8.0

You can attach a flexible description at the stage of document template creation. To do this, add the

document image during the second stage of template creation. Next, select the Load FlexiLayout option

and enter the path to the AFL file containing the flexible description.

You can also attach a flexible description in the Document Template Editor window. To do so, use the

Properties dialog box of a section. To open the Properties dialog box of a section, from the context

menu of the section select Properties… Open the FlexiLayout tab and click Load... Select the AFL file

containing the necessary flexible description.

Once the flexible description is attached, all fields and their marking will already be present on the

image.

The set of fields in the template must be identical to the set of fields in the flexible description. You

must not add or remove fields (except fields with no regions on the image). You can change the set of

fields to be recognized only if you change the flexible description.

Next, specify the properties of data fields. This process is similar to setting up field properties for a fixed

template. Set up recognition, verification, and export properties and specify the necessary rules.

For more information, please see Creating a document template

6. Peculiarities of Capturing Non-Structured

Documents

ABBYY FlexiCapture 8.0 Professional can help you process non-structured documents containing

information written in the free-form style, for example contracts, letters, order, appendices, etc. Non-

structured documents with text or images separated by blank pages or pages with barcodes can be

processed using ABBYY FlexiCapture 8.0 Professional and exported to searchable PDF files or files in

graphical format.

Processing such documents usually means converting them to electronic form and organizing the search

based on key fields.

The key fields on such documents are usually searched for with the help of a flexible description created

in ABBYY FlexiLayout Studio.

If automated search for key fields is unavailable, the operator can enter the values for the key fields

manually. To do so, create a document template with a single field (or multiple fields, if necessary) and

select the Don't recognize (Key From Image field - will be entered manually) option on the

recognition properties for this field or fields. When you start the verification process, the operator will

now be prompted to enter the value of the key field (or fields) manually.

To store the document, you must set up the export process. The key field values can be exported to a file

or to a database and the document image can be saved in your preferred graphical format. To do so,

select the Save document images option and specify the image saving parameters on the Images tab of

the Export Settings dialog box. You can save document images as searchable PDF files or files of a

selected graphical format.

Pay close attention when assembling pages into documents: with unstructured documents it can be fixed

to determine to which document a particular page belongs. To automate the assembly of unstructured

documents we recommend separating documents with blank sheets or pages with barcodes. When

adding images to a batch (by scanning, adding from file, or creating an import profile) you then need to