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ABBYY FineReader 12 User’s Guide
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Quick Start
ABBYY FineReader converts scanned documents, PDF documents, and image files (including digital
photos) into editable formats.
To process a document with ABBYY FineReader, you need to complete the following four steps:
 Acquire an image of the document
 Recognize the document
 Verify the results
 Save the results in a format of your choice
If you need to repeat the same steps over and over again, you can use an automated task, which
will execute the required actions with just one click of a button. To process documents with
complex layouts, you can customize and run each step separately.
Built–in automated tasks
When you start ABBYY FineReader, the Task window is displayed, listing the automated tasks for
the most common processing scenarios. If you can't see the Task window, click the Task button on
the main toolbar.