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ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide

● The selected options (output format, the document language, layout retention options);

● Tips and warning messages.

To open a page for which a warning message has been issued, simply click the page number.

Note: If the look of the output document differs very much from the original, try altering the conversion options and/or selecting

text, table, and picture areas manually. For more information, see Improving Conversion Results.

Conversion Options

A set of PDF conversion options depends on the output editable format you selected. If you specify the necessary options correctly, the

converted document will fully match your expectations.

Note: When converting to searchable PDF, the entire layout of the original is retained by default.

1. File name (except when converting to the current Microsoft Word document)

By default, the document will be saved in the source folder and will have the name of the source document. To select a different folder

or change the name of the file, click Change...

2. Page range

The options under Pages to transform allow you to convert an entire PDF file or only selected pages:

● All – Converts the entire PDF document,

● Selected – Converts selected pages. You may provide page numbers separated by commas and/or page ranges, e.g. 1,2,

4–12.

3. Document languages

The list must contain only the languages actually used in the PDF document. When you first run ABBYY PDF Transformer, this list

contains two languages – English and the interface language.

To change the document languages, click Change...

Note: We do not recommend using more than three languages at a time. Using more than three languages may result in more errors

in the text of the output file.

4. Layout retention

Options available when converting to Microsoft Word, HTML, or RTF

Choose whether you wish to keep the original formatting and/or pictures:

● Original layout

This mode creates an output document which looks exactly like the original.

● Text flow

This mode retains the text of the original, but some of its formatting will be lost. The output document will retain

paragraphs and fonts, but will not retain columns, exact locations of objects, or spacing.

● Keep pictures

This mode retains the pictures of the original document. If the source PDF file contains a large number of pictures, the

size of the output file may be very large. Clear the Keep pictures option to reduce file size.