Setting Recognize Options and Proofing a Recognized Document
Pro OCR recognizes and identifies over 2,000 typefaces. It can make correct
judgments about character identity even when a character isn’t absolutely clear.
However, sometimes Pro OCR cannot identify with certainty what a particular
character is, and other times Pro OCR cannot identify a character at all.
To handle cases like these, Pro OCR tries to assign the correct character to a
questionable character image. It also keeps track of when it has done this so that you
can inspect and verify the assignment, if you choose.
Use the suspect character threshold to tell Pro OCR which flagged suspect characters
to highlight. It does not affect the accuracy of the recognition. Pro OCR is always as
accurate as it can be during the recognition process, regardless of the selected suspect
threshold setting.
NOTE: The suspect threshold doesn’t change how Pro OCR decides on or assigns the
identity of a character. Thus, changing the suspect threshold doesn’t change how many
characters in the document Pro OCR is sure about, but only how it displays those
characters to you.
You can select among stringent, normal, and lenient thresholds. After you recognize a
document, the number of suspect and illegible characters highlighted on the current
page is shown in the Status Display area.
Each time you clear a suspect or illegible character on a page, the number of suspect or
illegible characters is decreased by one.
TIP: If you want to see the number of suspect and illegible characters in the entire
document, choose Properties from the File menu. For more information, see
“Displaying a Summary of Recognized Errors”
later in this chapter.
To set the suspect character threshold:
1. Choose Options from the Tools menu.
The Options dialog box appears.
2. Click the Display tab.
The Display options appear.
3. Select one of the following threshold levels:
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