8.0

ABBYY FineReader 8.0 User’s Guide
22
Note: When you perform OCR on a page that has already been recognized, recognition will only be carried out on new or modified
blocks.
Recognition Languages
ABBYY FineReader recognizes both mono– and multilingual (e.g. English and French) documents.
To set the text recognition language, select it in the drop–down list on the Standard toolbar.
To recognize a multi–lingual document:
1. Select the Select multiple languages item in the language list on the Standard toolbar. The Recognition
language dialog will open.
2. Select the language of your choice in the Recognition language dialog.
Note:
1. If you find that you often use a certain language combination, you can create a new language group that includes
the languages you most often use.
2. Increasing the number of the recognition languages used simultaneously may have an adverse effect on
recognition quality. A reasonable number of languages to use simultaneously is 2–3.
3. Before recognizing a document, ensure that the fonts selected on the Save tab support all the characters
contained in the recognition language(s) chosen, otherwise the recognized text will be displayed incorrectly ("?"
or " " symbols will appear instead of letters).
You may find that your chosen recognition language is not listed. This can be because of one of the following reasons:
1. The language is not supported by ABBYY FineReader. See the complete list of recognition languages under
"Supported Languages".
2. The language hasn't been included in the recognition language list displayed on the Recognition toolbar. To add
a language select the Choose more languages item in the language list on the Standard toolbar. The
Recognition language dialog will open. Select the language of your choice in the dialog.
3. The language was disabled during custom installation.
Note: Always ensure that you use the same folder as the one that contains ABBYY FineReader.
4. Your copy of ABBYY FineReader was purchased in an online store. To reduce download times, the distribution
package sold via online stores includes only the most common interface and recognition languages. To download
more languages, select Start/Programs/ABBYY FineReader 8.0/Download more languages and follow the
instructions of the program.
To show/hide a language in the drop–down list on the toolbar:
● Select the language of your choice in the Language Editor dialog (Tools>Language Editor) and then check or
uncheck the Show this language in the drop–down list on the toolbar item.
Tip: It is even possible to set a recognition language for an individual block. To do this, right–click the block and select the
Properties item in the local menu. The Properties dialog will open. Select the Block tab in the dialog and then select the block
recognition language in the Languages field on the tab.
Source Text Print Type
As a rule, source text print type is determined automatically. To ensure that this is the case, select Autodetect in the Print Type group
in the Legacy Options dialog (to open the Legacy Options dialog, click the Legacy Options... button on the General tab in the
Options dialog).
When recognizing draft mode dot matrix printouts or typewritten texts, recognition quality can sometimes be increased by selecting
another print type:
● Select the Typewriter item if you wish to recognize typewritten texts.
● Select the Dot matrix printer item if you wish to recognize dot matrix printouts.
An example of draft mode dot matrix text. Character lines are made up of individual dots.
An example of typewritten text. All letters are of equal width (compare, for example, "w" and "a").
To change print type:
● Select the print type of your choice in the Print Type group in the Legacy Options dialog (to open the Legacy
Options dialog, click the Legacy Options... button on the General tab in the Options dialog).