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ABBYY FineReader 12 User’s Guide

Follow the instructions below to scan facing pages from a book or dual pages.

1. Open the Options dialog box (Tools >Options…) and click the Scan/Open tab.

2. Select the Split facing pages option in the General fixes group.

Note: For best results, make sure that the pages are oriented correctly when you scan

them and enable the Detect page orientation option in the Scan/Open tab of the

Options dialog box.

3. Scan the facing pages.

You can access automatic processing settings by clicking the Options… button in the Open Image

dialog box (File >Open PDF File or Image…) or the scanning dialog box.

You can also split facing pages manually:

1. Open the Image Editor (Pages > Edit Image…).

2. Use the tools in the Split group to split the image.

Photographing Documents

Scanning isn't the only way to acquire images of your documents. You can recognize photos of

documents taken with a camera or a mobile phone. Simply take a picture of text, save it to your

hard disk, and open it in ABBYY FineReader.

When taking pictures of documents, a number of factors should be kept in mind to make the photo

better suited for recognition. These factors are described in detail in the sections that follow:

 Camera requirements

 Lighting

 Taking photos

 How to improve an image

Camera requirements

Your camera should meet the following requirements in order to obtain document images that can

be reliably recognized.

Recommended camera characteristics

 Image sensor: 5 million pixels for A4 pages. Smaller sensors may be sufficient for taking

pictures of smaller documents such as business cards.

 Flash disable feature

 Manual aperture control, i.e. availability of Av or full manual mode

 Manual focusing

 An anti–shake system or ability to use a tripod

 Optical zoom

Minimum requirements

 2 million pixels for A4 pages.

 Variable focal distance.

Note: For detailed information about your camera, please refer to the documentation supplied with

your device.