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OCR function of ABBYY FineReader for ScanSnap

Overview of ABBYY FineReader for ScanSnap

ABBYY FineReader for ScanSnap is an application used exclusively with the ScanSnap.
This program can perform text recognition only for PDF files created by using the
ScanSnap. It cannot perform text recognition for files created using Adobe Acrobat or other
applications.

Features of OCR Function

The optical character recognition program has the following features. Before performing text
recognition, check whether the documents you want to convert are suitable for conversion
according to the following guidelines:
Application Suitable for conversion Not suitable for conversion
ABBYY Scan to
Word
Documents with simple layouts
consisting of single or double columns
Documents with complex layouts
containing a mixture of diagrams, tables
and text (e.g. brochures, magazines and
newspapers)
ABBYY Scan to
Excel(R)
Documents containing simple tables with
no cells merged
Documents containing:
zTables with no solid border lines
zTables with complicated cell formats
zComplex tables containing sub-
tables
zDiagrams
zGraphs
zPhotos
zVertical text