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ABBYY FineReader 12 User’s Guide

 Use the Color mode drop–down list in the Task dialog box or

 Select one of the options under Color mode on the Document tab of the Options dialog

box (Tools > Options…).

Important! Once the document is converted to black–and–white, you will not be able to restore

the colors. To get a color document, open the file with color images or scan the paper docu ment in

color mode.

OCR Options

Selecting the right OCR options is important if you want fast and accurate results. When deciding

which options you want to use, you should consider not only the type and complexity of your

document, but also how you intend to use the results. The following groups of options are

available:

 Reading mode

 Detect structural elements

 Training

 User patterns and languages

 Fonts

 Barcodes

You can find the OCR options on the Read tab of the Options dialog box (Tools > Options…).

Important! ABBYY FineReader automatically recognizes any pages you add to a FineReader

document. The currently selected options will be used for recognition. You can turn off automatic

analysis and OCR of newly added images on the Scan/Open tab of the Options dialog box (Tools

> Options…).

Note: If you change the OCR options after a document has been recognized, run the OCR process

again to recognize the document with the new options.

Reading mode

There are two reading modes in ABBYY FineReader 12:

 Thorough reading

In this mode, ABBYY FineReader analyzes and recognizes both simple documents and

documents with complex layouts, even those with text printed on a colored background

and documents with complex tables (including tables with white grid lines and tables with

color cells).

Note: Compared to the Fast mode, the Thorough mode takes more time but ensures

better recognition quality.

 Fast reading

This mode is recommended for processing large documents with simple layouts and good

quality images.

Detect structural elements

Select the structural elements you want the program to detect: headers and footers, footnotes,

tables of contents and lists. The selected elements will be clickable when the document is saved.

Training

Recognition with training is used to recognize the following types of text:

 Text with decorative elements