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ABBYY FineReader 10 Home Edition User’s Guide
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3. Next, scan your documents or open existing document images. If you click the button, the Photo Editor
will be launched, where you can adjust the photos prior to recognition. See the "Editing Document Photos"
section for details.
4. Once the conversion is completed, the recognition results will be displayed in a new document.
To convert an image from within Microsoft Outlook...
1. In Microsoft Outlook, click the Convert button on the ABBYY FineReader 10 Home Edition ribbon.
2. Select the files to convert, the language of your document, and a destination format and click Convert.
3. The images will be converted into the selected format.
To convert an image from Windows Explorer...
1. In Windows Explorer, select a file or files in any of the supported image formats.
2. Right-click the file(s), select ABBYY FineReader 10 Home Edition, and then select the appropriate sub-item.
3. Select the language of your document and a destination format and click Convert.
4. The images will be converted into the selected format.
If you do not see the ABBYY FineReader 10 tab in a Microsoft Office application or if there is no ABBYY FineReader
10 Home Edition item in Windows Explorer, this means that you chose not to integrate ABBYY FineReader 10 Home
Edition during setup.
In this case you will need to uninstall the program and then install it again with the integration options enabled should
you wish to integrate it.
Improving Conversion Quality
When you click Convert, the program recognizes the text on the image and converts it into a format of your choice.
The quality of recognition and conversion is greatly affected by the quality of the image and the selected recognition
language.
When recognizing an image, the program detects image areas that contain text, pictures, and tables. The program
then uses this information to reproduce the layout of the original document.
To achieve better recognition quality:
1. In the main program window
• Ensure that the correct page orientation is selected
See "Rotating Images" for more information.
• Adjust the detected image areas or select them manually if your document has a complex layout.
See "If document formatting has not been retained..." for more information.
• Ensure that the correct language is selected in the Document Language list
See "If there are too many errors in the converted text..." for more information.
• Make sure that the correct format is selected in the Convert To field.
2. Click Convert.
Rotating Images
For the text to be recognized correctly, your images must have the usual reading orientation, i.e. the text must start at
the top and the lines must be horizontal. When images are loaded, the application automatically detects the
orientation of the pages. If the application fails to detect the orientation of a page correctly, you can manually rotate
the image.
To rotate an image:
1. Open the page you wish to rotate.
Use the navigation tools at the bottom of the main program window to navigate the pages:
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2. On the How can I improve OCR quality? pane, select one of the tools: