Select OCR languages from a code page

This policy setting allows selecting of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) languages that belong to one of the supported code pages. If you enable this policy setting, the selected OCR languages are used in OCR processing during the indexing of TIFF files. The default system language is ignored unless it is among the selected OCR languages. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, only the default system language is used.

All selected OCR languages must belong to the same code page. If you select languages from more than one code page, the entire OCR language selection is ignored and only the default system language is used.

Re-indexing is not initiated when you enable this policy and selecting OCR languages. This policy setting only applies to the indexing of new files, unless re-indexing is initiated manually.

Supported on: Microsoft Windows 7 or later

Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameSelectOCRLangs
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

Baltic (1257) code page

Estonian
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameEstonian
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1061
False Value0
Latvian
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameLatvian
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1062
False Value0
Lithuanian
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameLithuanian
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1063
False Value0

Central European (1250, Latin 2) code page

Albanian
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameAlbanian
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1052
False Value0
Croatian
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameCroatian
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1050
False Value0
Czech
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameCzech
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1029
False Value0
Hungarian
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameHungarian
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1038
False Value0
Polish
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NamePolish
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1045
False Value0
Romanian
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameRomanian
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1048
False Value0
Serbian Latin
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameSerbianLatin
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value2074
False Value0
Slovak
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameSlovak
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1051
False Value0
Slovenian
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameSlovenian
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1060
False Value0

Cyrillic (1251) code page

Bulgarian
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameBulgarian
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1026
False Value0
Belarusian
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameByelorussian
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1059
False Value0
Macedonian (F.Y.R.O. Macedonia)
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameMacedoniaFYRO
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1071
False Value0
Russian
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameRussian
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1049
False Value0
Serbian
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameSerbian
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value3098
False Value0
Ukrainian
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameUkrainian
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1058
False Value0

Western European (1252, Latin 1) code page

Catalan
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameCatalan
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1027
False Value0
Danish
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameDanish
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1030
False Value0
Dutch
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameDutch
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1043
False Value0
English
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameEnglish
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1033
False Value0
Faroese
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameFaroese
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1080
False Value0
Finnish
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameFinnish
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1035
False Value0
French
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameFrench
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1036
False Value0
German
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameGerman
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1031
False Value0
Icelandic
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameIcelandic
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1039
False Value0
Indonesian
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameIndonesian
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1057
False Value0
Italian
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameItalian
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1040
False Value0
Malay
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameMalaysian
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1086
False Value0
Norwegian
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameNorwegian
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1044
False Value0
Portuguese
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NamePortuguese
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1046
False Value0
Spanish
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameSpanish
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1034
False Value0
Swedish
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameSwedish
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1053
False Value0

Greek (1253) code page

Greek
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameGreek
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1032
False Value0

Turkish (1254) code page

Turkish
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameTurkish
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1055
False Value0

Chinese Simplified (936, GB2312) code page

Chinese (simplified)
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameChinese (Simplified)
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value4100
False Value0

Chinese Traditional (950, Big5) code page

Chinese (traditional)
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameChinese (Traditional)
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value5124
False Value0

Japanese (932, Shift-JIS) code page

Japanese
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameJapanese
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1041
False Value0

Korean (949) code page

Korean
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR
Value NameKorean
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1042
False Value0

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