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ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide
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Tip. If a PDF document is written in more than three languages, try converting it fragment by
fragment. First select only text areas written in one language and specify their language and the
appropriate page range (see Selecting and Adjusting Areas Manually for details). Next select and convert
the text areas written in another language, etc.
2. In the Processing mode field, select Process PDF as image.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 extracts textual data from a PDF document and uses these data to support the
conversion process.
If a PDF document contains special characters or non–standard fonts, the corresponding text fragments may
be displayed incorrectly in the output document (e.g. some letters may be replaced with "?" or " ").
To improve conversion quality, try selecting the Process PDF as image option and converting the PDF
document anew.
In this case, ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 will use an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology, which
can handle any type of PDF file (including image–only PDF files), employing any types of font. ABBYY PDF
Transformer 2.0 will analyze the page as if it were a snapshot of a document and use its OCR capabilities to
recognize the text.
Detecting Areas to Convert
Prior to conversion, ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 analyzes the pages to be converted: on each page, the program finds areas containing
text, pictures, or tables.
Pages can be analyzed automatically, or you can select the necessary areas manually. In most cases ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 will
detect the areas correctly.
Page analysis starts automatically when you click the Transform button, but you can also start it manually for the current page by
clicking
on the toolbar.
The program will try to detect, and you can select manually, the following areas:
● text
This area contains text. The text must be printed in one column. If there are pictures inside the text, select
them as picture areas (see below). Otherwise the program will attempt to convert them into editable and
searchable text.
● picture
This area contains a picture. The image inside this area will be saved as is, so you can also use it to select any
part of the text you do not wish to be recognized.
● table
This area contains a table or text arranged as a table. The program will analyze this area into rows and
columns and save them in the output document as a table. You can also select and edit a table manually.
If, during automatic analysis, the program detects the areas incorrectly, you can adjust the areas manually.
Selecting and Adjusting Areas Manually
You may wish to select areas manually if
1. You need to convert only a part of a page;
2. Automatic analysis has detected the areas incorrectly.
Tip:
● In some cases, you can improve the quality of automatic analysis by selecting the correct PDF conversion options. So make
sure you have selected the right options for the file (see Converting PDF Documents).
● If the program has detected some of the areas incorrectly, you can use the area selection tools to adjust only these problem
areas.
To select an area:
1. Click one of the area selection tools:
to select a text fragment
to select a picture
to select a table
2. Position the mouse cursor in a corner of the area you are about to select. Hold down the left mouse button and
drag the cursor diagonally into the opposite corner.