Operation Manual

Section 9: Configure the Export
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 The option Recreate source document tries to stay as close to the original layout as possible.
The text blocks, tables and pictures are re-created in the same place as the original.
The word and paragraph formatting are maintained.
Hyperlinks are re-created too.
Example of a re-created source document
 The option Use columns instead of frames creates columns instead of text frames to
position the information on the page.
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.
 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.
 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 Maintain colors of
background. This provides a similar but less drastic, more compact alternative.
 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 graphics 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.