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ABBYY FLEXICAPTURE 12

FLEXICAPTURE BASIC
Task 04 Fields creation
Task 04 Fields creation

By completing this task you will learn how to:


• Create recognition fields of various types;
• Create a simple rule.

Note: This task has been tested against version ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 build
12.0.3.4040. Other versions may not work properly.

Please consider environment before printing this task.


If you really need to print it – you may not need to print 2 first pages (title list and table of contents).

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Task 04 Fields creation
1. Create a folder Task 04 in C:\ABBYY Training\MyLocalFCProjects.
2. Copy the Project folder from C:\ABBYY Training\Basic_Classwork\15 - Completed Tasks\Task
03 Structured definition creation. First steps\Project to the Task 04 folder.
3. Go to the Task 04>Project folder and open the WorkProject.
4. Open the BankingDoc document definition (Project>Document Definitions>BankingDoc>Edit).
5. Open the first page of the BankingDoc section (Customer's Reference Data Confirmation).

6. Make sure that you are in the Fields Regions Mode .

Note: The list of fields is displayed in the Document Structure,


Fields tab (see screenshot).
If this window is not showing up, you can open it by selecting
View>Document Structure>Show Document Structure (ALT+F1)
from the main menu.

7. Using the text tool, , create the following text fields by drawing rectangles around the fields
on the image: Country, City, and Mobile Phone.

8. Use the Create Picture tool, , to create a field that will store the signature.

9. Check the field names in the list of fields of this section definition. If there are any inaccuracies,
you can correct the names by selecting a field in the list and press F2 on the keyboard.
10. Go to the Account Application page of the BankingDoc section (page 2).
11. Create text fields Social Security Number2 and Last Name2.
12. Open the page Banking Card Application of the BankingDoc_1 section.
13. Create the text fields Social Security Number3, Last Name3 and Card Number. Check
the field names in the list of fields of this section definition. If there are any inaccuracies, you
can correct the names by selecting a field in the list and press F2 on the keyboard.

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14. Select both the First Name and Last Name fields, right-
click>Properties>General tab, and uncheck the option Export field
value. Now, only the merged data residing in the Full Name field
will be exported. Click Apply then OK.
15. Select the newly created text fields (Country, City, Mobile Phone,
Last Name2, Social Security Number2, Social Security Number3,
Last Name3, Card Number) by holding down CTRL and clicking the
fields to select, then right click>Properties.

• On the Recognition tab change the text type to ICR (hand-


printed). Click Apply then OK.

16. Create a new rule for merging separate fields into one field
containing the full name.
• Open the properties of the Full Name field, click the Rules tab, and click the New Rule
button.
• From the list, select the rule type Merge Fields and click OK. Name the rule Merge Name
and click Next.
• Use the Add… button in the Rule Settings dialog box to add the fields you want to merge.
Expand the Banking Doc section, click First Name and confirm with Select, then click Last
Name and Select again. Once you are done, click Close. Enter a Space as the Separator
value and confirm the changes by clicking the Finish button.
• Switch to the General tab and confirm the Export field value checkbox is checked, then
close the field properties window.
17. Save the document definition and make sure there are no error messages at the bottom
of the window. Error messages have red flags.
18. Close the Document Definition Editor, publish the document definition, and then close
the window listing the definitions.
19. Open the Banking working batch, re-recognize documents using the Tools>Re-recognize
button.
20. Review the recognition results, paying attention to newly created field values and the Full
Name field.

A document definition has been improved, with more fields captured, and a merge
rule successfully created!

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