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Tracking entries in checkboxes with Abbyy FineReader

I am currently using an older version [v.11 - Professional Edition] of the Abbyy FineReader OCR software to render text for several thousand PDFs. The software does something which I have found to not be possible with Adobe Acrobat Pro or version 12 of the FoxIt PDF Editor software. It will successively pick up a check mark or 'X' in a check box.


The software often gets the mark perfectly as:

[X]


. . . but will sometimes substitute a 'K' or if there's a check in the box:



. . . it will enter a minuscule character like this: ø


An empty checkbox may get converted to an 'n' or just an empty box: □


But it interprets the marks consistently so if you're analyzing thousands of documents you can successfully track when checkboxes were ticked off.




Sean O'Shea has more than 20 years of experience in the litigation support field with major law firms in New York and San Francisco.   He is an ACEDS Certified eDiscovery Specialist and a Relativity Certified Administrator.

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