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ABBYY® FineReader 15 User’s Guide

Creating PDF documents

In the New Task window, you can:

Create PDF documents from files in various formats.

Convert multiple files to PDF.

Combine multiple files into one PDF.

Create searchable PDF documents.

Create PDF/A-compliant documents.

Converting one or more files

1. Click the Open tab and then click Convert to PDF.

2. In the dialog box that opens, select one or more files to convert.

3. Specify conversion settings. These settings determine the appearance and properties of the

output document.

3.1.Image quality The quality of the pictures and the size of the resulting file can be tweaked

using the options in the Image quality drop-down menu:

Best quality

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

resolution will be preserved.

Balanced

Select this option to reduce the size of the output PDF file without too much loss in

picture quality.

Compact size

Select this option to obtain a small-sized PDF file at the expense of picture quality.

Custom...

Select this option to customize picture saving. In the Custom Settings dialog box,

specify desired values and click OK.

3.2.Full-text search Use this drop-down menu to enable or disable full-text searches in the

output document:

As in original document The text on the images will not be recognized. Users will be

able to search inside the output document only if the original document has a text

layer.

Search inside text and images The text on the images will be recognized. Users will be

able to search inside the output document.