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ABBYY FineReader 9.0 User’s Guide
Editing a User Pattern
You may wish to edit your newly created pattern before launching the OCR process. An incorrectly trained pattern may adversely affect
OCR quality. A pattern should contain only whole characters or ligatures. Characters with cut edges and characters with incorrect letter
correspondences should be removed from the pattern.
1. From the Tools menu, select Pattern Editor….
2. In the Pattern Editor dialog box, select the desired pattern and click the Edit… button.
3. In the User Pattern dialog box, select the desired character and click the Properties… button.
In the dialog box, type the letter corresponding to the selected character and select the desired font effect (italic, bold, superscript,
or subscript).
To delete characters that have been trained incorrectly, select the desired characters and click the Delete button.
ABBYY FineReader Automated Tasks
Often document processing involves a number of routine tasks such as scanning, OCR, and saving the results in a particular format.
ABBYY FineReader offers tools for automating these routine tasks.
An automated task is a sequence of steps, each corresponding to a particular processing routine. ABBYY FineReader already includes
a number of pre–defined and ready–to–use automated tasks. Launch automated tasks can be launched from the Quick Tasks
window (click Quick Tasks on the menu bar if the window is not visible).
You can also use an Automation Wizard to create a personalized automated task.
● Running an Automated Task
● Managing Automated Tasks
● Custom Automated Tasks
● Creating an Automated Task
Running an Automated Task
When you run an automated task, ABBYY FineReader uses the options selected in the Options dialog box (Tools>Options…).
To run an automated task, do one of the following:
● In the Quick Tasks window, click the desired automated task.
Tip: Click Quick Tasks on the menu bar if the window is not visible.
● Select Tools>Automated Task and then select the desired built–in or user–created automated.
While an automated task is running, a task progress window is displayed, showing a progress bar, task steps, tips, and warnings.
Managing Automated Tasks
The Automation Manager allows you to run automated tasks, create and modify automated tasks, and delete user–created
automated tasks.
To open the Automation Manager, do one of the following:
● Select Tools>Automated Task and then select the Automation Manager… item or
● Press CTRL+T.
The Automation Manager dialog box lists available automated tasks.
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