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ABBYY® FineReader 14 User’s Guide
1. Click the button on the PDF Tools toolbar and wait several seconds while the program
prepares the document for editing. A Text toolbar will appear above the document.
2. Check that the right OCR languages are selected. See also: Document features to consider prior
to OCR .
3. If a page has distorted text lines or other defects, the program will ask you if you want to improve
the quality of the image. To enhance the image prior to OCR, use the commands in the Correct
Skew and Page Orientation drop-down list on the Text pan.
4. Editable text will be enclosed in frames. Click the line of text you want to edit and add, delete or
change the text or change its font, font size and font style using the tools on the Text toolbar.
When you click a line of text, the program will automatically select a font that is as close to the
font used in the text line as possible.
5. To finish editing a line of text, click outside of it.
6. Click the button to exit the text editing mode.
7. Save the document.
Editing searchable PDF documents
Some PDF documents contain a text layer underneath the document image. See also: Types of PDF
documents .
When you edit documents of this type, the program will apply your changes to the text layer and to the
document image.
1. Click the button on the PDF Tools toolbar and wait several seconds while the program
prepares the document for editing. A Text toolbar will appear above the document.
2. Check that the correct OCR languages are selected. See also: Document features to consider
prior to OCR .
3. When you try to edit a document that already contains a text layer, the program will prompt you to
recognize the document and replace the existing text layer. You can do this using the command in
the Text Layer drop-down list on the Text toolbar.
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