9.0

ABBYY FineReader 9.0 User’s Guide
Poor–quality documents are best scanned in grayscale. When scanning in grayscale, the program will select the optimal brightness
value automatically.
Grayscale color mode retains more information about the letters in the scanned text to achieve better OCR results when recognizing
documents of medium to poor quality. You can also correct some print defects using the tools in the Edit Image dialog box.
Document Languages
ABBYY FineReader recognizes both mono– and multi–lingual (e.g. written in two languages) documents. For multi–lingual
documents, you must select several recognition languages.
From the Document Languages drop–down list in the Document window, select one of the following:
● Autoselect
ABBYY FineReader will automatically select the appropriate languages from the user–defined list of languages. To modify this list:
1. Select More languages…
2. In the Language Editor dialog box, select the option Automatically select document languages from the following list is
selected.
3. Click the Specify… button.
4. In the Language List dialog box, select the desired languages.
● A language or a combination of languages
Select a language or a language combination. The list of languages includes the languages most often used on the computer, as well
as English, German, and French.
● More languages…Select this option if the language you need is not visible in the list.
In the Language Editor dialog box, select the Specify languages manually option and then select the desired language or
languages by checking the appropriate boxes. If you often use a particular language combination, you can create a new group for these
languages.
There are several reasons that a language may not be listed:
1. Your copy of ABBYY FineReader was purchased in an online store. This version includes only the most common interface and
recognition languages. To download more languages, select Start/Programs/ABBYY FineReader 9.0/Download more
languages and follow the instructions.
2. The language is not supported by ABBYY FineReader.
3. The language was disabled during custom installation.
To install additional recognition languages:
1. Click Start>Settings>Control Panel and then doubleclick Add or Remove Programs.
2. In the list of installed programs, select ABBYY FineReader 9.0 and click Change.
3. In the Custom Setup dialog box, select the desired languages.
4. Follow the setup instructions.
Note: When the program prompts you to select a target folder, provide the path to the folder where ABBYY FineReader is
installed.
Getting Images
OCR quality depends largely on the quality of the image which is affected greatly by the scanning settings used during the document
scanning process.
● Selecting a Scanning Interface
More about scanning via the ABBYY FineReader interface and via the scanner driver interface as well as how to switch between
the two.
● Font Is Too Small
● Tuning Brightness
● Adjusting Image Resolution
● Scanning Facing Pages
● Straightening Text Lines
● Taking Photos of Documents
This section will help you set up your digital camera and get an image of your document that is suitable for OCR.
● Reducing Image Size
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