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ABBYY FineReader 8.0 User’s Guide
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● Write tables as text
This option converts table into text.
● Retain text and background color
This option allows you to retain the original color of the text and background.
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 select 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.
Saving the Page Image
1. Select a batch page.
2. Select File>Save Result>Save Images... The Save Image As dialog will open.
3. Select the disk or the folder where you want to save the file and the file format.
Note: You may want to save only some of the image areas enclosed by blocks (regardless of type). To do this,
select the block or blocks you wish to save, and then check the Save only selected blocks checkbox in the Save
Image As dialog. This is only an option when saving a single image. Next, enter the file name.
4. Click OK.
Tips:
● Saving several images to a single file (a multi–page TIFF)
1. Select the images from the Batch window.
2. Select the Save Image As item in the File menu. Select the TIFF format and the Save as multi–page
image file option.
Note: If you save several page images from the Batch window as separate files (i.e. the images are not being saved
as one multi–page TIFF), the file names will consist of the file name entered, the page number (4 digits), and the
file suffix.
● Selecting a compression method for TIFF file format
TIFF is a universal and widely supported file format. Several compression methods formats are used with this
format.
Compression reduces the size of an image. Compression methods are distinguished by the amount of compression
and the quality of compressed images. ABBYY FineReader 8.0 supports the following compression methods:
● ZIP is a compression method suitable for images with large areas of single colors (e.g. screenshots), images created
with paint programs, and black–and–white images. ZIP is a lossless method, i.e. it does not affect the quality of
resulting images.
● JPEG is a compression method that is usually used for grayscale and color images, such as photographs. The JPEG
is a lossy compression method which can greatly reduce the size of an image file. However, the image may appear
blocky and acquire a mosaic look, and some shades of color may be lost.
● CCITT is a compression method most appropriate for black–and–white images which were scanned or created
with a paint program. CCITT is a lossless compression method. CCITT Group 4 produces good compression for
most types of images. CCITT Group 3 is used in fax machines.