Step 3: TXT Export Keys

Below you can find the description of the export to TXT format keys of the abbyyocr11 utility.

--txtInsertEmptyLineBetweenParagraphs

  • Inserts an empty line between paragraphs.
Key Parameters Default
-tel no
- -txtInsertEmptyLineBetweenParagraphs

--txtExportParagraphsAsOneLine

  • Exports each paragraph of recognised text as one line.
Key Parameters Default
-tpl no
- -txtExportParagraphsAsOneLine

--txtUsePageBreaks

  • Inserts page break symbols (0x12) between pages if multiple pages are exported to TXT or CSV formats.
Key Parameters Default
-tpb no
- -txtUsePageBreaks

--txtAppendToEnd

  • Appends exported text at the end of the file if it already exists.
Key Parameters Default
-tm no
- -txtAppendToEnd

--txtExportFormat

  • New CLI 11 R1
  • Specifies the format of export: TXT, CSV with full layout retained, or CSV with text from tables only.
Key Parameters Default
-tef TXT
CSVFullLayout
CSVTablesOnly
TXT
- -txtExportFormat

--txtEncodingType

  • Update CLI 11 R1
  • Specifies the encoding type of the output TXT or CSV file.
Key Parameters Default
-tet Simple
UTF8
UTF16
Auto
Auto
- -txtEncodingType

--txtCodePage

  • New CLI 11 R1
  • Specifies the code page which will be used for exporting recognized text.
  • The value of this property is valid only when the text is non-Unicode (-tet key is Simple). If this key does not specify any code page (Null), the code page is selected automatically.
Key Parameters Default
-tcp Null
Latin
Cyrillic
EasternEuropean
Baltic
Turkish
US_MSDOS
LatinI_MSDOS
Russian_MSDOS
Baltic_MSDOS
Turkish_IBM
Slavic_MSDOS
Greek
Greek_737
Greek_869
Latin_ISO
EasternEuropean_ISO
Turkish_ISO
Baltic_ISO
Cyrillic_ISO
Greek_ISO
KOI8
Tatar
Tatar_MSDOS
Roman_Macintosh
Greek_Macintosh
Cyrillic_Macintosh
Ukrainian_Macintosh
Latin2_Macintosh
Icelandic_Macintosh
Turkish_Macintosh
Croatian_Macintosh
Armenian
Armenian_MSDOS
Armenian_Macintosh
Hebrew
Hebrew_MSDOS
Hebrew_Macintosh
Hebrew_ISO
Latin5_ISO
Cyrillic_MSDOS
Bashkir
Chinese_Simpl_GB
Chinese_Simpl_Mac
Chinese_Trad_Big
Chinese_Trad_Mac
Japan_Mac
Japan_SJIS
Korean
Korean_Johab
Korean_Mac
Mathematical
Digits
Thai
Thai_Macintosh
Vietnamese
Null
- -txtCodePage

--txtTabSeparator

  • New CLI 11 R1
  • Stores the character with which the table separators are replaced in the exported text. The string accessible through this property must contain only one character from the ASCII character set.
Key Parameters Default
-tps character “\t”
- -txtTabSeparator

--txtRetainLayout

  • New CLI 11 R1
  • Turns on the export mode in which the original layout is simulated by inserting spaces.
  • When displayed with a monospace font, the text and table columns will be level. The distance between blocks will be approximately the same.
  • This mode is not intended for right-to-left or vertical texts.
Key Parameters Default
-trl no
- -txtRetainLayout
  • Note. Full keys are marked by italic.