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ABBYY FineReader 10 Corporate Edition
System Administrator’s Guide
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Group Work in a LAN
ABBYY FineReader 10 provides tools and capabilities for processing documents over a local area network (LAN).
Processing the same ABBYY FineReader document on several computers
When running ABBYY FineReader over a local area network, all the program tools and capabilities are available on the
workstations.
If an ABBYY FineReader document is to be used on several LAN computers simultaneously, the following should be taken into
account:
● A separate copy of ABBYY FineReader 10 should be installed on each computer.
● All the users must have full access to the ABBYY FineReader document.
● Each user may add pages to the document and modify them. If a user adds new pages and launches the OCR process for
them, the program will process the entire document anew. While processing:
a. The editing tools in the Text window will be unavailable
b. The pages in the Text window will have a gray background
c. Users can only check the spelling and correct errors in the text
Once the page background changes to white, all the tools in the Text window will become available.
● A document page that is being processed by one user is locked for the other users.
● Users may monitor page status from the Document window, including the computer that is processing the document, which
user has opened a page, whether a page has been recognized or edited, etc.
● The fonts that are used in the ABBYY FineReader document must be installed on each computer
. Otherwise, the recognized
text may be displayed incorrectly.
Using the same user languages and dictionaries on several computers
In ABBYY FineReader 10, several users can use the same user languages and dictionaries simultaneously. Several users can also
add words to the same user dictionaries over the LAN.
To make user languages and dictionaries available to multiple users:
1. Create or open an ABBYY FineReader document and select the desired scanning and OCR options.
2. Before creating a user language, specify the network or local folder where user languages and dictionaries should be stored.
By default, user languages and dictionaries are stored in the ABBYY FineReader document folder.
To specify a storage location for user languages:
● Select Tools>Options…, click the Advanced tab, and provide the path to the folder under User languages folder.
To specify a storage location for user dictionaries:
● Select Tools>Options…, click the Advanced tab, and then click the Spell Checker Settings… button.
● In the Spell Checker Settings dialog box, click the Browse… button and select the desired folder.
3. Save the ABBYY FineReader document options to an *.fbt file.
4. The users wishing to work with the languages and dictionaries stored in the above folder should load the document options
from this *.fbt file when creating a new ABBYY FineReader document, so that the same folder path will be used for all
users.
Important! The users should have read and write permissions for the folder where user languages and dictionaries are
stored.
To view the list of available user languages in the Language Editor dialog box, select Tools>Language Editor… and scroll to
User languages.
When a user language is being used by several users, it is available as "read–only," and users will not be able to change user
language properties. However, words can be added to and deleted from a user dictionary that is being used on multiple computers.
When a user is adding words to a dictionary or editing a dictionary, the dictionary becomes locked for the other users. Once
finished, changes become available to all users that have access to this language storage folder.
To update a dictionary:
● While checking the spelling (Tools>Check Spelling…), click the Add… button in the Check Spelling dialog box
or
● Click any button in the Select Dictionary dialog box (Tools>View Dictionaries…).