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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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Introducing ABBYY FineReader
This chapter provides an overview of ABBYY FineReader and its features.
Chapter Contents
• What Is ABBYY FineReader
• What's New in ABBYY FineReader
What is ABBYY FineReader
ABBYY FineReader is an optical character recognition (OCR) system. It is used to convert
scanned documents, PDF documents, and image files, including digital photos, into editable
formats.
ABBYY FineReader advantages
Fast and accurate recognition
• The OCR system used in ABBYY FineReader lets users quickly and accurately recognize and retain
the source formatting of any document (including text on background images, colored text on
colored backgrounds, text wrapped around an image, etc.).
• Thanks to ABBYY's adaptive document recognition technology (ADRT®), ABBYY FineReader can
analyze and process a document as a whole, instead of page by page. This approach retains the
source document's structure, including formatting, hyperlinks, e–mail addresses, headers and
footers, image and table captions, page numbers, and footnotes.
• ABBYY FineReader can recognize documents written in one or several of 189 languages, including
Arabic, Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and Hebrew. ABBYY FineReader also features
auto–detection of document languages.
• What's more, ABBYY FineReader is largely immune to printing defects and can recognize texts
printed in virtually any font.
• The program also includes a wide range of options for output data: documents can be saved in a
variety of formats, sent by e–mail, or transferred to other applications for further processing.
Ease of use
• ABBYY FineReader's user–friendly and intuitive results–driven interface allows you to use the
program without any additional training. New users can master the main functions in almost no time
at all. Users can change the interface language directly in the program.
• ABBYY FineReader Tasks include a list of the most frequently used tasks for converting scanned
documents, PDF, and image files into editable formats, and make it possible to retrieve an e–
document with one mouse–click.
• Seamless integration with Microsoft Office and Windows Explorer lets you recognize documents
directly from Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Windows Explorer.
• FineReader also features a Help menu with examples that illustrate how to use the program to
accomplish a number of complex conversion–related tasks.