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ABBYY FineReader 11 User’s Guide
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• In Microsoft Outlook, select the e–mail message with the image or PDF attachments you wish to
open, and then click
on the toolbar. In the dialog box that opens, select the files to open.
• In Microsoft Outlook or Windows Explorer, drag the desired image file into ABBYY FineReader's
main window. The image will be added to the current ABBYY FineReader document.
Note: The author of a PDF file may choose to restrict access to it. For example, the author may
create a password or restrict certain features, such as the ability to extract text and graphics. To
adhere to copyright guidelines, ABBYY FineReader will ask you for a password to open such files.
Taking a picture of a text with a camera
ABBYY FineReader can perform OCR on images created with a digital camera.
1. Take a picture of the text.
Note: Good quality photos are required for successful OCR results.
2. Save the photo to your hard disk.
3. Click the Open button or select Open PDF File/Image… from the File menu.
Recognition
ABBYY FineReader uses Optical Character Recognition technologies to convert document images
into editable text. Before performing OCR, the program analyzes the structure of the entire
document and detects the areas that contain text, barcodes, images, and tables.
ABBYY FineReader documents are by default recognized automatically under current program
settings.
Tip. You can disable automatic analysis and OCR for newly added images from the Scan/Open tab
of the Options dialog box (Tools>Options…).
To achieve the best OCR quality, select the appropriate options for the recognition language,
recognition mode, and recognized text print type.
In some cases, the OCR process can be started manually. For example, if you disabled automatic
recognition, manually selected areas on an image, or changed the following settings in the Options
dialog box (Tools>Options…):
• the recognition language on the Document tab
• the document type on the Document tab
• the color mode on the Document tab
• the recognition options on the Read tab
• the fonts to use on the Read tab
To launch the OCR process manually:
• Click the Read button on the main toolbar, or
• Select Read from the Document menu
Tip. To recognize the selected area or page, use the appropriate options on the Page and Areas
menus, or use the shortcut menu.