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ABBYY FineReader 11 User’s Guide
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• Training User Patterns
Provides instructions on training a user pattern, with additional information on training characters
and ligatures.
• Selecting a User Pattern
Provides instructions on selecting a user pattern, with some additional tips on how to make the right
choice.
• Editing a User Pattern
Provides instructions on viewing the characters in a user patter and changing the font effects.
Training User Patterns
1. Select Tools>Options… and click the Read tab.
2. Under Training, select Use built–in and user patterns or Use only user patterns.
3. Select the Read with training option.
4. Click the Pattern Editor… button.
Note: Pattern training is not supported for Asian languages.
5. In the Pattern Editor dialog box, click New…
6. In the Create Pattern dialog box, type in a name for your new pattern and click OK.
7. Close the Pattern Editor and the Options dialog boxes by clicking the OK button in each.
8. On the toolbar at the top of the Image window, click Read.
Now if ABBYY FineReader encounters an unknown character, this character will be displayed in a
Pattern Training dialog box.
9. Teach the program to read new characters and ligatures.
A ligature is a combination of two or three characters that are "glued together" (for
example, fi, fl, ffi, etc.) and are difficult for the program to separate. In fact, better results
can be obtained by treating them as single compound characters.
Note: Words printed in bold or italic type in your text or words in superscript/subscript may
be retained in the recognized text by selecting the corresponding options under Effects.