ABBYY FineReader Tutorial
It provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to convert a paper document into editable formats and how to use the program  

Contents
Quick Start
Samples

Simple letter

Multilingual document

Book: Dual pages

Faxes

Complex magazine page

Newspaper page

PDF document

Simple table

Table without black separators

Complex table

Business cards

PowerPoint handouts

Code printouts

Document with decorative font

Document with product codes

Photo of a document

Tips

Book: Dual Pages

Situation description: two pages are scanned simultaneously in one scanning session; too many errors during recognition because each page has a different tilt; this document is saved as one page with two columns.

Book: duall pages

(DualPage.tif)

For good recognition the image should have the so-called standard orientation: the text should be read top-down and the lines should be horizontal. During recognition ABBYY FineReader detects the page orientation automatically by default. Images of dual pages have no standard orientation because each page has its own skew.

Solution: There is a special mode in ABBYY FineReader where an image with dual pages is split into two different batch pages. This allows you to process each page separately. To correct the skew of each page during recognition automatically and to save the recognized text from each page into a separate file or on a separate page do the following:

  • Select the Split  dual pages item on the Scan/Open tab in the Options dialog before adding (scanning or opening) such images to the batch.

You can also split dual pages by using the Split image item in the Image menu. For more information, please see Working with business cards.

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