FineReader 7.0 professional scanning business software

With each new version of FineReader, ABBYY aims to help users to create digital replications of their paper or PDF-based documents with as little effort and expense as possible. The goal is to make information more manageable, i.e. turn it into data that can be edited, stored, retrieved, searched, or calculated.

The major improvements in the new version are aimed to provide personal users (home users, OCR professionals and small companies) with all the capabilities of a modern OCR program with unsurpassed recognition accuracy and make working with the program easier.

Improved Layout Analysis and Format Retention
ABBYY FineReader 7.0 delivers improved retention of document layouts such as placement of images and columns, formatting of tables, font sizing, and more. Key areas of improvement in FineReader 7.0 include:
• Complex tables (such as tables without printed grid lines and tables with color cells)
• Multiple column documents with images (such as magazine articles)
• HTML formatting
• Bulleted and numbered lists. FineReader re-creates bullet styles in Microsoft Word

Increased PDF Recognition Accuracy and Functionality

45%* Accuracy Improvement
When recognizing PDF files, ABBYY FineReader 7.0 delivers a significant increase in conversion accuracy - 45%*. FineReader takes the original image and performs standard recognition, then it extracts the "text layer" from the PDF file and performs a comparison to check accuracy and improve recognition quality.

Saves Edited Documents in PDF
You can now edit recognized documents in the ABBYY FineReader editor, and the changes you make will be saved in any of the supported PDF saving formats. With this feature, you will be able to open an existing PDF file in FineReader, make changes to the file and save it in PDF with all your changes seamlessly integrated into the document.

Creates PDF Files Optimized for Web Publishing
All PDF documents created by ABBYY FineReader are optimized for publishing on the Web: your readers will be able to view the first pages of a multi-page PDF document while the computer is still downloading the rest of the file.

Microsoft Word XML Output
FineReader 7.0 allows you to export recognized documents as native XML using the Microsoft Word 2003 defined schema, a widely anticipated emerging standard for file use. The saved XML files can be manipulated and searched by any program that processes Word XML. In addition, it provides the basis for data reporting, publishing and submitting data to business processes.

New Editing Capabilities
Integration with Microsoft Office Word 2003 brings together the power of the two applications for processing recognized texts. Now you can edit and check your documents using your favorite Word editing tools. When exporting documents to Microsoft Office Word 2003, FineReader automatically opens an embedded view of the original document in the FineReader "Zoom" window. As a result, you can simultaneously edit and view your document, without switching back and forth between the two applications.

Output to Microsoft PowerPoint
ABBYY FineReader 7.0 now supports output to Microsoft PowerPoint. You can quickly convert presentation handouts or any other documents to create new presentations or edit existing ones. (PowerPoint XP and 2003 are supported.)

Ease of Use
User-Friendly Interface The program interface has been updated and has become even more straightforward and user-friendly. The professional settings have been made more accessible. New customization tools allow you to fine-tune FineReader windows, for example, you can make individual Zoom settings for each window.

Insertion of Recognized Text into Microsoft Word
You can launch ABBYY FineReader from Microsoft Word by clicking on the embedded FineReader button, recognize a piece of text and insert it in the current Word document right under the mouse cursor. This means that you will be able to collect information from several paper or PDF documents in one electronic document.

Sending Recognition Results by E-mail
Recognition results can now be sent by e-mail as an attachment in any of the supported saving formats (except Microsoft PowerPoint and HTML).

Updated Tutorial
FineReader 7.0 features an updated Tutorial with additional tips on how to input documents and optimal settings for delivering the best recognition results. A "samples" section provides suggestions on the best way to achieve optimal results for scanning common documents, such as letter, multilingual document, book, magazine page, PDF file, complex table.

Professional Tools
ABBYY FineReader 7.0 Professional Edition now includes a set of professional tools that were previously available in FineReader Corporate Edition:

Image Splitting Tool
This tool will allow you to split the image into several areas and save each area as a separate page. This mode is particularly handy for recognizing business cards scanned on one page, books, and PowerPoint handouts.

Full-text Searches with Morphology Support
Any batch created in ABBYY FineReader can be used as a small database with full-text search capabilities. You can search for words in all their grammatical forms. This feature is available for the 34 languages that have dictionary support.

Barcode Recognition
FineReader Professional Edition supports recognition of barcodes, including PDF-417 2D barcodes.

Intel Hyper-Threading Technology Support
ABBYY FineReader 7.0 has been designed to support Intel Hyper-Threading Technology. This technology can greatly increase productivity when running FineReader on computers with the latest Intel processors.

Other New/Improved Features
Improved export to Microsoft Word
When saving results in Microsoft Word, the *.doc file will become smaller compared to the previous versions. The retention of formatting of documents with various separators has been improved and new image saving options added, allowing you to set the sizes of saved images.

Improved WYSIWYG HTML Output
The retention of complex formatting elements has been improved in HTML (e.g. text flowing around non-rectangular images). The resulting HTML files are now smaller in size, which is important for documents published on the Internet.

Duplex Scanning
If you scan a two-sided document using a duplex scanner, you will get separate images for each side of the document. This option can be turned on if you need duplex scanning.

JPEG 2000 Support
Image files based on the latest JPEG format can be opened and saved

Supported Languages
ABBYY FineReader 7.0 Professional Edition supports 177 recognition languages.

Main languages
The distinctive feature of the main languages is that FineReader provides dictionary support for them. You may use FineReader spelling check system for checking texts written in these languages.