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Layout Options
The Layout Options play an important role when generating Word processor documents (.doc, .docx, .rtf,
.odt), Spreadsheet documents (.xml, .xlsx) and Web page documents (.htm). They determine for a large
part what your final documents will look like.
Below you find a description of what each Layout option does and examples of real documents. Also notice
the thumbnail on the right side of the window. It gives you a general idea of the document layout based on
the Layout option you select.
Note: the Layout tab is of course unavailable when you select PDF, XPS or TIF as output format.
PDF and XPS are fixed-layout formats and by default re-create the original layout of the document.
And TIF is an image format, on which no recognition is done.
Note: if any Layout option is unavailable for the output format you selected, this means the option in
question is not supported.
The option Create body text generates a continuous, running line of text. The result is a document
without any formatting. The formatting is to be done manually, by the user.
Example of body text
The option Retain word and paragraph formatting keeps the general format structure of your
scanned document.
The font type, size and type style are maintained across the recognition process.
The tabs and the alignment of each block are recreated.
The text blocks and columns aren't recreated; the paragraphs just follow each other.
Tables are recaptured correctly.
Pictures are not captured.
Example of word and paragraph formatting