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ABBYY FineReader 12 User’s Guide

fully searchable and the size of the PDF file will be small. The appearance of the resulting

document may slightly differ from the original

 Text over the page image

This option saves the background and pictures of the original document and places the

recognized text over them. Usually, this PDF type requires more disk space than Text and

pictures only. The resulting PDF document is fully searchable. In some cases, the

appearance of the resulting document may slightly differ from the original.

 Text under the page image

This option saves the entire page image as a picture and places the recognized text

underneath. Use this option to create a fully searchable document that looks virtually the

same as the original.

 Page image only

This option saves the exact image of the page. This type of PDF document will be virtually

indistinguishable from the original but the file will not be searchable.

Depending on the save mode you select, some of the following options will become available:

 Keep text and background colors

Select this option to retain the font color and background when saving in PDF.

 Keep headers and footers

Preserves headers and footers in the output document.

 Create outline

Select this option if you wish to create a table of contents from the document headings.

 Enable tagged PDF

Select this option to add PDF tags to the output PDF document.

Apart from text and pictures, PDF files can contain information about the document structure such

as logical parts, pictures, and tables. This information is encoded in PDF tags. A PDF file equipped

with PDF tags may be reflowed to fit different screen sizes and will display well on handheld

devices.

 Compress images using MRC

Select this option to retain the visual quality of the text and the pictures in a highly

compressed document.

 Apply ABBYY Precise Scan to smooth characters on images

Select this option to smooth characters on the document using ABBYY's PreciseScan

technology, making them less pixelated.

Image settings

The resulting file may be quite large if your text contains a lot of pi ctures or if you choose to save

the page image together with the recognized text. To adjust the size of the resulting file and the

quality of the pictures, select one of the options from the Image settings drop–down list:

 Best quality (source image resolution)

Select this option to retain the quality of the pictures or the page image. The original

resolution of the source image will be preserved.

 Balanced

Select this option to reduce the size of the PDF file while keeping the quality of the pictures

or page image at a reasonably high level.

 Compact size

Select this option to obtain a small–sized PDF file. The resolution of the pictures and page

image will be reduced to 150 dpi, affecting their quality.