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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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• Brightness & Contrast allows you to select the optimal brightness and contrast values to
improve image quality.
• Levels allows you to adjust the tonal values of the image by selecting the levels for
shadows, highlights, and midtones on a histogram.
To increase image contrast, move the right and left sliders on the input levels histogram.
The tone corresponding to the position of the left slider will be assumed to be the blackest
part of the image, and the tone corresponding to the position of the right slider will be
assumed to be the whitest part of the image. The remaining levels between the sliders will
be distributed between level 0 and level 255. Moving the central slider to the right or to the
left will make the image darker or brighter respectively.
To decrease image contrast, adjust the sliders for the output levels.
• Eraser erases a part of the image.
Click the button of the tool you want to use. Most of the tools can be applied either to all of
the pages or only to the selected pages. The pages to edit can be specified using the
Selection drop–down list of the tool or selected in the Pages window.
3. Once you are finished editing the image, click Exit Image Editor.
OCR Options
Selecting the right OCR options is crucial for flawless and fast OCR. The choice depends not only on
the type and complexity of your paper document but also on how you are planning to use the
electronic version.
OCR options are grouped together on the Read tab of the Options dialog box
(Tools>Options…).
Important! ABBYY FineReader automatically recognizes the pages added to a document using the
current options. You can turn off automatic analysis and OCR of newly added images on the
Scan/Open tab of the Options dialog box (Tools>Options…).
Note: If you change the OCR options after a document has been recognized, run the OCR process
again with the new options.
On the Read tab of the Options dialog box, you may select from the following options:
• Reading mode
Select a reading mode.
Two reading modes are available:
• Thorough reading
This is a default mode. In this mode, ABBYY FineReader analyzes and recognizes both
simple documents and documents with complex layouts, even those with text printed on a
color or raster background and documents with complex tables (including tables with white
grid lines and tables with color cells).
Note: Compared to the Fast mode, the Thorough mode takes more time but
ensures better recognition quality.
• Fast reading
This mode is recommended for processing large documents with simple layouts and good
quality images.
Select the mode that best suits your needs.