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ABBYY FineReader 12 User’s Guide

 If you want to specify a wider range of picture quality parameters, select Custom… and

change the settings in the Custom Settings dialog box.

 If you do not want to keep the pictures in the recognized text, make sure that the Keep

pictures (XLSX only) option is not selected.

CSV

To save your text in CSV:

 On the File menu, click Save Document As and then click CSV Document.

Alternatively, click the arrow next to the Save button on the main toolbar and then click

Save as CSV. If the format that you need is not displayed in the list, click Save in Other

Formats… and then select the desired format from the Save as type drop–down list.

Tip: Additional saving options are available in the Options dialog box: select Tools > Options…,

click the Save tab, and then click the CSV tab.

The saving options on this tab are grouped into the following categories:

Text settings

 Ignore text outside tables

Saves only the tables and ignores the rest.

 Insert page break character (#12) as page separator

Saves the original page arrangement.

 Field separator

Selects the character that will separate the data columns in the CSV file.

Encoding

ABBYY FineReader detects the code page automatically. To change the code page, select the

desired code page from the drop–down list under Encoding.

PDF is a widely used document format. PDF documents appear the same on different computers,

can be protected with passwords, and are well suited for storage in electronic archives.

To save your text in PDF:

 Click the arrow next to the Save button on the main toolbar and then click Save as PDF

Document…. If the format that you need is not displayed in the list, click Save in Other

Formats… and then select the desired format from the Save as type drop–down list.

Alternatively, on the File menu, click Save Document As and then click PDF Document.

Tip: Additional saving options are available in the Options dialog box: click Tools > Options…,

click the Save tab, and then click the PDF tab.

The saving options on this tab are grouped into the following categories:

Default paper size

Choose the paper size to be used for saving in PDF format from the drop –down list.

Save mode

Depending on how you are planning to use your electronic document, select one of the following

options:

 Text and pictures only

This option saves only the recognized text and the associated pictures. The page will be