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background picture area An image area that contains a picture with text printed over it.
barcode area An image area that contains a barcode.
base form The form of a word to which endings, prefixes or suffixes are added.
brightness An image parameter that reflects the amount of white in an image. Increasing brightness
makes the image "whiter". Specifying a suitable brightness value increases recognition quality. See
also: Scanning tips .
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code page A table of correspondences between characters and their codes. Users can select the
characters they need from those available in a code page.
color mode A mode that determines whether document colors are to be retained. Black-and-white
images produce smaller OCR projects and are faster to process.
compound word A word made up of two or more existing words. In ABBYY FineReader, a compound
word is a word that the program cannot find in its dictionary but which it can create from two or
more dictionary words.
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document analysis The process of identifying the logical structure of a document and areas that
contain various types of data. Document analysis can be carried out automatically or manually.
Document Open password A password that prevents users from opening a PDF document unless
they type the password specified by the author.
dpi (dots per inch) A measure of image resolution.
document type A parameter that tells the program how the original text was printed (e.g. on a laser
printer, on a typewriter, etc.). For laser-printed texts, select Auto, for typewritten texts, select
Typewriter, for faxes, select Fax.
driver A software program that controls a computer peripheral (e.g., a scanner, a monitor, etc.).
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font effects The appearance of a font (e.g. bold, italic, underlined, strikethrough, subscript,
superscript, small caps).
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