Working with FineReader Documents

FineReader documents make working with complex multi-page documents much easier. The original images, page structure, and program preferences are stored in a FineReader document. A FineReader document allows you to export results from specific pages rather than from all of the pages. When you are ready to resume work, you just need to open your saved FineReader document and export the remaining pages.

The pages of a FineReader document are displayed in the Pages pane. To open a page image, click its thumbnail in the Pages pane.

How to add pages to a document
How to select a group of pages in a document
How to delete pages from a document
How to change page order

How to add pages to a document

To add new pages to an open FineReader document:

Click Add Pages in the main toolbar
Select the appropriate import method and import the image
Tip: When you add pages to a FineReader document, you can configure the import settings in the same manner as when creating a new document.

The new pages will be added after all the other pages in the document.

How to select a group of pages in a document

You can simultaneously perform various operations on all or some pages of a document. Use menu commands to select all pages, only odd pages, or only even pages. Use the mouse to select any pages you need manually.

To select multiple pages:

Choose Edit > Select All to select all pages of the document
Choose Edit > Select Pages > Even Pages or Edit > Select Pages > Odd Pages to select even and odd pages of the document
Hold down Command or Shift on your keyboard and click the desired pages one by one.

To undo page selection, click any unselected page in the document.

How to delete pages from a document

There are several ways to delete pages from a document.

To delete the current page of the document:
- Choose Delete Page in the shortcut menu of the page that you want to delete, or
- Choose Edit > Delete Page
To delete a selected group of pages:
- In the shortcut menu of any page in the group, choose Delete Page, or
- Choose Edit > Delete

How to renumber pages

In a FineReader document, pages are loaded in the order in which they are imported. After the import, all pages of the document are numbered. The number of each is displayed below its thumbnail in the Pages pane.

You can change the order of pages manually or with a special tool.

To move one or more pages:

Select the pages you want to move and drag them to the desired position in the document. Their numbers will change accordingly.
Select the pages you want to move and then choose the Change Page Order command in the Page menu or in the shortcut menu of any of the selected pages. In the dialog box that opens, type the number you want to assign to the first page in the selection and click OK.

The correct page order may be disrupted when you scan two-sided pages with the aid of an automatic document feeder or when you split facing pages. To restore the correct page order:

Select the pages with the wrong numbers.
Choose the Change Page Order command in the Page menu or in the shortcut menu of any of the selected pages.
In the dialog that opens, choose one of the following:
- "Restore original page order after duplex scanning"
  Choose this item if you first scanned all odd pages and then all even pages with the aid of an automatic document feeder and the duplex scanning feature. FineReader Sprint can restore the original page numbering for pages scanned in normal or in reverse order.
  Important! You must select at least three consecutively numbered pages to perform this operation.
- "Swap odd and even book pages"
  Choose this item if you scanned a book written in a right-to-left language and then split facing pages without specifying the correct language.
  Important! You must select at least two facing pages to perform this operation.
Click OK.

The original page order will be restored.