ABBYY FineReader 10 User's Guide

ABBYY FineReader 10 User’s Guide
ABBYY FineReader can perform OCR on images created with a digital camera.
1. Take a picture of the text.
Note. Good quality photos are required for successful OCR results.
2. Save the photo to your hard disk.
3. Click on the Open button, or select Open PDF File/Image… from the File menu.
Recognition
ABBYY FineReader uses Optical Character Recognition technologies to convert document images into editable text. Before
performing OCR, the program analyzes the structure of the entire document and detects the areas that contain text, barcodes,
images, and tables.
ABBYY FineReader documents are by default recognized automatically under current program settings.
Tip. You can disable automatic analysis and OCR for newly added images from the Scan/Open tab of the Options dialog box
(Tools>Options…).
To achieve the best OCR quality, select the appropriate options for the recognition language, recognition mode, and recognized
text print type.
In some cases, the OCR process can be started manually. For example, if you disabled automatic recognition, manually selected
areas on an image, or changed the following settings in the Options dialog box (Tools>Options…):
● The recognition language on the Document tab.
● The document print type on the Document tab.
● The recognition settings on the Read tab.
● Font matching on the Advanced tab.
To launch the OCR process manually:
● Click the Read button on the main toolbar, or
● Select Read from the Document menu
Tip. To recognize the selected area or page, use the appropriate options on the Page and Areas menus, or use the shortcut menu.
Checking and Editing
Recognition results are displayed in the Text window. Uncertain characters are highlighted in color in this window. This makes it
easy to locate possible errors and quickly correct them.
You can edit the output document either directly in the Text window or with the built–in Check Spelling dialog box
(Options…>Check Spelling…), which lets you browse through uncertain words, find spelling errors, add new words to your
dictionary, and change the dictionary language.
ABBYY FineReader also lets you adjust the formatting of recognized text.
You can edit recognized text in the Text window with the buttons on the main toolbar and the Text Properties panel (via the
shortcut menu of the Text>Properties window).
Note. When ABBYY FineReader performs OCR, it automatically detects the document's styles. All of the selected styles are
displayed on the Text Properties panel. By editing styles, you can easily change the formatting of the entire text. ABBYY
FineReader preserves all styles when saving text to RTF/DOC/DOCX formats.
Saving Results
Recognized text can be saved to a file, sent to the application of your choice, copied to the Clipboard, or sent by e–mail in any of
the formats supported by ABBYY FineReader. You can save either the entire document, or selected pages only.
Important! Be sure to select the appropriate saving options before clicking Save.
To save recognized text:
1. Select the format saving mode on the main toolbar's drop–down menu.
Document Format Saving Modes.
● Exact copy
lets you obtain a document with formatting that corresponds to that of the original.
It is recommended for documents with complex formatting, such as promotion booklets. Note, however, that this option
limits the ability to change the text and format of the output document.
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