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may need to select the appropriate type manually on the Area Properties pane.
ABBYY FineReader can automatically detect the following types of barcode: Code 3 of 9, Code 93,
Code 128, EAN 8, EAN 13, Postnet, UCC–128, UPC–E, PDF417, UPC–A and QR code.
Adjusting Area Properties
When performing automatic document analysis, ABBYY FineReader detects different area types
on document pages (such as tables, pictures, text and barcodes). The program also analyzes the
document structure and identifies headings and other layout elements suc h as headers and footers,
images and diagram captions, etc.
You can manually change incorrectly defined properties in some Text and Table areas.
1. Select the area in the Image window or the Zoom window and adjust the
properties in the Area Properties pane of the he Image window.
The Area Properties pane lets you set the following properties:
o Language. For details, see "Document Features to Consider Prior to OCR."
o Function displays the function of the text, i.e. header or footer, heading, etc.
(applies only to Text areas).
o Orientation. "For details, see If Vertical or Inverted Text Is Not Recognized."
o Print type. For details, see "Document Features to Consider Prior to OCR."
o Inversion. For details, see "If Vertical or Inverted Text Is Not Recognized."
o Direction of CJK text. For details, see "Working with Complex–Script Languages."
Note:
g. Use / buttons to navigate left and right along the properties pane if the Image
window is not wide enough to display the entire properties pane.
h. Some of the text properties can be modified using the shortcut menu that becomes
available when you right–click a Text area.
Run the OCR process again after making the necessary changes.
Incorrect Font Is Used or Some Characters Are Replaced with
"?" or "□"
If you see "?" or "□" replacing letters in the Text window, check to see if the fonts selected to
display the recognized text contain all the characters used in your text.
You can change the font in the recognized text without launching the OCR process again.
To change the font in a short document:
1. Select a text fragment where some characters are displayed incorrectly.
2. Right–click the selection and then click Properties on the shortcut menu.
3. On the Text Properties pane, select the desired font. The font in the selected text
fragment will change accordingly.
To change the font in a long document where styles are used:
1. On the Tools menu, click Style Editor….
2. In the Style Editor dialog box, select the desired style and change its font.
3. Click OK. The font in all the text fragments using this style will change accordingly.