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rators inside the block to form a table. This block is represented as a table in the output

text. You can draw and edit tables manually.

Picture – this block type is used for image areas containing pictures. A block of this type

may enclose an actual picture or any other object (e.g. a section of text) you wish displayed

as a picture in the recognized text.

Barcode (Corporate Edition only) – this block type is used for barcode image areas. If

your document contains a barcode, and you do not want it to be displayed as a picture but

as a series of letters and numbers in the recognized text instead, draw a separate block for

the barcode and set the block type to barcode.

Note: It is possible to have barcode analysis and recognition carried out automatically, but

this option is not set by default. To enable this option, select the

Look for barcodes item on

the

Recognition tab (Tools>Options menu).

Automatic page layout analysis options

As part of the automatic page layout analysis procedure the following types of blocks are

drawn: text blocks, table blocks, picture blocks, and barcode blocks (note: the latter are only

available in the

Corporate Edition version).

To start automatic layout analysis (and text recognition) click the

2Read button. Before

clicking this button, however, select the main layout analysis options: document type and

table analysis options.

Document type

In most cases text layout is determined automatically. Automatic detection is performed if

the

Autodetect layout value on the Recognition tab in the Document Type group

(

Tools>Options menu) is set. Note that the value is set by default.

To select the document type manually:

z Select the desired type in the Document type group on the Recognition

tab in the Options dialog (Tools>Options menu).

Document types available:

Autodetect layout – (set by default) Text layout is determined automatically. Recognition

of all text types, including multicolumn texts, and texts containing tables and pictures, is

performed automatically.

Chapter 5. Page Layout Analysis