11.0
Table Of Contents
- Introducing ABBYY FineReader
- The ABBYY FineReader 11 Interface
- Working with ABBYY FineReader
- ABBYY FineReader Tasks
- Managing Automated Tasks
- ABBYY FineReader Step–by–Step
- Splitting an ABBYY FineReader Document
- Taking Into Account Some of the Features of Your Paper Document
- Image Acquisition Tips
- Scanning Tips
- Taking Photos of Documents
- Camera Requirements
- Lighting
- Taking Photos
- When you need to take another photo
- Automatic Image Preprocessing
- Editing Images Manually
- OCR Options
- If the complex structure of a paper document is not reproduced in the electronic document
- Adjusting Area Shapes and Area Borders
- Picture Not Detected
- Barcode Not Detected
- Table Not Detected
- Table Cells Detected Incorrectly
- Adjusting Text Area Properties
- Vertical or Inverted Text Not Recognized Properly
- Paper Document Contains Decorative (Non–Standard) Fonts
- Incorrect Font in Recognized Text or Some Characters Are Replaced with "?" or "□"
- Checking and Editing the Recognized Text
- Working with Complex–Script Languages
- Recommended Fonts
- Saving the Results
- Advanced Features
- Appendix
- Font
- Language
- How to Buy an ABBYY Product
- Activating and Registering ABBYY FineReader
- Technical Support
ABBYY FineReader 11 User’s Guide
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• Autoselect
ABBYY FineReader will automatically select the appropriate languages from the user–defined list of
languages. To modify this list:
1. Select More languages…
2. In the Language Editor dialog box, select the option Automatically select document
languages from the following list is selected.
3. Click the Specify… button.
4. In the Languages dialog box, select the desired languages.
• A language or a combination of languages
Select a language or a language combination. The list of languages includes the languages most
often used on the computer, as well as English, German, and French.
• More languages…
Select this option if the language you need is not visible in the list.
In the Language Editor dialog box, select the Specify languages manually option and
then select the desired language or languages by checking the appropriate boxes. If you
often use a particular language combination, you can create a new group for these
languages.
There are several reasons that a language may not be listed:
1. The language is not supported by ABBYY FineReader.
2. Your copy of the software product does not support this language.
Image Acquisition Tips
OCR quality depends on the quality of the original image and the settings used during the scanning
process. This sections provides recommendations on scanning documents and taking photos of
documents with a digital camera. There is also some advice on correcting defects that commonly
occur on scanned images and digital photos.
• Customizing Scanning and Image Opening Settings
• Selecting the Scanning Interface
Refer to this section more information about scanning with the ABBYY FineReader interface and the
scanner driver interface, the features of the interfaces and how to toggle between them.
• Scanning Recommendations
• Taking Photos of Documents
• Automatic Image Preprocessing
• Editing Images Manually
Customizing Scanning and Image Opening Settings
ABBYY FineReader lets users modify global automatic document processing options and options for
scanning and opening document pages, including: activating/deactivating automatic document
analysis and recognition, image preprocessing, and selecting the scanning interface.
The appropriate settings can be selected directly from the image Opening or Scanning dialog boxes
(when using the ABBYY FineReader interface to scan documents) and on the Scan/Open tab of the
Options dialog box (Tools>Options…).