How to remove the grey background color from the photographed document

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Anna Piatnytska

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How to remove the grey background color from the photographed document in FineReader PDF 15?

Answer

If the document has a grey color received after making a photo of it you may whiten the background as described below:

1. Launch the program.
2. Go to Tools > Options > Image Processing.
3. Enable the option Whiten background and press OK.
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4. Close FineReader, open the needed file and recognize it.

5. Export in the required format. 

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    Marcia Braundy

    I want to remove highlighting from a document

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    Victoria Dvornikova

    Hi Marcia,

    Please consult the following article: https://support.abbyy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019843520

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    Fram Lorbin

    Quick question about point 4 above.

    • 4. Close FineReader, open the needed file and process it.

    How do you mean process it?

    Would you please update the tutorial and show it?

    Because I' not finding a process button and I'm not sure what it refers to.

    Many thanks for the great support!

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    Victoria Dvornikova

    Hello Fram,

    Thank you for your comment! I have made changes to the instruction. Actually, process = recognize, but I also added an important note that this instruction works only for the photos. 

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    Fram Lorbin

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    Thank you for the updated instructions.

    About the important note. Would it work if I do as follows:

    • Right Click the PDF > Convert with ABBYY FInereader 15 PDF 15 > Convert to Image-Only PDF document
    • On the New image-only file > Right Click the PDF > Convert with ABBYY FInereader 15 PDF 15 > Convert to searchable PDF document

    Or do we need to do it from the OCR Editor window?

    Thank you for the great support!

     

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