Setting Recognize Options and Proofing a Recognized Document
The choices for the illegible character symbol include:
~ @ ^ # *
The preset symbol is “~”. Every illegible character is represented by the same selected
illegible character symbol.
Choose a symbol that you otherwise don’t expect to have in your document, so that
when you search for it you will only find the illegible characters. For example, you
would not use the “#” sign if your document has tables with the “#” sign in them.
All uncleared illegible characters in the document always appear, no matter what
suspect threshold you’ve selected.
NOTE: If you find a lot of suspect or illegible characters in any document, make sure
that you insert the pages into the scanner straight and in the correct orientation for the
scanner and the page orientation you’ve selected. If necessary, make sure the
“Straighten Skewed Images” processing option is selected. Also, make sure that the
brightness level for your scanner is set to an appropriate setting. Additionally, make
sure that Draft Quality is not selected, unless you are scanning draft quality dot matrix
text.
To set the illegible 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 an illegible character symbol in Illegibles.
4. Click OK.
When you return to the document, it’s displayed with the new settings.
The last set display options are remembered when you run Pro OCR again.
Selecting a Display Font
Although Pro OCR recognizes and identifies over 2000 typefaces, it is unlikely that
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