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ABBYY FineReader 8.0 User’s Guide
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Table to Microsoft Excel
Text to File
Table to File
2. Click
. The mouse cursor will change to .
3. Place the mouse cursor in a corner of the area you wish to select. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the
cursor diagonally to the opposite corner of the area you wish to select. The selected area will be enclosed in a
frame and the program will automatically start the OCR procedure.
4. Once the text has been recognized, it will be saved to a file, copied to the Clipboard or sent to another
application, depending on the action you selected in the drop–down list on the ABBYY Screenshot Reader
toolbar. If you selected Text to File or Table to File, the Save As dialog will open. In this dialog, provide the
name and format of the file into which the text must be saved.
Note: To cancel the recognition, click Stop or press Esc.
What do I do if ...
I work with texts written in several languages
Before starting the recognition procedure, make sure that the language you selected in Options – ABBYY Screenshot Reader dialog
is the same as the language of your text. Select a different recognition language if required.
Note: To open the Options – ABBYY Screenshot Reader dialog, click . The text on the screen appears to be
written in several languages
In the Options – ABBYY Screenshot Reader dialog, select the (Select multiple languages...) item in the Recognition language
drop–down list.
Important! Using multiple languages can lower recognition quality. We do not recommend using more than two or three languages.
I have not found the required language in the list
In the Options – ABBYY Screenshot Reader dialog, select the (Choose more languages...) item in the Recognition language drop–down
list.
If you cannot find the required language in the list of available languages:
● This language may be unsupported by ABBYY FineReader 8.0. See "Languages Supported by ABBYY FineReader"
for the full list of recognition languages.
● This language may have been disabled during custom installation:
1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start and then select Settings>Control Panel.
2. In the list of installed programs, select ABBYY FineReader 8.0 and then click Change.
3. In the Custom Setup dialog box, select the required language.
4. Follow the instructions of the setup program.
The selected area contains both text and pictures
On the ABBYY Screenshot Reader toolbar, select the Image to ABBYY FineReader item. The image of the selected area will be
added to a ABBYY FineReader batch. If ABBYY FineReader is running on your computer, the image will be added to the current batch.
Otherwise, a new batch will be created and the image will be added to this new batch.
Making Screenshots
ABBYY Screenshot Reader can create screenshots of selected areas on the screen of your computer and save them to a file, copy them
to the Clipboard or send them to ABBYY FineReader.
To create a screenshot:
1. In the drop–down list on the ABBYY Screenshot Reader toolbar, select one of the following:
Image to Clipboard
Image to ABBYY FineReader (select this option if the screen area contains both text and pictures)
Image to File
2. Click
. The mouse cursor will change to .
3. Place the mouse cursor in a corner of the area you wish to select. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the
cursor diagonally to the opposite corner of the area you wish to select. The selected area will be enclosed in a
frame.
4. The screenshot will be saved to a file, copied to the Clipboard or added to a ABBYY FineReader batch, depending
on the action you selected in the drop–down list on the ABBYY Screenshot Reader toolbar. If you selected Text to
File, the Save As dialog will open. In this dialog, provide the name and format of the file into which the text must
be saved.
Note: To cancel screenshot creation, press Esc.