Clip Editor

dearleuk · 03-01-2025, 09:14 AM

I do a fair bit of editing while using Finereader OCR software (Win 10) and find I'm often replacing the same characters, ' or " or ! for I

I've looked at clipclip and other editors, but whenever I paste a clip into finereader it always has a carriage return added to it, even when using Ctrl Shift V

Anyone got any suggestions for a way around the carriage return please?

BetterRed · 03-01-2025, 04:36 PM

Have a look at Clipboard Fusion's macro facility, they are written in C# or VB, there are many user contributed macros, something might already exist.

ClipboardFusion: Homepage

It's not free.

BR

dearleuk · 03-02-2025, 05:25 AM

Thanks, I'll have a look

dearleuk · 03-07-2025, 08:43 AM

Had a look at Clipboard Fusion and it seems a really useful tool, but it doesn't solve the problem.

It looks as though the problem is Finereader. Anything that gets copied and pasted within the program is fine, anything from outside the program has a carriage return added

Thanks for the help though

BetterRed · 03-07-2025, 05:01 PM

What many Finereader users do is save its output to a WP format, e.g. DOCX or ODT and then use Word or LO Writer to iron out the wrinkles from the OCR scanning. Word has a couple of useful addins for doing that:

Toxaris's eBook Tools MS Word add-in

Translator Tools – Productivity tools for editing and translation

BR

dearleuk · 03-08-2025, 04:59 AM

Thanks for this, I'll give it a try, but of the reasons I like editing in Finereader is you can see the scanned text on the same screen as the OCR text and so easy to compare

BetterRed · 03-08-2025, 04:38 PM

Apart from lodging a support ticket to ABBYY I'm out of ideas.

Except: Contact @pdurrant and ask him to change the thread title to "Clip Editor for ABBYY Finereader". It might get the attention of people who do or have used it.

BR

dearleuk · 03-09-2025, 05:07 AM

Thanks for your help

Highroller · 03-09-2025, 08:19 AM

Have you tried using a plain text editor like Notepad to strip out any formatting before pasting into Finereader? Sometimes that helps get rid of unwanted carriage returns.

03-01-2025, 09:14 AM	#1
dearleuk Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: sony	Clip Editor for ABBYY Finereader I do a fair bit of editing while using Finereader OCR software (Win 10) and find I'm often replacing the same characters, ' or " or ! for I I've looked at clipclip and other editors, but whenever I paste a clip into finereader it always has a carriage return added to it, even when using Ctrl Shift V Anyone got any suggestions for a way around the carriage return please? Last edited by dearleuk; 03-09-2025 at 07:23 AM. Reason: Better Title

03-07-2025, 08:43 AM	#4
dearleuk Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: sony	Had a look at Clipboard Fusion and it seems a really useful tool, but it doesn't solve the problem. It looks as though the problem is Finereader. Anything that gets copied and pasted within the program is fine, anything from outside the program has a carriage return added Thanks for the help though Last edited by dearleuk; 03-07-2025 at 10:09 AM.

03-08-2025, 04:59 AM	#6
dearleuk Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: sony	Thanks for this, I'll give it a try, but of the reasons I like editing in Finereader is you can see the scanned text on the same screen as the OCR text and so easy to compare Last edited by dearleuk; 03-08-2025 at 05:28 AM.

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03-01-2025, 04:36 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,583 Karma: 29709834 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Have a look at Clipboard Fusion's macro facility, they are written in C# or VB, there are many user contributed macros, something might already exist. ClipboardFusion: Homepage It's not free. BR

03-02-2025, 05:25 AM	#3
dearleuk Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: sony	Thanks, I'll have a look

03-07-2025, 05:01 PM	#5
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,583 Karma: 29709834 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	What many Finereader users do is save its output to a WP format, e.g. DOCX or ODT and then use Word or LO Writer to iron out the wrinkles from the OCR scanning. Word has a couple of useful addins for doing that: Toxaris's eBook Tools MS Word add-in Translator Tools – Productivity tools for editing and translation BR

03-08-2025, 04:38 PM	#7
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,583 Karma: 29709834 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Apart from lodging a support ticket to ABBYY I'm out of ideas. Except: Contact @pdurrant and ask him to change the thread title to "Clip Editor for ABBYY Finereader". It might get the attention of people who do or have used it. BR

03-09-2025, 05:07 AM	#8
dearleuk Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: sony	Thanks for your help

03-09-2025, 08:19 AM	#9
Highroller Zealot Posts: 143 Karma: 338 Join Date: Nov 2004 Device: Ebookwise 1150, Jetbook Lite, Slick Er-701	Have you tried using a plain text editor like Notepad to strip out any formatting before pasting into Finereader? Sometimes that helps get rid of unwanted carriage returns.