User Guide
To start scanning:
Click the 1Scan button or select the Scan item in the File menu. The
Image window containing a scanned imageof the page will appear in
ABBYY FineReader’s Main window.
To scan multiple pages simultaneously, click the arrow to the right of the 1Scan button and
select the Scan Multiple Images item.
If scanning does not begin immediately, one of two dialogs will open:
● The scanner’s TWAINSource dialog. Check the scanning options and click
the OK button to start scanning.
● The Scanner Settings dialog. Check the scanning options and click the OK
button to start scanning.
Tip: To start recognition immediately after the source images are scanned, use the
Scan&Read or Scan&Read Multiple Images option:
Click the arrow at the right of the Scan&Read button and select either
Scan&Read or Scan&Read Multiple Images item in the local menu.
ABBYY FineReader will scan and read the images. The scanned image will appear in the
Image window and the recognition results will be displayed in the Text window of the main
window. From there, the text may be exported to an external application or saved in any of a
variety of formats.
Setting Scanning Parameters
Recognition quality depends greatly on the quality of the scanned image. You can improve the
image quality by altering the main scanning parameters: resolution, scan mode and brightness.
The main scanning parameters are:
● Resolution – use 300 dpi resolution for regular texts (font size 10 pts or
greater) and 400–600 dpi resolution for texts set in smaller font sizes (9 pts
or less).
● Scan mode – gray.
Scanning in grayscale mode is best for recognition purposes. During grayscale
scanning, brightness is adjusted automatically..
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Chapter 4. Acquiring the Image