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ABBYY FineReader 8.0 User’s Guide
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1. If you do not find a suitable paper size in the list, you can add your own – custom – paper size. In order to do this,
select the Add custom paper size item from the list and in the dialog that appears specify the name, height and
width for the custom paper size.
2. If you want to retain the size of the original page, select the Keep original image size option.
Save mode
ABBYY FineReader offers you four PDF creation modes:
● Text and pictures only
This option saves only the recognized text and the associated pictures. The page will be fully searchable and the
PDF file size will be small.
● Page image only
This option saves the exact image of the page. This type of PDF will be virtually indistinguishable from the original
but the file will not be searchable.
● Text over the page image
This option saves the background and pictures of the original document and places text over them. Usually, this
PDF type requires more disk space than Text and pictures only and is fully searchable. In some cases there
might be a slight difference from the original layout due to text being placed over the image.
● Text under the page image
This option saves the entire page image as a picture and places recognized text 'invisibly' underneath. Use this
option to create a document with an absolutely perfect original layout and with full–text search capabilities.
Tagged PDF
In addition to contents, PDF files can contain information about the document structure such as logical parts, pictures, tables, etc. This
structure is expressed via "PDF tags". A PDF file equipped with the tags may be reflowed to fit different screen sizes and will be
displayed well on handheld devices.
If you wish to save recognized text to a tagged PDF file, select the Enable Tagged PDF (compatible with Adobe Acrobat 5.0 or
above) option and ABBYY FineReader will automatically add PDF tags to the output PDF document.
Picture and fonts settings
If the recognized document contains many pictures, you can reduce the size of the resulting file: select the desired picture quality and
format in the Picture and font settings group.
Quality
Three quality levels are available in the Quality drop–down list. Select:
● High if you are planning to print the recognition results.
● Medium if the recognition results are intended for viewing on the screen.
● Low if you are planning to place the recognition results on the Web.
The higher the value you choose from the Quality drop–down list, the higher will be the quality of the pictures you save. The size of
the file is also affected by this value: the higher the value, the larger the file you get.
Tip. In order to tune the best 'size/quality' proportion, try to save the recognition results with different Quality values, and then open
them in an image viewing application.
Format
As a rule, ABBYY FineReader selects the picture format automatically. To ensure that this is the case, make sure that the (Automatic)
item is selected from the Format drop–down list.
If you wish to set up the format manually, select one of the following items:
● JPEG, Color (for photos),
This option is suitable for documents containing color scanned or digital photos.
● JPEG, Gray (for photos),
This option is suitable for scanned or digital photos saved in gray–scale mode.
● LZW, Color (lossless),
This option is suitable for graphics.
● LZW, Gray (lossless),
This option is suitable for graphics and gray images.
● ZIP, Color (lossless),
This option is suitable for pictures created with paint programs.
● ZIP, Gray (lossless),
This option allows you to save pictures in gray–scale mode.
● CCITT4, Black and white.
This option allows you to save pictures in black–and–white mode.
Font
When saving the recognized text to PDF format ABBYY FineReader uses the standard Adobe Acrobat fonts or system fonts. In the Font
drop–down list, select:
● Use standard fonts
If this option is selected the PDF file refers to the standard Adobe Acrobat fonts: Times, Helvetica and CourierNew.