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ABBYY FineReader 9.0 User’s Guide
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Vertical or Inverted Text Not Recognized Properly
A fragment of recognized text may contain a large number of errors if the orientation of the fragment was detected incorrectly or if the
text in the fragment is inverted (i.e. light text is printed on a dark background).
To solve this problem:
1. In the Image window, select the area or the table cell that contains vertical or inverted text
2. In the Image window on the Area Properties panel (right–click the area and select Area Properties to make the panel visible),
select:
● Vertical (top–to–bottom) or Vertical (bottom–to–top) from the Orientation drop–down list
or
● Inverted from the Inversion drop–down list
3. Re–launch the OCR process.
Adjusting Area Types and Area Borders
Before ABBYY FineReader performs OCR on your document, it detects areas containing text, pictures, tables, and barcodes. The
program relies on this analysis to determine the areas and order of recognition and to recreate the original formatting. Different types
of border areas are distinguished by different colors.
To change area border colors:
1. Select Tools>Options… and click the View tab.
2. Under Appearance, select the area type, and then click the color rectangle next to Color to open the color palette.
The borders of the currently selected area (called the active area) are bold. You can use the Tab key to navigate through the areas. Each
area is numbered and these numbers determine the order of navigation.
If the text of an area does not fit within its borders (this may happen, for example, if you edit the recognized text), the text outside the
borders of a non–active area may not be visible on the screen. Red markers that appear on the borders of the area to alert you to this.
Once an area becomes active, its borders will be expand to fit the entire text to the screen.
Area adjustment tools are located on the toolbar at the top of the Image window.
Important! After you have finished adjusting the areas, re–launch the OCR process.
Creating a new area
1. Select a tool on the toolbar at the top of the Image window:
draws a recognition area
draws a text area
draws a picture area
draws a table area
2. Use the mouse to draw a rectangle around the area.
You can also use the following keyboard shortcuts to draw an area without having to select the corresponding tool first:
● CTRL+SHIFT draws a text area
● ALT+SHIFT draws a picture area
● CTRL+ALT draws a table area
● CTRL+SHIFT+ALT draws a barcode area
To change the type of an area, right–click the area, select Change Area Type, and select the desired type from the shortcut menu.
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