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ABBYY FineReader 8.0 User’s Guide
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To redo an undone action:
Redo button
● Either click the Redo button on the Standard toolbar, or
● Select the Redo item in the Edit menu, or
● Press CTRL+Y.
Editing Tables
The table editor provides you with tools to carry out the following:
● Merge cell or row contents
● Split cell contents
● Split row/column contents
● Delete cell contents
To merge cell or row contents:
● Hold down the CTRL button and select the cells or rows you wish to merge, followed by the Merge Cells or
Merge Rows item in the Image>Table Cells menu.
To split cell contents:
● Select the Split Cells item in the Image>Table Cells menu.
Note: This command may only be applied to cells merged previously.
To split row or column contents:
● Select the
or tool on the toolbar in the Image window, then click the row/column you wish to split or
add a new horizontal/vertical separator to.
Tip: You can merge row contents by using the
tool or the Merge Rows command (menu Image>Table Cells).
To delete cell contents:
● Select the cell(s) you wish to delete in the Te xt window and press DEL.
Creating and Editing Hyperlinks
A hyperlink usually leads from one Web page to another. In addition, clicking a hyperlink may display an image, run a multimedia file,
send an e–mail or launch an application.
FineFeader 8.0 can recognize hyperlinks to:
● files, e.g. file://\D:\MyDocuments\FineReaderGuide. pdf;
● file–transfer protocol (FTP), e.g. ftp://;
● Web sites, e.g. http://www.abbyy.com;
● e–mail addresses, e.g. mailto:[e-mail].
ABBYY FineReader will recognize the text of a hyperlink and recreate its destination address in the output document. Recognized
hyperlinks are displayed in blue and underlined.
Note: You can change the color of a hyperlink on the Save tab in the Options dialog.
When viewing the recognized document in the Text window, rest the mouse cursor on a hyperlink to view its address. To follow a
hyperlink, hold down the Ctrl button and click the hyperlnk.
ABBYY FineReader editor allows you to:
● Change the text and address of a recognized hyperlink,
● Insert a hyperlink into a document,
● Delete a hyperlink from a document.
To change the text and address of a hyperlink:
1. Select the text of the hyperlink.
2. Click the
button on the toolbar of the Te xt window;
3. In the Edit Hyperlink dialog that opens, type a new text in the Hyperlink text field;
4. In the same dialog, specify the type of address in the Link to group:
● Select Web page to link to an Internet page. In the Address field, specify the protocol and the URL of
the page (e.g. http://www.abbyy.com);
● Select File to link to a file. Selecting this option opens the Open dialog where you need to provide the
name of the file to which the hyperlink will lead;
● Select E–mail so that the user can send an e–mail message to the address in the hyperlink. In the
Address field, specify the protocol and the e–mail address (e.g. mailto:[e-mail]).
To insert a hyperlink:
1. In the document, select the text you wish to use for the hyperlink.
If no text is selected, the address of the hyperlink will be displayed in the document;
2. Click the
button on the toolbar of the Te xt window;
3. In the Edit Hyperlink dialog that opens, type a new text in the Hyperlink text field;
4. In the same dialog, specify the type of address in the Link to group: