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ABBYY FineReader 8.0 User’s Guide
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Retaining page layout
Layout retention modes are set in the Retain layout group. The following choices are available:
● Original layout
Select this option if you wish the recognition results to look exactly like the original document.
Note: This option will not allow a lot of editing in the recognized text. It is most suitable for short artistic or
brochure–like documents.
● Remove all formatting
Only structure of tables and arrangement into paragraphs are retained. The text is set in the same font of the same
size.
● Retain font and font size
Structure of tables, arrangement into paragraphs, font and font size are retained in this mode.
Format options
HTML formats available:
1. Full (uses CSS and requires Internet Explorer 4.0 or later) – the latest HTML format – HTML 4 – is used.
HTML 4 supports all document layout retention types (the actual retention type used depends on the options set
on the Formatting tab in the Retain layout group). The built–in style sheet is used.
Note: Internet Explorer 4.0 or later is required for viewing a document saved in this mode.
2. Simple (compatible with all (Internet–) browsers) – HTML 3 format is used. The approximate document
layout is retained i.e. the first line indent is not retained but the approximate font size is (HTML 3 format supports
only a limited number of font sizes; ABBYY FineReader will choose the HTML 3 format font size that corresponds
to the actual font size of your text). This HTML format is supported by all browsers (Netscape Navigator, Internet
Explorer 3.0 and later).
Text settings
Note that the default values of Text settings (an option is set or not) depend on the page layout retention mentioned above.
● Keep line breaks
This option allows the the original arrangement into lines to be retained in HTML format.
● Retain text color
This option saves the original character color to be retained.
Note: Word 6.0, 7.0 and 97 (8.0) have a limited text and background color palette. The original document colors
may be replaced with the ones from the Word palette. Word 2000 (9.0) or later, on the contrary, retains the
source document colors in full.
● Use solid line as page break
This option saves the original arrangement into pages; the pages will be separated by a solid line.
Picture Settings
If you wish to keep pictures in the recognized text, make sure that the Keep pictures option is set in the Picture settings group.
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 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' ratio, 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.
● PNG, Color (for charts, diagrams),
This option allows you to save charts, diagrams or drawings with retaining their colos.
● PNG, Gray (for charts, diagrams),
This option is suitable for saving charts and diagrams in gray–scale mode.
● PNG, Black and white.
This option allows you save pictures in black–and–white mode.