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ABBYY FineReader 8.0 User’s Guide

1. Only a part of a page needs to be recognized;

2. Automatic layout analysis has drawn blocks incorrectly.

Tip:

● In some cases, the quality of the automatic layout analysis can be improved by changing the page layout analysis

options. To view the current layout analysis options, go to the Read tab, Tools>Options menu.

● If the application has drawn some blocks incorrectly, it is often faster to edit the incorrect blocks with the block

editing tools than to delete the blocks and draw them again manually.

Block Types

Blocks are image areas enclosed in frames. Blocks tell the system which image areas should be recognized and in what order. The

blocks also influence how the original page layout is retained. The differently colored frames indicate different types of blocks. The

frame colors of the blocks can be changed on the View tab of the Options dialog (Tools>Options menu) in the Appearance group.

Select the required block type in the Item field and the desired color in the Color field.

The following block types are available:

Recognition Area – this is used for automatic recognition and analysis. After the 2–Read button is clicked, all blocks of this type will

be automatically analyzed and recognized.

Text – this is used for text image areas and should only contain single–column text. If there are pictures within the text, draw separate

blocks around them.

Table – this is used for table image areas or for areas of text that are structured in a table. When the application reads this type of

block, it draws vertical and horizontal separators 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 is used for image areas that contain pictures. This type of block may enclose an actual picture or any other object that

should be displayed as a picture (e.g. a section of text).

Barcode – this is used for barcode image areas. If your document contains a barcode that should be displayed as a series of numbers

and letters rather than as a picture, draw a separate block for the barcode and set the block type to barcode.

Note: If you wish ABBYY FineReader to read barcodes on your documents automatically, make sure that the Look for barcodes

option is selected in the Read group in the Legacy Options dialog, otherwise clear this option. (To open the Legacy Options dialog,

click the Legacy Options... button on the General tab in the Options dialog.)

Barcode types

Code 3 of 9

Check Code 3 of 9

Code 3 of 9 without asterisk

Codabar

Code 93

Code 128

EAN 8

EAN 13

IATA 2 of 5

Inerleaved 2 of 5

Check Inerleaved 2 of 5

Matrix 2 of 5

Postnet

Industrial 2 of 5

UCC–128

UPC–A

UPC–E

Barcode types

PDF417

Automatic Page Layout Analysis Options

As a part of automatic page layout analysis the following types of blocks are drawn: text, table, picture, and barcode.

To start automatic layout analysis (and text recognition), click the 2–Read button. Before clicking this button, however, select the

table analysis options.