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ABBYY FineReader 12 User’s Guide
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1. On the Tools menu, click View Dictionaries…, select the desired language, and then
click View….
2. The Dictionary dialog box will open. In this dialog box, click the Import… button and
select the dictionary file you wish to import (it must have the extension *.pmd, *.txt, or
*.dic).
If the Program Fails to Recognize Some of the Characters
ABBYY FineReader uses data about the document langua ge when recognizing text. The program
may fail to recognize some characters in documents with uncommon elements (e.g. code numbers)
because the document language might not contain these characters. To recognize such documents,
you can create a custom language that has all of the necessary characters. You can also assign
multiple languages to language groups and use these groups for recognition.
Creating a user language
1. On the Tools menu, click Language Editor…
2. In the Language Editor dialog box, click New…
3. In the dialog box that opens, select the Create a new language based on an existing
one option, then select the language that will be used as the base for your new language
and click OK.
4. The Language Properties dialog box will open. In this dialog box:
a. Type the name of the new language.
b. The base language you selected earlier is displayed in the Source language drop–
down list. You can change the source language.
c. The Alphabet contains the alphabet of the base language. Click the button if
you want to edit the alphabet.
d. There are several options concerning the Dictionary that will be used by the
program when recognizing text and checking the result:
 None
The language will not have a dictionary.
 Built–in dictionary
The program's built–in dictionary will be used.
 User dictionary
Click the Edit… button to specify dictionary terms or import an existing
custom dictionary or a text file with Windows–1252 encoding (terms must
be separated by spaces or other characters that are not in the alphabet).
Note: Words from the user dictionary will not be marked as wrong when spelling in the recognized
text is checked. They may be written in all lower–case or all upper–case letters, or may begin with
an upper–case letter.
Word in the
dictionary
Words that will not be considered wrong during a
spelling check
abc
abc, Abc, ABC
Abc
abc, Abc, ABC
ABC
abc, Abc, ABC
aBc
aBc, abc, Abc, ABC