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ABBYY FineReader 9.0 User’s Guide
lines and tables with color cells).
Note: Compared to the Fast mode, the Thorough mode takes more time but ensures better recognition quality.
● Fast reading
This mode is recommended for processing large documents with simple layouts and good quality images.
Select the mode that best suits your needs.
● Table processing
Select how tables should be handled.
● Only find tables with explicit separators
Select this option to recognize only tables with explicit separators.
● One line of text per cell in table Select this option to place each line of text in a separate table cell. If this option is turned
off, table cells may contain more than one line of text.
● Training
Pattern training is disabled by default. Select the Train user pattern option to teach ABBYY FineReader new characters when it
performs OCR on your pages.
Pattern training is useful for the following types of texts:
● Texts printed in decorative fonts
● Texts which contain special characters (e.g. mathematical symbols)
● Large documents (more than 100 pages) of poor print quality.
You can either use the built–in character patterns or create your own. Select the desired option under Training.
Incorrect Font in Recognized Text or Some Characters Are
Replaced with"?" or "□"
If you see "?" or "□" replacing letters in the Text window, check to see if the fonts selected to display the recognized text contain all the
characters used in your text.
You can change the font in the recognized text without launching the OCR process again.
To change the font in a short document:
1. Select a text fragment where some characters are displayed incorrectly.
2. Right–click the selection and select Properties from the shortcut menu.
3. On the Text Properties panel, select the desired font.
The font in the selected text fragment will change accordingly.
To change the font in a long document where styles are used:
1. From the Tools menu, select Styles Editor…
2. In the Styles Editor dialog box, select the desired style and change its font.
3. Click OK.
The font in all the text fragments using this style will change accordingly.
Important! If an ABBYY FineReader document was recognized or edited on another computer, the text in the document may
be displayed incorrectly on your computer. If this is the case, make sure that all the fonts used in this document are installed on your
machine.
Paper Document Contains Decorative (Non–Standard) Fonts
The Training mode improves OCR quality on documents with decorative fonts or documents containing special characters (e.g.
mathematical symbols).
In Training mode, a user pattern is created which can be used when performing OCR on the entire text.
To use a pattern to recognize a document:
1. Open the Options dialog box (Tools>Options…) and then click the 2. Read tab.
2. Under Training, select the Train user pattern option.
Note: If you select Use built–in patterns, ABBYY FineReader will use both the user patterns and its factory preset patterns for
OCR.
3. Click the Pattern Editor… button.
4. In the Pattern Editor dialog box, select the desired pattern and then click Close.
5. In the ABBYY FineReader main window, click the Read button.
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