Adjusting Area Types and Area Borders

Before ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 starts converting a document, it detects the following area types: Text, Picture, Table. The program relies on this analysis to determine the areas and order of conversion and to recreate the original formatting. Different types of border areas are distinguished by different colors.

You can use the Tab key to navigate through the areas. Each area is numbered and these numbers determine the order of navigation.

Area adjustment tools are located on the toolbar.

PDF Transformer note Adjusting Area Types and Area Borders

After you have finished adjusting the areas, re-launch the conversion process.

Creating a new area

Select a tool on the toolbar:
draws a text area
draws a picture area
draws a table area
Use the mouse to draw a rectangle around the area.

To change the type of an area, right-click on the area, and select the desired type from the shortcut menu.

Adjusting area borders

Click the area border and hold down the left mouse button.
Drag the pointer in the desired direction.
Release the mouse button.

PDF Transformer advice Adjusting Area Types and Area Borders

If you click an area corner, you can move both horizontal and vertical borders of the area simultaneously.

Adding/removing area parts

Select the / tool.
Place the mouse pointer inside the area and draw a rectangle. The rectangular part will be added to the area or removed from the area once you release the mouse.
If desired, adjust the area border.

You cannot use these tools to add/remove parts in table areas.

You can alter area borders by adding new nodes (splitting points).

To add a new node:

Press SHIFT, place the mouse pointer to where you want a new node (the pointer will change to a cross) and click the border.

The node will be added to the area border. Use the mouse to move split border segments in any direction.

Selecting one or more areas

Select the , , or tool and, while holding down the CTRL button, click the desired areas. Click an area again to undo the selection.

Moving an area

Select the desired area and, while holding down the ALT button, move the area to the desired location.

Renumbering an area

Select the tool.
Click the areas in the desired order. The contents of the areas will be displayed in the output text in the same order.

Areas are automatically numbered left to right regardless of the text direction.

Deleting an area

Right-click on the area and select Delete Area from the shortcut menu or
Select the area you wish to delete and press DEL.

To delete all areas on individual pages:

Select the desired pages in the Pages window.
Hold down the SHIFT or CTRL key to select more than one page.
Select the tool.

To delete all the areas:

Select the tool.

Changing text orientation

Right-click on the text area, and select the desired text orientation from the shortcut menu.

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