New Features of ABBYY FineReader 7.0

Recognition Accuracy

• Recognition accuracy has been improved by 25%. The program now analyzes and recognizes documents with complex layouts even better, in particular documents with text on a color or raster background and documents with complex tables (including tables with white grid lines and tables with color cells).
• Specialized English and German dictionaries have been added that include the most frequently used legal and medical terminology, providing unmatched recognition accuracy of specialized legal and medical texts.

XML Support and Integration with Microsoft Office 

• FineReader now includes a new saving format, Microsoft Word XML. Users of Microsoft Office 2003 will be able to appreciate all the advantages provided by the XML format!
• Integration with Microsoft Word 2003 brings together the power of the two applications for processing recognized texts. You will be able to check and edit recognition results using familiar Microsoft Word tools and at the same time compare the exported results with the original image: FineReader's Zoom window now opens in Microsoft Word.
• Your work will become more comfortable thanks to a number of new features introduced in FineReader 7.0. When creating a document in Microsoft Word, you can launch FineReader, recognize a piece of text and insert it in the current Microsoft Word document right under the pointer. This means that you will be able to collect information from several paper or PDF documents in one electronic document. Recognition results can now be sent by e-mail as an attachment in any of the supported saving formats.

Improved Recognition of PDF Documents 

• The quality of recognition of PDF documents has been drastically improved. Most PDFs have background text. FineReader 7.0 can extract this text and use it for checking recognition results and improving recognition quality.
• You can now edit recognized PDF documents in the FineReader editor: the changes you make will be saved in any of the supported PDF saving formats.
• PDF documents created by FineReader are optimized for publishing on the World Wide Web: your readers will be able to see the first pages before the entire document has been downloaded.  
  

New Saving Options  

• A new saving format, Microsoft PowerPoint, will allow you to quickly create new presentations or edit the existing ones.
• When saving results in Microsoft Word, the *.doc file will become smaller compared to the previous versions. The retention of formatting of documents with various separators has been improved and new saving options for images have been added.
• The retention of complex formatting elements has been improved in HTML (e.g. text flowing around non-rectangular images). The resulting HTML files are now smaller in size, which is important for documents published on the Internet.

Ease of Use 

• The program interface has been updated and has become even more straightforward and user-friendly. The professional settings have been made more accessible. Editing toolbars have been moved to the window in which recognition results are displayed. New customization tools allow you to fine-tune FineReader windows, for example, you can make individual Zoom settings for each window.
• Thanks to the updated Tutorial, the beginner will be able to start using the program right away, while the savvy user will find useful tips for tuning the program for maximum quality and productivity.
  

Professional Features  

FineReader Professional Edition now includes those capabilities that were previously available only to the users of FineReader Corporate Edition:

• Improved recognition of barcodes, recognition support for PDF-417 2D barcodes. 
• The image splitting tool will allow you to split the image into several areas and save each area as a separate page. This mode is particularly handy for recognizing business cards scanned on one page, books, and PowerPoint printouts.
• Search with morphology support. Any batch created in ABBYY FineReader can be used as a small database with full-text search capabilities. You can search for words in all their grammatical forms. (This feature is available for the 34 languages that have dictionary support.)
• Intel Hyper-Threading Technology support. This technology can greatly increase productivity when recognizing large numbers of documents.

 Additional Professional Features

• Duplex scanning. If you scan a two-sided document using a duplex scanner, you will get two separate images for each side of the document. This option can be turned off if you do not need duplex scanning. 
• JPEG 2000 image files can be opened and saved.
  

Network Capabilities of FineReader Corporate Edition

• All main installation methods from the server to workstations are supported. FineReader Corporate Edition supports all the main LAN installation methods: using Active Directory, using Microsoft Systems Management Server, and using the command line.
• Support for multi-functional devices, including network MFPs. MFPs that combine the functionality of the scanner, printer, copier and fax are becoming more and more popular. FineReader can work with such devices, both connected to a workstation and in a network. Special program settings allow users to open scanned images automatically from anywhere in the network or from an FTP server and recognize them.
• Several corporate licensing models. In addition to the concurrent licensing program, other licensing schemes have been implemented. You will always be able to choose the licensing scheme that best suits your needs.
• License Manager is a new utility for managing licenses in a network environment. The License Manager will allow you to monitor the use of FineReader Corporate Edition on workstations, assign licenses to particular workstations, and add new licenses.

For more information about installing ABBYY FineReader on workstations, working with the License Manager, and working with the program in a local area network, please refer to the "System Administrator's Guide" which can be found in the Administrator's Guide folder on the server on which FineReader was installed.