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ABBYY FineReader 12 User’s Guide

The tools for drawing and editing areas manually can be found in the Image window and on the

pop–up toolbars of the Text, Picture, Background Picture, and Table areas (pop–up toolbars

appear next to the active area).

Important! After you have finished editing the areas, run the OCR process again.

You can use area editing tools to:

 Create a new area

 Adjust area borders

 Add or remove parts of areas

 Select one or more areas

 Move areas

 Reorder areas

 Delete areas

 Change the orientation of text in an area

 Change the color of area borders

Creating a new area

1. Click a tool in the Image window:

draws a recognition area

draws a Text area

draws a Picture area

draws a Background Epicure area

draws a Table area

2. Hold down the left mouse button and move the mouse pointer to draw an area.

New areas can be drawn without selecting a tool from the Image window toolbar. You can simply

draw an area on the image using one of the following key com binations:

 Ctrl+Shift draws a Text area

 Alt+Shift draws a Picture area

 Ctrl+Alt draws a Table area

 Ctrl+Shift+Alt draws a Barcode area

You can change the type of an area. Right–click the selected area, click Change Area Type on the

shortcut menu, and then click the desired area type.

Adjusting area borders

1. Place the mouse cursor on the area border.

2. Left–click and drag in the desired direction.

Note: You can simultaneously adjust the vertical and horizontal borders of an area by placing the

mouse pointer on a corner of the area.