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ABBYY® FineReader PDF User’s Guide

If areas are detected incorrectly

ABBYY FineReader analyzes page images prior to OCR and detects different types of areas on these

images, specifically text, picture, background picture, table, and barcode areas. This analysis

determines which areas will be recognized and in what order. In the user interface, different area

types are distinguished by the colors of their borders.

If you click on an area, it will be highlighted and will become active . You can also navigate areas

by pressing the Tab key. The areas' numbers determine the order in which they are selected when the

Tab key is pressed. By default, these area numbers are not visible in the Image pane, but you can view

them in the Area Properties pane of each area. Area numbers will appear on areas when the Order

Areas tool is selected.

The tools for drawing and editing areas manually can be found on the toolbar at the top of the

Image pane and on the pop-up toolbars of the text, picture, background picture, and table areas

(select an area to view its pop-up toolbar).

Once you have adjusted the position or changed the type of an area, be sure to recognize the

image again.

You can use area editing tools to:

Create a new area

Adjust area borders

Add or remove parts of areas

Select one or more areas

Move areas

Reorder areas

Delete areas

Change the orientation of text in an area

Change the color of area borders

Creating a new area

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