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ABBYY FineReader 8.0 User’s Guide
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Optional hyphen – A hyphen (¬) that indicates exactly where a word or word combination should be split if it occurs at the end of a
line (e.g. "autoformat" should be split to "auto–format"). ABBYY FineReader replaces all hyphens found in dictionary words with
optional hyphens.
P
Page layout – A combination of the way text, tables and pictures are arranged on a page, the way text is arranged into paragraphs, the
font and font size of the text, the number of text columns, the character and background color, and the text orientation.
Page layout analysis (drawing blocks) – A process of analyzing the page layout and enclosing different image areas in blocks
according to the layout. Blocks may be of different types. Page layout analysis may be performed automatically in a coupled
recognition/page layout analysis procedure (run by clicking the 2–Read button) or manually.
Paradigm – The set of all grammatical forms of a word.
Pattern – A set of pairs (the character image and the character itself) that is created during pattern training. A pattern provides
additional information during recognition.
Permissions password – A password which prevents the users from printing and editing a PDF document unless they type the
password the author specified. If some security settings are selected for the document the users will not be able to change these
settings until they type the password you specify.
PDF security settings – Restrictions that can prevent a PDF document from being opened, edited, copied or printed. These settings
include Document Open passwords, Permissions passwords and encryption levels.
Picture – A block that is used for image areas that contain pictures. This type of block may enclose an actual picture or any other
object that should be displayed as a picture (e.g. a section of text).
Primary form – The form of words in dictionary.
Prohibited characters – If certain characters will never be found in recognized text, they may be specified in a set of prohibited
characters in the language group properties. Specifying these characters increases the speed and quality of recognition. To specify a set
of prohibited characters, click on Advanced in the Language Group Properties dialog. The Advanced language group
properties dialog will open. Specify the set of prohibited characters in the Prohibited characters line.
R
Recognition Area – A block that is used for automatic recognition and analysis. After the 2–Read button is clicked, all blocks of this
type will be automatically analyzed and recognized.
Resolution – A scanning parameter determining how many dpi to use during scanning. Resolution of 300 dpi should be used for texts
set in 10pt font size and larger, 400 to 600 dpi is preferable for texts of smaller font size (9pt and less).
S
Scanner – A device for inputting images into computer.
Scan&Read – The main ABBYY FineReader button. Click it to have ABBYY FineReader scan and recognize your image(s).
Scan&Read Wizard – Runs a special Scan&Read mode. ABBYY FineReader guides you through document processing and provides
advice on getting best results.
Source Text Print Type – A parameter reflecting how the source text was printed (on a laser printer or equivalent, on a matrix
printer in the draft mode, on a typewriter). For laser–printed texts, the Auto mode should be set; for typewritten texts, the
Typewriter mode should be set; for texts printed on a dot matrix printer in draft mode, the Dot Matrix Printer mode should be set.
T
Table – A block that is used for table image areas or for areas of text that are structured in a table. When the application reads this
type of block, it draws vertical and horizontal separators inside the block to form a table. This block is represented as a table in the
output text.
Tagged PDF – A PDF document which contains 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.
Text – A block that contains text areas. Note that Text blocks should only contain single–column text.
Training – Creating pairs of a character image and the character itself. See the "Recognition with Training" section for details.
TWAIN, TWAIN dialog – A scanner dialog.
U
Uncertain characters – Characters recognized with a certain degree of uncertainty. ABBYY FineReader marks characters that may
be incorrectly recognized.
Uncertain words – Words containing one or several uncertain characters.
Unicode – A standard developed by The Unicode Consortium (Unicode, Inc.). The standard is a 16–bit international encoding system
for processing texts written in the main world languages. The standard is easily extended. The Unicode Standard determines the
character encoding, as well as properties and procedures used in processing texts written in a certain language.