User Guide

C
Code page
A table that sets the interrelation between
the character codes and the characters them
selves. Users can select the characters they
need from the set found in the code page.
Compound word
A word made up of two or more stems (gen
eral meaning); a word not found in the dic
tionary, but potentially made up of two or
more terms found in the dictionary (ABBYY
FineReader meaning).
D
Despeckle image
Delete excess small black dots from an
image.
dpi (Dots per Inch)
How resolution is measured.
Driver
A program controlling a computer peripheral
(e.g., a scanner, a monitor, etc).
F
Font effects
Certain variations of a font outlook (i.e. bold,
italic, underlined, strikethrough, subscript,
superscript, small caps).
H
Hot folder
A special folder monitored by ABBYY
FineReader. Images added to this folder are
automatically opened in the ABBYY
FineReader window.
I
Ignored characters
Any nonletter characters found in words
(e.g. syllable characters or stress marks).
These characters are ignored during the spell
check.
Image type
A scanning parameter that determines
whether an image must be scanned in black
and white, gray or color mode.
Installation ID
A computer code that is generated on the
basis of the PC hardware parameters.
Inverted image
An image with white characters against a
dark background.
L
License Manager
A utility used for managing ABBYY
FineReader licenses and activating ABBYY
FineReader 7.0 Corporate Edition.
Ligature
A combination of two or more “glued” char
acters, for example, fi, fl, ffi etc. These char
acters are difficult separate because they are
usually “glued” in print. Treating them as a
single compound character improves scan
ning accuracy.
M
Monospaced font
A font (such as Courier New) in which all of
the characters are equally spaced. Select the
Typewriter item on the Print Type group
(Recognition tab) to increase the recognition
quality of documents set in monospaced
fonts.
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Appendix. Hot Keys and Glossary