User Guide

To search and replace a word or phrase in the text you are editing:
1. Try one of the following:
● Select Replace in the Edit menu, or
● Press CTRL+H
2. The Replace dialog will open. Type the word or the phrase you want to find
in the Find what line of the dialog, type the word or phrase that is to replace
the search pattern in Replace with line, and set the search parameters.
Font effects
1. Click on the desired word or highlight the appropriate text.
2. Try one of the following:
● Click the appropriate fonteffect button (e.g. ) ) on the Formatting
bar, or
● Rightclick the Text window and select Character Properties in the
local menu. The Character dialog will open. Select the desired font and
set the required font parameters in the dialog, or
● Press CTRL+B for boldface, CTRL+I for italics, CTRL+U for underliningt.
Note: The program allows you to specify the following parameters in the Font
dialog: character spacing, character scale, and use of lowercase capitals.
These formatting changes will only be visible once you export your docu
ment to an application that supports formatting (such as MS Word) and
cannot be seen in ABBYY FineReader’s builtin text.
Text alignment
1. Select the text you wish to align.
2. Try one of the following:
● Click the desired alignment button (e.g. ) on the Formatting bar, or
● Rightclick on Text and select Character Properties in the local menu.
The Character dialog will open. Select the necessary item in the
Alignment field.
Undo and redo
Perform one of the following actions:
To undo an action:
● Click Undo on the Standard toolbar
or
● Select Undo in the Edit menu
or
● Press CTRL+Z
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Chapter 7. Checking and Editing Text
Undo button