disclosed is a document analysis system and method . the document analysis system includes an interim analyzer configured to perform an interim document analysis to identify a number of interim regions on a digital document at an interim pixels - per - inch . the document analysis system also includes a complete analyzer configured to perform a complete analysis on at least one of the interim regions at a second ppi , thereby generating at least one complete region therefrom . the document analysis system and method provides significant flexibility to the user with a number of options relative to the analysis of the regions of information of interest in a digital document and to limit analysis to such preferred regions .