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Chapter 9 - Working with Batches

Note: To save batch settings in a file, click the Save button on the General tab (Tools>Options

menu). A Save Batch Template As dialog will open. Enter the file name. The following settings will be

saved: the

Recognition, Scan/Open Image, Formatting, and Check Spelling tab settings, as well as all

Formats Settings dialog tab settings. User languages, user language groups and user patterns will also

be saved in this file. To return to the default settings, click on the

Use defaults button on the General

tab. To load the settings click the Load button on the General tab and select the FineReader batch tem-

plate (*.fbt) file containing the settings of your choice.

1. Select the

Open Batch item in the File menu. The Open Batch dialog will open.

2. Select the folder containing the batch you wish to open in the

Open Batch dialog.

When you open a batch, the previous batch is automatically closed and saved. FineReader opens the

last batch you worked with automatically at start-up.

Note: Batches can be opened directly from Windows Explorer:

● Right-click the batch folder (represented by the icon) and select the Open with

FineReader item in the local menu. FineReader will be started and the chosen batch

opened.

Opening a Batch

Adding Images to a Batch

● Select the Open Image item in the File menu or press CTRL+O.

● Select the image(s) you wish to open in the Open Image dialog.

FineReader will add the image to the open batch and copy the image to the batch folder.

Note: You can also add images directly from Windows Explorer:

1. Select an image file or group of files in Windows Explorer.

2. Right-click the selection and select the

Open with FineReader item in the local menu. If

FineReader has been already started, the selected image(s) will be added to the current

batch, otherwise FineReader will be started and the batch you last worked with opened.

This local menu item is only enabled if the file format is supported by ABBYY FineReader 6.0..

Batch Page Number

All batch pages are numbered. One batch may contain up to 9999 pages. The page number is displayed

in the batch.

You can renumber pages directly in the

Batch window or in the Renumber Pages dialog.

To renumber pages directly in the

Batch window :

1. Click a page in the

Batch window or press F2.

2. Enter the new page number.

Once the page number has been changed, all pages in the

Batch window will be re-ordered to reflect

the new numbering.