User manual

ABBYY PDF Transformer+
User’s Guide
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Appendix
Contents
 Glossary
 Keyboard shortcuts
 Using ABBYY PDF Transformer+ Help
 Customer Experience Improvement Program
Glossary
A
Activation is the process of obtaining a special code from ABBYY which allows the user to use a
copy of the software in full mode on a specific computer.
Active area is a selected area on an image that can be deleted, moved or modified. To make an
area active, click it. The frame enclosing an active area is bold and has small squares on its
corners.
Activation code is a code that is issued by ABBYY to each user of ABBYY PDF Transformer+
during the activation procedure. An activation code is used to activate ABBYY PDF Transformer+ on
the computer that was used to generate the Product ID.
ADRT® (Adaptive Document Recognition Technology) is a technology that improves the quality of
conversion of multi–page documents. It is capable of recognizing such structural elements as
headings, headers and footers, footnotes, page numbering, and signatures.
Area is a section on an image enclosed by a frame. Before performing OCR, ABB YY PDF
Transformer+ detects text, picture, table, and barcode areas in order to determine which sections
of the image should be recognized and in what order.
Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) is a device that automatically feeds documents to a scanner.
A scanner with an ADF can scan multiple pages without manual intervention. ABBYY PDF
Transformer+ supports multi–page documents.
B
Background picture area is an image area that contains a picture with text printed over it.
Brightness is a scanning parameter that indicates the contrast between the black and white areas
on an image. Setting the correct brightness value increases recognition quality.
C
Character encoding is used to pair characters with character codes.
D
Document open password is a password which prevents users from opening a PDF document
unless they type the password specified by the author.
DPI (dots per inch) is a measure of image resolution.
Driver is a software program that controls a computer peripheral (e.g., a scanner, a monitor, etc).