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ABBYY FineReader 8.0 User’s Guide
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What’s New in ABBYY FineReader 8.0
Compared to the previous version, ABBYY FineReader 8.0 introduces a variety of improvements and new features to increase your
productivity when working with scanned documents, images, PDF files, and faxes.
This version features intelligent technology improvements, allowing for improved reading of images taken by digital cameras, more
accurate recognition of low–resolution faxes and paper documents, better handling of document layouts, and enhanced security
features in PDF files. New features like scheduled operation, recognition of screenshots and automation manager for processing
recurring document tasks have been added to increase your productivity even more.
Detailed information on major product improvements and new features is given below. Features available only in ABBYY FineReader
8.0 Corporate Edition are marked accordingly.
Up to 30 percent accuracy improvement on low resolution documents and faxes
While ABBYY FineReader has traditionally delivered highly accurate recognition results on documents of good quality, there is still a
possibility of documents of lower–than–expected quality arriving at your desk. Most often these are faxes or paper documents that
were scanned at resolution lower than recommended for OCR. ABBYY FineReader 8.0 handles such documents better, delivering up to
a 30 percent improvement in recognition accuracy.
Processing images taken by digital cameras
When you are on the go and no scanner is available, you may still capture documents with a digital camera and recognize them later
on your desktop PC. Now ABBYY FineReader 8.0 includes new adaptive recognition technology for better OCR of camera images.
Security options for PDF files
The new version of ABBYY FineReader supports PDF security settings and allows you to set document Open and Permissions
passwords as well as selecting other security options for PDF files. You can select RC4–based 40–bit or 128–bit encryption or the
newest AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)–based 128–bit encryption.
Creating tagged PDF files
A new option for saving tagged PDF files in ABBYY FineReader 8.0 makes it possible to create PDF files that will be easier to read when
used on devices with limited screen sizes, for example handheld devices.
Automation Manager
This new feature allows faster processing of repeated document tasks by grouping them into sets of consecutive operations that can
then be called by one click of a button. Several predefined automated tasks are available and it is also possible to create your own
customized automated tasks and share them with colleagues.
Support for hyperlinks
The new version recognizes hyperlinks, such as links to Web sites and e–mail addresses, and reconstructs them in output documents.
You can also add new hyperlinks into recognized documents.
Fast mode recognition
With ABBYY FineReader 8.0 you can recognize documents 2–2 1/2 times faster using a new fast recognition mode. This mode is
recommended for documents with simple layouts and good printing and scanning quality. For more complex documents, the accuracy
mode should be preferred. However, recognition accuracy obtained in fast mode will be sufficient in many cases, for example when
converting paper documents into searchable PDF files.
Saving to Microsoft Reader e–book (LIT) format
Now you can save recognition results in Microsoft Reader’s LIT e–book format that makes such documents suitable for reading on
handheld devices and PDAs.
Defining document–related properties
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 allows for defining additional document properties like Title, Author, Subject and Keywords, and saving this
data to PDF, DOC/RTF, XLS, HTML, Word XML and LIT file formats. These properties can be used by the operating system and other
software for indexing and search purposes.
Extended language and dictionary support
The total number of supported languages is now 179. Dictionary support and spell–check functions are available for 36 languages.
Legal and medical dictionaries for the English and German languages are now included in the main English and German recognition
dictionaries – there is no need to select specialized recognition languages to work with specialized text.