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ABBYY FineReader 12 User’s Guide
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Prohibited characters are characters that you think will never occur in a text to be recognized.
Specifying prohibited characters increases the speed and quality of OCR.
R
Recognition area is an image area that ABBYY FineReader should analyze automatically.
Resolution is a scanning parameter measured in dots per inch (dpi). Resolution of 300 dpi should
be used for texts set in 10 pt fonts and larger, 400 to 600 dpi is preferable for texts of smaller font
sizes (9 pt and less).
S
Scanner is a device for inputting images into a computer.
Scanning mode is a scanning parameter that determines whether an image must be scanned in
black and white, grayscale, or color.
Separators are symbols that can separate words (e.g. /, \, dash) and that are separated by spaces
from the words themselves.
Support ID is a unique identifier of a serial number that contains information about the license
and the computer on which it is used. A Support ID provides additional protection and is checked
by the technical support staff before providing techn ical support.
T
Table area is an image area that contains data in tabular form. When the program reads this type
of area, it draws vertical and horizontal separators inside the area to form a table. This area is then
rendered as a table in the output text.
Tagged PDF is a PDF document which contains information about the document structure, such as
its logical parts, pictures, and tables. The structure of a document is encoded in PDF tags. A PDF
file with such tags may be reflowed to fit different screen si zes, and will display well on handheld
devices.
Task Manager is an ABBYY FineReader feature that allows users to run an automated task, create
and modify automated tasks, and delete custom automated tasks.
Text area is an image area that contains text. Text areas should only contain single–column text.
Training is the process of establishing a correspondence between a character image and the
character itself. (See "Recognition with Training" for details.)
U
Unicode is a standard developed by the Unicode Consortium (Unicode, Inc.) and is a 16–bit
international encoding system for processing texts.
Shortcut Keys
ABBYY FineReader 12 offers the following keyboard shortcuts for the most commonly used
commands. You can also create your own keyboard shortcuts.
To create a shortcut:
1. On the Tools menu, click Customize… to open the Customize Toolbars and
Shortcuts dialog box.
2. On the Keyboard Shortcuts tab, in the Categories field, select a category.