9.0

ABBYY FineReader 9.0 User’s Guide
Auto focus may not work properly in poor lighting or when photographing at a close distance. In poor lighting conditions, try using an
additional light source. When photographing a document up close, try using the Macro (or Close–Up) mode. Otherwise, if possible,
focus the camera manually.
If only a part of the picture is blurred, try reducing the aperture value. Increase the distance between the document and the camera
and use maximum zoom. Focus on a point anywhere in between the center and a border of the image.
In poor lighting conditions, when shooting in auto mode, the camera will use slower shutter speeds, which makes the resulting photo
less sharp. In this case, try the following:
● Enable the anti–shake system, if available.
● Use auto release to prevent the shaking of the camera caused by pressing the shutter release button (even when using a tripod).
The flash causes glare in the center of the picture
Turn off the flash. Otherwise, try photographing from a greater distance.
Reducing Image Size
If your document does not contain color pictures, color fonts or backgrounds, or if you do not need to preserve the colors in the
output document, consider saving your image in black–and–white to save disk space.
1. Select Tools>Options…, and click the 1. Scan/Open tab.
2. Select Convert color and grayscale images to black–and–white.
3. Scan your document or open its image.
4. Do one of the following:
● Select File>Save Images… to save the page image.
● Select File>Save FineReader Document… to save the ABBYY FineReader Document.
Tips for Improving OCR Quality
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a process which converts document images into editable text files. This chapter provides
advice on selecting the OCR options that best match the structure of your document and on choosing the right settings to handle
non–standard situations.
● OCR Options
● Incorrect Font in Recognized Text or Some Characters Are Replaced with "?" or "□"
● Paper Document Contains Decorative (Non–Standard) Fonts
● Complex Structure of Paper Document Not Reproduced in Electronic Document
● Table Not Detected
● Table Cells Detected Incorrectly
● Picture Not Detected
● Barcode Not Detected
● Vertical or Inverted Text Not Recognized Properly
● Adjusting Area Types and Area Borders
OCR Options
Selecting the right OCR options is crucial for flawless and fast OCR. The choice depends not only on the type and complexity of your
paper document but also on how you are planning to use the electronic version.
OCR options are grouped together on the 2. Read tab of the Options dialog box (Tools>Options…).
Important! ABBYY FineReader automatically recognizes the pages added to a document using the current settings. You can turn off
automatic analysis and OCR of newly added images on the 1. Scan/Open tab of the Options dialog box (Tools>Options…).
Note: If you change the OCR options after a document has been recognized, run the OCR process again with the new options.
On the 2. Read tab of the Options dialog box, you may select from the following options:
● Reading mode
Select a reading mode.
Two reading modes are available:
● Thorough reading
In this mode, ABBYY FineReader analyzes and recognizes both simple documents and documents with complex layouts, even
those with text printed on a color or raster background and documents with complex tables (including tables with white grid
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