Click on the “Help” menu in the FineReader window.Click the “File” menu at the top of the FineReader window and select “Exit.”įor help and tutorials, do any of the following:.Click the X in the upper-right hand corner of the FineReader menu.Press + when FineReader is the active application.However existing edits on the page will be lost. While editing, any mistakes can be corrected by re-reading the current page.If the text is light in color, a higher dpi may help the OCR process. A scanner dpi (dots per inch) setting of 300 or 400 is recommended for most documents.
Click “Convert to Searchable PDF Image.”.Click “Adobe PDF” on the left of the FineReader menu.Using FineReader to Convert Inaccessible PDF Files Perform desired editing and save your file.Wait for scanning and text conversion to finish.Select desired scanner and set scanner settings.Click “Scan to Microsoft Word/Microsoft Excel/Searchable PDF Image,” depending on the file type you want.Click “Common” on the left of the FineReader menu.(Pressing + + will also launch FineReader.) Using FineReader Using FineReader with a Scanner Click the Start menu in the lower left-hand corner of the screen.You can use FineReader to convert printed materials to electronic text in a number of formats. It can be used in conjunction with a scanner or on its own to recognize inaccessible PDF files. UW Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)įineReader is a powerful Optical Character Recognition (OCR) program available for use in the Access Technology Center.