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ABBYY FineReader 12 User’s Guide
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1. From the Document language drop–down list at the top of the window, select the
languages of your document.
2. From the Color mode drop–down list, select either full–color or black–and–white mode.
Important! Once the document is converted to black and white, you will not be able to
restore the colors.
3. Select desired document options in the right–hand section of the window:
o Text and pictures only
This option saves only the recognized text and the pictures. The text will be fully
searchable and the size of the PDF file will be small. The appearance of the
resulting document may slightly differ from the original.
o Text over the page image
This option saves the background and pictures of the original document and places
the recognized text over them. Usually, a PDF file saved using this option requires
more disk space than a file that has been saved with the Text and pictures only
option enabled. The resulting PDF document is fully searchable. In some cases, the
appearance of the resulting document may slightly differ from the original.
o Text under the page image
This option saves the entire page image as a picture and places the recognized text
underneath. Use this option to create a fully searchable document that looks
virtually the same as the original.
o Page image only
This option saves the exact image of the page. This type of PDF document will be
virtually indistinguishable from the original but the file will not be searchable.
4. From the Picture drop–down list, select the desired quality of the pictures.
5. Select either PDF or PDF/A.
6. Click the button of the task that you need:
o Scan to PDF scans a paper document and converts it to PDF
o Image File to PDF converts image files to PDF
o Photo to PDF converts photos of documents to PDF
As a result, a new PDF document will be created and opened in a PDF viewing applicat ion.
Important! When you start a built–in task, the currently selected program options are used. If you
decide to change any of the options, you will need to restart the task.
Tip: When saving recognized text in PDF, you can specify passwords to protect th e document from
unauthorized opening, printing, and editing. For details, see "PDF Security Settings."
Tasks for Other Formats
Use the Other tab in the Task window to access other built–in automated tasks.
1. From the Document language drop–down list at the top of the window, select the
languages of your document.
2. From the Color mode drop–down list, select either full–color or black–and–white mode.
Important! Once the document is converted to black and white, you will not be able to
restore the colors.
3. Click the button of the task that you need
o Scan to HTML scans a paper document and converts it to HTML
o Image or PDF File to HTML converts PDF documents or image files to HTML
o Scan to EPUB scans a paper document and converts it to EPUB
o Image or PDF File to EPUB converts PDF documents or image files to EPUB
o Scan to Other Formats scans a paper document and converts it to a format of
your choice