9.0

ABBYY FineReader 9.0 User’s Guide
Default paper size
You can select the paper size to be used for saving in RTF, DOC, WordML or DOCX format from the Default paper size drop–down
list.
Tip: To ensure the recognized text fits the paper size, select the Increase paper size if content does not fit option. ABBYY
FineReader will automatically select the most suitable paper size when saving.
Text settings
Note that the default values under Text settings change depending on whether you select the Exact copy, Editable
copy, Formatted text or Plain text saving option.
● Keep font attributes
Retains font attributes in the output text: font type, font size, and font color.
● Keep headers and footers
Retains running titles (headers and footers) in the output text.
● Keep page breaks
Retains the original page arrangement.
● Keep line breaks
Retains the original arrangement into lines.
● Retain text color
Retains the original color of the letters.
Note: Word 6.0, 7.0, and 97 (8.0) have a limited text and background color palette, therefore the original document colors may be
replaced with the ones available in the Word palette. Word 2000 (9.0) or later retains the colors of the source document in full.
● Remove optional hyphens
Removes the optional hyphens (¬) from the recognized text. If Keep line breaks is selected, the optional hyphen symbols will be
replaced with the hyphen symbols (–).
Picture settings
Documents that contain many pictures are very large files. You can reduce the file size by selecting one of the options available in this
drop–down list.
Tip:
● Select No pictures if you don't need pictures in the output file.
● Select Custom… to specify picture settings manually. In the Custom Picture Settings dialog box, select the desired settings and
click OK.
Advanced
Some of the more advanced saving options become available by clicking the More… button under Advanced. In the Advanced
Saving Options dialog box, select the desired options and click OK.
● Highlight uncertain characters
Select this option to edit the recognized text in Microsoft Word rather than in the ABBYY FineReader Text window. All uncertain
characters will be highlighted in the Microsoft Word window.
Tip: You can change the color of uncertain characters on the View tab of the Options dialog box (Tools>Options…).
● Enable compatibility with Microsoft Word 95
Select this option to open and edit the resulting document in Microsoft Word 95.
Note: When saving in Microsoft Word 95, pictures must be saved in the BMP image format.
Saving in XLS/XLSX
To save your text in XLS/XLSX:
1. On the toolbar at the top of the Text window, select either Microsoft Excel Document (*.xls) or Microsoft Excel 2007
Document (*.xlsx) from the drop–down list next to the Save button. From the drop–down list below, select the desired saving
option.
2. Click the Save button.
Tip: Additional saving options are available in the Options dialog box: select Tools>Options…, click the 3. Save tab, and then click
the XLS/XLSX tab.
The following options are available:
● Ignore text outside tables
Saves only the tables and ignores the rest.
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