General Information on Page Layout Analysis

Page layout analysis can be done either automatically or manually. In most cases, ABBYY FineReader manages the complex task of analyzing page layout by itself. Start automatic analysis by clicking on the 2-Read button. Recognition and layout analysis are performed simultaneously.

Click this button to start the process of reading an open image. To change the button mode, click the arrow at the right of it and select the necessary item in the local menu.

Note: Stand–alone page layout analysis is also available (Process>Read>Analyze Layout menu). This process may be needed at times, but often this approach provides inferior page layout analysis, since coupled layout analysis/recognition uses information acquired during recognition to improve layout analysis.

You may opt to draw blocks manually if:

1. Only a part of a page needs to be recognized;

2. Automatic layout analysis has drawn blocks incorrectly.

Tip:

• In some cases, the quality of the automatic layout analysis can be improved by changing the page layout analysis options. To view the current layout analysis options, go to the Read tab, Tools>Options menu.
• If the application has drawn some blocks incorrectly, it is often faster to edit the incorrect blocks with the block editing tools than to delete the blocks and draw them again manually.

	Automatic page layout analysis options
	Drawing and editing blocks manually
	Manual table layout analysis