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ABBYY® FineReader PDF User’s Guide

You can use commands on the Area menu and the shortcut menu of a table area to:

o Analyze Table Structure (automatically analyzes the structure of a table and saves you the

trouble of drawing vertical and horizontal separators manually).

o Split Cells, Merge Cells, Merge Rows (allow you to correct any wrongly identified rows or

columns).

Use the pop-up toolbar of the selected table area to add a horizontal or vertical separator,

delete table separators, analyze table structure, split table cells, or merge table cells or rows.

To do this, click the table area and then click the appropriate tool on the pop-up toolbar:

Tip. Click the tool on the pop-up toolbar to select objects.

Note:

1. The cell splitting command can only be applied to table cells that were previously merged.

2. To merge or split table cells or rows, select them on the image and then click the

appropriate tool or menu command.

3. If the table contains vertical text cells, you may need to change the text properties first.

4. If a table cell only contains an image, select the Treat selected cells as picture option on

the Area Properties pane (to open this pane, right-click an area and click Properties on the

shortcut menu).

If a cell contains a combination of images and text, select the image to turn it into a dedicated

area inside the cell.