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ABBYY FineReader 11 Corporate Edition
System Administrator’s Guide
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Group Work in a LAN
ABBYY FineReader 11 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 11 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.
• A document page that is being processed by one user is locked for the other users.
• The statuses of the pages can be viewed in the Pages window. Users can see who is
currently working with a page (i.e. see the name of the corresponding user and computer),
whether a page was recognized or edited, etc. This information will be displayed in the
corresponding columns of the Pages window when Details view is selected.
• 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 11, several users can use the same user languages and dictionaries simultaneously.
To make user dictionaries and languages available to multiple users:
1. Create/open an ABBYY FineReader document and select desired scanning and OCR options for the
document.
2. Prior to creating a user language, specify a folder where user dictionaries will be stored. This folder
should be accessible to all network users.
Note: By default, user dictionaries are stored in %Userprofile%\Application
Data\ABBYY\FineReader\11.00\UserDictionaries if your computer is running Windows XP and in
%Userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\ABBYY\FineReader\11.00\UserDictionaries if your computer is
running Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows 7.
To specify the dictionary folder:
1. Select Tools>Options... and on the Advanced tab of the Options dialog box click the
User Dictionaries... button.
2. Click Browse... and select the folder.
3. Save your user patterns and languages to an *.fbt file:
1. Select Tools>Options... and click the Read tab in the Options dialog box.
2. Under User patterns and languages, click the Save to File... button.
3. In the Save Options dialog box, specify a name for the *.fbt file and a folder where the file
will be stored. This folder should be accessible to all network users.
4. Now when a user creates a new ABBYY FineReader document, they must load the user patterns and
languages from the *.fbt file saved at step 3 and specify the path to the folder created at step 2,
where the user dictionaries are stored.
Important! To be able to access the user dictionaries, patterns, and languages, users must have