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ABBYY FineReader 12 User’s Guide

 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.

 Custom…

Select this option to choose your own picture and page image settings in the Custom

Settings dialog box.

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

pictures option is not selected.

ABBYY FineReader lets you scan paper books and convert them into the EPUB, FB2, and DjVu

formats. You will be able to read the resulting e –books on tablets, including the iPad, and on other

mobile devices and upload them to your Kindle.com account.

Note: You can also save an e–book in the HTML format. For details, see "Saving in HTML."

Saving in FB2 or EPUB

To save your text in FB2 or EPUB:

 Click the arrow next to the Save button on the main toolbar and then click Save as FB2...

or Save as Electronic Publication (EPUB)…. 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 FictionBook (FB2) or Electronic Publication (EPUB).

You can select additional saving options on the Save > FB2/EPUB tab of the Options dialog box

(Tools > Options… > Save > FB2/EPUB).

This tab offers the following options:

Picture Settings

If your text contains many pictures, the resulting file may be fairly large. The quality of the pictures

and the size of the resulting file can be tweaked using the options in the Picture settings drop–

down list.

Tip:

 To specify your own picture settings, select Custom…. In the Custom Settings dialog

box, configure the necessary settings and click OK.

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

pictures option is not selected.

Document layout

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

options:

 Formatted text

Preserves paragraphs, but does not preserve exact positions of objects and line spacing.

You will get continuous left–aligned text (texts printed in right–to left scripts will be right–