Operation Manual
Section 8: Saving Documents
Columnized texts are easier to edit than documents containing multiple frames:
the text flows naturally from one column to the next.
Note: should Readiris be unable to detect columns in the source document, then
frames are still used as substitute solution.
Tip: use this option when generating Word documents.
o The option Insert column breaks inserts a hard column break at the end of each
column, which maintains the format of the text. Any text you edit, add or remove
remains inside its column; no text flows automatically across a column break.
Tip: disable this option (Insert column breaks) when you have body text that
contains columns. You'll ensure the natural flow of the text from one column to
the next.
o The option Add image as page background places the scanned image as page
background beneath the recognized text.
Note: this option increases the file size of the output files substantially.
The format PDF Text-Image modifies PDF files in the same manner.
To avoid the file increase discussed above, select the option Retain colors of
background on the Options tab. This provides a similar but less drastic, more
compact alternative.
General Options
The General Options are available for each output format on which Readiris does text recognition.
When you select an image output format, such as PDF Image, or TIF, for instance, the General
Options are not available. The General Options complement other options such as the Layout and
SpreadsheetML Options. Note, however, that some general options are unavailable depending on
the other Formatting options you select.
Below you find a description of what each option does and examples of real documents.
• The option Merge lines into paragraphs enables automatic paragraph detection.
Readiris wordwraps the recognized text until a new paragraph starts, and reglues
hyphenated words at the end of a line.
• The option Include pictures does exactly what it says; it includes images in your output
documents.
Clear this option in case you only need lay-outed text.
• The option Maintain colors of text keeps the original color of the text in your source
documents.
• The option Maintain colors of background recreates the background color of each
document.
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