6.0

New features of ABBYY FineReader 6.0
General features
z Now you can open and read PDF files in FineReader.
PDF is one of the standard formats used for publishing documents on the
Internet, as well as for document archiving, etc. You can open, read, and edit
any PDF file in FineReader, and then save it in either PDF or any other for
mat supported by FineReader.
z Integration with Windows Explorer.
Image files and FineReader batches can now be opened directly from
Windows Explorer.
z Saving of recognized documents under source image names.
z Customizable toolbars.
Image processing
z Printing of scanned images and recognized text.
z Automatic and manual splitting of dualpage and business card scans.
Recognition
z 177 recognition languages. See the full list under “Supported languages” in
ABBYY FineReader Help.
z An improved algorithm for the recognition of poor print quality documents.
The improved algorithm incorporates a new adaptive image binarization
method and a new method of background removal, and is particularly effec
tive in the case of images scanned in “gray” mode.
Saving and editing
z Multicolumn WYSIWYGeditor.
Blocks with recognized text, tables, and images are displayed in their origi
nal location.
z More precise saving of the original document layout in MS Word: saving of
nonrectangular images, multicolumn text flows and lists (numbered and
bulleted).
z Support of multilanguage PDF files: FineReader saves multilanguage texts
in PDF format without requiring the user to install additional fonts.
z New PDF saving mode – “Image only”.
z Compression rate selection when saving in HTML and PDF formats.
z JPEG image resolution selection when saving in RTF, DOC and PDF formats.
z Alignment of text in tables when exporting to MS Excel or saving in XLS
format.
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Chapter 3. General features of ABBYY FineReader