Table areas mark tables or text fragments arranged in a tabular form. If the program fails
to detect a table automatically, use the Table tool to draw a table area around the table. 1. Select the tool on the toolbar at the top of the Image window and use the mouse to
draw a rectangle around the table on your image.
2. Right–click the table and then click Analyze Table Structure on the shortcut menu, or click the button on the pop–up toolbar of the Table area.
3. Use the pop–up toolbar, the shortcut menu of the table area, or the commands on the Area menu to edit the results.
4. Run the OCR process again.
You can change the type of an area that has already been recognized. To change the type of an area to Table, right–click the area, and then click Change Area Type > Table on the shortcut menu.
If ABBYY FineReader failed to correctly detect the rows and columns in a table automatically, you can adjust the layout manually and run the OCR process again.
Use the commands on the Area menu or the commands on the shortcut menu of a Table area to:
вЂ‖ Analyze Table Structure (automatically analyzes the structure of the table and saves
you the trouble of drawing vertical and horizontal separators manually);
вЂ‖ Split Cells, Merge Cells and Merge Rows (allows you to correct any wrongly
identified rows or columns)
Use the pop–up toolbar of the selected table to: Add a horizontal or vertical separator, delete table separators, analyze table structure, split table cells, or merge table cells or rows (click the Table area and then click the appropriate tool on the pop–up toolbar:
).
Tip: Click the tool on the pop–up toolbar to select objects. Notes:
1. The cell splitting command can only be applied to table cells that were previously merged. 2. To merge or split table cells or rows, select them on the image and then choose the
appropriate tool or menu command.
3. If the table contains vertical text cells, you may need to change the text properties first. 4. If the table cells only contain an image, select the Treat selected cells as picture option
on the Area Properties pane (right–click the area and then click Properties on the shortcut menu).
If the cell contains a combination of images and text, select the image to turn it into a dedicated area inside the cell.
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If a Picture Is Not Detected
Picture areas mark the pictures contained in your document. You can also use Picture
areas if you do not want a text fragment to be recognized. If the program fails to detect a picture automatically, use the Picture tool to draw a picture area around the picture manually.
1. On the toolbar at the top of the Image window, select the tool and then use the mouse to draw a rectangle around the picture on your image.
2. Run the OCR process gain.
If there is text printed over a picture in your document, draw a Background Picture area around the picture.
1. In the Image window, select the tool on the toolbar and draw a frame around the picture.
Note: If you do not see this tool on the toolbar, add it. See Toolbars for detailed instructions.
2. Start the OCR process.
You can change an existing area to Picture or Background Picture. Right–click the area and then click Change Area Type To > Picture or Change Area Type To > Background Picture.
If a Barcode Is Not Detected
Barcode areas mark the barcodes contained in a document. If your document contains a
barcode that you would like to render as a sequence of letters and digits rather than as an image, select the barcode and change the area type to Barcode.
Note: Barcode recognition is disabled by default. To enable barcode recognition, click
Tools > Options…, click the Read tab, and select the Look for barcodes option.
To draw a barcode area and recognize it:
1. Hold Ctrl+Shift+Alt and use the mouse to select a barcode in the Image window or in the Zoom window.
2. Run the OCR process. Supported barcode types:
Code 3 of 9 Check Code 3 of 9
Code 3 of 9 without asterisk Codabar Code 93 Code 128 EAN 8 EAN 13 IATA 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 Check Interleaved 2 of 5 Matrix 2 of 5 Postnet
48 Industrial 2 of 5 UCC–128 UPC–A UPC–E PDF417 Aztec Code Data Matrix QR code Patch code
Note: The default barcode type is Autodetect, which means that barcode types are to be
detected automatically. However, not all barcode types can be detected automatically, and sometimes you may need to select the appropriate type manually on the Area Properties pane.
ABBYY FineReader can automatically detect the following types of barcode: Code 3 of 9, Code 93, Code 128, EAN 8, EAN 13, Postnet, UCC–128, UPC–E, PDF417, UPC–A and QR code.