting Words to/from the User Dictionary
Adding words to the user dictionary
Enlarging the dictionary is a good way of increasing recognition quality. During recognition, FineReader
checks all words it comes across for possible dictionary entries. Therefore it makes sense to add new
words that are likely to come up frequently (e.g. specialized terms, abbreviations, names etc.) to the
user dictionary.
A distinctive feature of FineReader's spell check system is that a word is not only added to the diction-
ary in its original form, its paradigm (i.e. the set of all of its forms) is also added. This feature results in
FineReader being able to recognize a word in all its forms once it has been entered.
To add a word to the dictionary during spell check:
● Click the Add button in the Check Spelling dialog.
Set the following parameters in the
Primary Form dialog:
1. Part of speech (Noun, Adjective, Verb, Uninflected).
2. If the word is to always begin with a capital letter, select the Proper name item. If you add
an abbreviation, select the
Abbreviation item.
3. The primary form of the word.
Click
OK. The Create Paradigm dialog will open. FineReader will ask you questions about the word
forms in order to be able to construct the paradigm of the word you wish to add. Click
Ye s or No to
answer these questions. If you make a mistake, click the
Anew button to have FineReader ask the ques-
tion again. The constructed paradigm will be displayed in the
Paradigm dialog.
Note:
1. If you do not wish paradigms to be created for the words you add, and want them to be
entered uninflected instead, select the
Add without prompting for word forms option
(English dictionary only) on the
Check Spelling tab (Tools>Options menu).
2. You may also add words when you view the list of added words. To do this, select the
View
Dictionaries item in the Tools menu. The Select Language dialog will open. Select the
language of your choice in the
Select Language dialog and click View. The dictionary with
the list of the added words will open. Add words by clicking on the
Add button.
3. Paradigms can only be constructed for words added in the following languages: Armenian
(Eastern, Western, Grabar), English, Italian, French, German (Old and New spelling),
Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian.