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Chapter 5
Page Layout Analysis
FineReader must know which image areas it needs to recognize
before starting the recognition process. Page layout analysis pro
vides it with this information by identifying text blocks, picture
blocks, table blocks, and barcode blocks (note: the latter are only
available in the Corporate Edition).
In this chapter you will learn more about the following: when
manual page analysis may be needed, what block types are avail
able, how blocks drawn using the automatic layout analysis pro
cedure can be edited, and also how the layout analysis process
can be made easier by using block templates.
Chapter Contents:
z General information on page layout analysis
z Block types
z Automatic page layout analysis options
z Drawing and editing blocks manually
z Manual table layout analysis
z Using block templates