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ABBYY FineReader 11 User’s Guide
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Vertical or Inverted Text Not Recognized Properly
A fragment of recognized text may contain a large number of errors if the orientation of the
fragment was detected incorrectly or if the text in the fragment is inverted (i.e. light text is printed
on a dark background).
To solve this problem:
1. In the Image window, select the area or the table cell that contains vertical or inverted text.
2. In the Image window on the Area Properties panel (right–click the area and select Area
Properties to make the panel visible), select:
• Horizontal Script or Vertical Script from the Direction of hieroglyphic text drop–
down list
or
• Inverted from the Inversion drop–down list
3. Re–launch the OCR process.
Paper Document Contains Decorative (Non–Standard) Fonts
The Training mode improves OCR quality on documents with decorative fonts or documents
containing special characters (e.g. mathematical symbols).
In Training mode, a user pattern is created which can be used when performing OCR on the entire
text.
To use a pattern to recognize a document:
1. Open the Options dialog box (Tools>Options…) and then click the Read tab.
2. Under Training, select the Use only user pattern option.
Note: If you select Use built–in and user patterns, ABBYY FineReader will use both the
user patterns and its factory preset patterns for OCR.
3. Click the Pattern Editor… button.
4. In the Pattern Editor dialog box, select the desired pattern and then click OK.
5. In the ABBYY FineReader main window, click the Read button.
Incorrect Font in Recognized Text or Some Characters Are
Replaced with "?" or "□"
If you see "?" or "□" replacing letters in the Text window, check to see if the fonts selected to
display the recognized text contain all the characters used in your text.
You can change the font in the recognized text without launching the OCR process again.
To change the font in a short document:
1. Select a text fragment where some characters are displayed incorrectly.
2. Right–click the selection and select Properties from the shortcut menu.
3. On the Text Properties panel, select the desired font. The font in the selected text fragment will
change accordingly.
To change the font in a long document where styles are used: