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ABBYY ® FineReader Express Edition for Mac User’s Guide © 2009 ABBYY. All rights reserved.[...]
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ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac. User’s Guide © 2009 ABBYY. All rights reserved. ABBYY, the ABBYY logo and ABBYY FineRead er are either regi stered trademarks or trademarks of ABBYY Software Ltd. © 20012006 Michael David Adams © 19992000 Image Power, Inc. © 19992000 The University of British Columbia. All rights r eserved. ?[...]
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ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac. User’s Guide Contents What Is ABBYY FineReader Express .................................................................................. 4 What is OCR? .........................................................................................................................................................[...]
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ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac. User’s Guide What Is ABBYY FineReader Express ABBYY FineReader Express is a one–click OC R and conversion utility that accurately converts your paper documents and image file s into various electronic formats. ABBYY FineRe ader Express pres erves the layout and formatting of the original, reducing t he [...]
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ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac. User’s Guide Working with ABBYY FineReader Express With ABBYY FineReader Express, you can quic kly get an electronic copy of your paper document or convert an ima ge into text, spreadsheet, HTML or searchable PDF file. 1. Launch ABBYY FineReader Express us ing any of the methods below: Important! When lau[...]
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ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac. User’s Guide 1. Converting images from the Finder When you install ABBYY FineReader Express on yo ur computer it is integrated with the Finder . As a result, an ABBYY FineReader Express item is added to the shortcut menu of supported files, enabling you to convert image or PDF f iles directly from the Fin[...]
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ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac. User’s Guide Creates an HTML file. Creates a PDF file. The conversion process starts automatically. Once t he conversion is complete, the program prompts yo u to save the file in the s elected format. To change the output format, wait unti l the conversion process ends and click Cancel in the Save Convert[...]
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ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac. User’s Guide Tips and Tricks This section provides advice on scanning documen ts, phot ographing documents, and improving con version quality. ● Scanning tips ● Photographing documents ● Improving conversion quality Scanning tips ● Make sure that your scanner is co nnected properly and switched on[...]
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ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac. User’s Guide ● Make sure the correct languag e is selected in the Document Language drop–down list. See the " Selecting the document language " sec tion for more information. 2. Click the Convert button. Rotating the image Incorrect orientation of the tex t may result in poor conversion qual[...]
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ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac. User’s Guide Note: ● Alternatively, you can remove an area by choosing Delete Area in t he shortcut menu. ● To remove all areas from an image, choose Delete All Areas in the Areas menu. Working with table cells If ABBYY FineReader Express fail s to detect the rows and columns of a table corr ectly, yo[...]
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ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac. User’s Guide Registration We invite you to regist er ABBYY FineRe ader Express. Registration is optional. Registration benefits: • Free technical support • Email notifications about new ABBYY releases The following registration methods are available: • From the ABBYY FineReader Express menu, sele[...]
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ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac. User’s Guide Appendix ● Supported text formats ● Supported image formats ● Keyboard shortcuts Supported text formats ABBYY FineReader Express can save conver sion res ults in the following formats: ● Rich Text Format (*. rtf ) ● Microsoft Excel worksheet (*. xls ) ● HTML document ( *.htm ) ●[...]
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ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac. User’s Guide Invert image Command–I Copy Page Image Command–C Delete Page Del Areas menu Delete All Areas Ctrl–Del Areas>Change Area Type menu Text Command–1 Table Command–2 Picture Command–3 Areas>Draw Area menu Draw Text Area Shift–Command–T Draw Table Area Shift–Command–A Draw[...]
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ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac. User’s Guide How to Buy an ABBYY Product You can buy ABBYY products from our online st ore or from our partners (see http://www. abbyy.com for the list of ABBYY partners) . For detailed information About ABBYY products, please ● visit our website at http://www.abbyy.com ● call us at +7 495 783 37 00 o[...]
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ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac. User’s Guide About ABBYY ABBYY is a leading provider of document re cognition, data capture and linguistic soft ware. Its products include the ABBYY FineR eader line of optical character recognition (OCR) applications, ABBYY Fle xiCapture li ne of data capture solutions, ABBYY Lingvo dicti onary software,[...]
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ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac. User’s Guide Technical Support Should you have any questions regard ing the use of ABBYY FineRead er Express and its features, plea se c onsult the help file or v isit the technical support section on the ABBYY webs ite at www.abbyy.com/support. If you cannot find answers to your questions there, please c[...]