Checking Text in ABBYY FineReader

Uncertainly recognized characters and words not found in dictionary are highlighted in different colors. By default, light blue is used for uncertain characters and pink for words not found in the dictionary. To change the colors used:

• Select the Uncertain Character (or Not in Dictionary word) item followed by the color of your choice in the Color item on the View tab (Tools>Options menu) in the Appearance group

To check recognition results:

1. Click the 3-Check Spelling button on the WizardBar toolbar (or select the Check Spelling item in the Tools menu).


The spelling checker looks for uncertain words, words not found in dictionaries and misspelled words. To check spelling, either click this button or press F7

2. The Check Spelling dialog will open.

   

3. There are three windows in the Check Spelling dialog. The top window is similar to the FineReader Zoom window and displays the original image of the word. The middle window displays the word itself, and the line above the name of the error type. The Suggestions window at the bottom provides you with replacement suggestions (if any exist). Note that suggestions are based on the dictionary selected in the Dictionary language drop-down list; any language may be chosen from this list.
   Note: You can enlarge the Check Spelling dialog to make it easier to check and edit text. Simply click the dialog border; the mouse pointer will become a double-headed arrow. Drag the border to make the dialog larger or smaller

4. If words have been misspelt, you can do one of the following:

   • Click the Ignore button to leave the word unchanged.
   • Click the Ignore All button to leave all such words in the text unchanged.
     Note. When you click the Ignore or Ignore All button, the "uncertain" flag is removed from word i.e. the system assumes that the word no longer contains any unrecognized or uncertain characters and no longer needs to be highlighted. As a result, when you export such words in PDF format and select the Replace uncertain words with images mode, the words for which the "uncertain" flag has been removed will not be replaced with images.
   • Select a replacement suggestion and then click the Replace or Replace All button to replace the current word or all such words in the text. If no correct suggestion has been made for the word in the Suggestions window, you can enter one yourself in the middle window. (Important: when you switch to edit mode, certain buttons may change function and adopt new captions). Click the Confirm (Confirm All) button to change the current word (or all such words) in the text and move to the next uncertainly recognized word.
   • Click Add... to add the word to the dictionary. Once a word is added, the application will consider all subsequent occurrences of this word in any of its word forms to be correct.
   • Click Options... to set the spelling check options.
   • Click Close to close the dialog window.

Moving between uncertain words

To check the recognition results quickly, you can use the button and button to move to the next or previous uncertain word respectively.

You can also use the F4 (SHIFT F4) hotkey to navigate between uncertain words.