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ABBYY FineReader 12 User’s Guide
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You can access these settings from dialog boxes for opening and scanning documents (if you are
using the scanning interface of ABBYY FineReader 12) and on the Scan/Open tab of the Options
dialog box (Tools > Options…).
Important! Any changes you make in the Options dialog box will only be applied to newly
scanned/opened images.
The Scan/Open tab of the Options dialog box contains the following options:
Automatic analysis and recognition settings
By default, FineReader documents are analyzed and recognized automatically, but you can change
this behavior. The following modes are available:
 Read page images (includes image preprocessing)
Any images added to a FineReader document are preprocessed automatically using settings
from the Image Processing options group. Analysis and recognition are also performed
automatically.
 Analyze page images (includes image preprocessing)
Image preprocessing and document analysis are performed automatically, but recognition
has to be started manually.
 Preprocess page images
Only preprocessing is carried out automatically. Analysis and recognition have to be started
by hand. This mode is commonly used for documents with complex structures.
If you do not want the images you add to a FineReader document to be automatically processed,
clear the Automatically process pages as they are added option. This lets you quickly open
large documents, recognize only select pages in a document and save documents as images.
Image preprocessing options
ABBYY FineReader 12 lets you automatically remove common scan and digital photo defects.
General fixes
 Split facing pages
The program will automatically split images that contain facing pages into two images
containing a page each.
 Detect page orientation
The orientation of pages that are added to a FineReader document will be automatically
detected and corrected if necessary.
 Deskew images
Skewed pages will be automatically detected and deskewed if necessary.
 Correct trapezoid distortions
The program will automatically detect trapezoidal distortions and uneven text lines on
digital photographs and scans of books. These defects will be corrected when appropriate.
 Straighten text lines
The program will automatically detect uneven text lines on images and straighten them
without correcting trapezoidal distortions.
 Invert images
When appropriate, ABBYY FineReader 12 will invert an image's colors so that the image
contains dark text on a light background.
 Remove color marks
The program will detect and remove any color stamps and marks made in pen to facilitate
the recognition of the text obscured by such marks. This tool is designed for scanned
documents with dark text on a white background. Do not select this option for digital
photos and documents with color backgrounds.