ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac. User’s Guide
Tips and Tricks
This section provides advice on scanning documents, photographing documents, and improving conversion quality.
● Scanning tips
● Photographing documents
● Improving conversion quality
Scanning tips
● Make sure that your scanner is connected properly and switched on.
Consult your scanner's documentation to ensure it is set up correctly. Be sure to install the software provided with your
scanner. Some scanner models must be switched on before you power up the computer.
● Place your documents face down on the scanner, making sure they are properly adjusted. Skewed images may be converted
incorrectly.
Printed documents are best scanned in grayscale at 300 dpi.
Conversion quality depends on the quality of the source document and scanning parameters. Poor image quality may have an adverse
effect on the quality of conversion. Be sure to select the scanning parameters appropriate for your document.
Photographing documents
Taking photos of documents requires some skill and practice. The characteristics of your camera and shooting conditions are also
important.
Note: For detailed information about the settings of your camera, please refer to the documentation supplied with your camera.
Before taking pictures:
1. Make sure that the page fits entirely within the frame.
2. Make sure that lighting is evenly distributed across the page and that there are no dark areas or shadows.
3. Straighten out the page if required and position the camera parallel to the plane of the document so that the lens looks to the
center of the text being photographed.
The quality of conversion greatly depends on the quality of the images.
Photograph the document anew if:
● Picture is too dark and low contrast
Solution: Try using additional light sources. If this is not possible, increase the aperture value.
● Picture is not sharp enough
Solution: Auto focus may not work properly in poor lighting or when photographing at a close distance. In poor lighting
conditions, try using an additional light source. If this does not help, focus the camera manually.
● If only a part of the picture is blurred, try reducing the aperture value. Increase the distance between the document and the
camera and use maximum zoom. Focus on a point anywhere in between the center and a border of the image.
Flash causes glare in center of picture
Solution: Turn off the flash or try photographing from a greater distance.
Improving conversion quality
During the conversion process, ABBYY FineReader Express recognizes the text in the source image and saves it in the selected output
format. Both the quality of the source image and the selected conversion options affect the quality of conversion. Additionally, the
program detects areas that contain text, pictures or tables and uses this information to recreate the original layout.
To improve the quality of conversion:
1. In the main application window:
● Check the orientation of the page.
See the "Rotating images" section for more information.
● Make sure that the image was not inverted during scanning.
See the "Inverting the image" section for more information.
● Adjust the detected areas or draw areas manually in the event of a complex document layout.
See the "Preserving document layout" section for more information.
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