User Guide

Available document types :
Table analysis options
Usually, the application divides tables into rows and columns automatically. If additional tun
ing of table options is needed, open the Recognition tab (Tools>Options) and in the Tables
group select the desired item. Change these options if:
● Automatic page layout analysis has drawn the table rows and columns incor
rectly;
● The document contains a large number of simple tables of the same type (i.e.
there are no merged cells or there is always only one line of text per cell).
1. Use the One line of text per cell option if your table has no (or minimal) black separators
and each cell has only a single line of text. For example:
Kilometers Miles – This table has only one line of text per cell
10.62
5 3.2
0Water freezing
point
100Water boiling
point
– This table has more than one line of text per cellt, degrees
centigrade
Physical
phenomenon
– The text is formatted into a single column and set in a uniformly
sized, monospaced font. In the recognized text, left indents are
represented by spaces, each line is separated into a separate para
graph, and empty lines separate original paragraphs. This
approach is useful, for example, when recognizing C++ code
printouts or old computer printouts.
Plain text
formatted with
spaces
– The text is formatted into one column. Use this option if auto
matic page layout analysis incorrectly determines the text type as
multicolumn.
Single column
– (set by default) Text layout is determined automatically.
Recognition of all text types, including texts containing multiple
columns or tables and pictures, is performed automatically.
Auto detect
layout
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ABBYY FineReader 7.0 User’s Guide