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ABBYY FineReader 12 User’s Guide

Tip: If the recognized document's appearance is significantly different from that of the source

document, try using different recognition settings or specifying text areas manually. You can find

more information about recognition settings in the "Tips for Impr oving OCR Quality" section.

To open an image or PDF file from Windows Explorer:

1. Select the file in Windows Explorer.

2. Left–click the file and then click ABBYY FineReader 12 >Open in ABBYY FineReader

12 on the shortcut menu.

Note: If the format of the file you selected is not supported by ABBYY FineReader 12, its shortcut

menu will not contain these items.

ABBYY FineReader 12 will start and the image from the selected file will be added to a new

FineReader document. If ABBYY FineReader is already running and a FineReader document is open,

the image will be added to the FineReader document.

If the ABBYY FineReader button doesn't appear on the Microsoft Office application

toolbar or ribbon...

If the ABBYY FineReader 12 tab doesn't appear on the Microsoft Office application ribbon/toolbar:

 Click ABBYY FineReader 12 on the shortcut menu of the Microsoft Office application

toolbar.

If the ribbon or toolbar of the Microsoft Office application does not contain the

ABBYY FineReader 12 button, FineReader 12 was not integrated with this application during

installation. Integration with Microsoft office applications can be disabled when FineReader 12 is

installed manually.

To enable integration:

1. On the taskbar, click the Start button, and then click Control Panel > Programs and

Features.

Note: In Microsoft Windows XP this item is called Add and remove programs. In Microsoft

Windows 8, click Start > All Apps > Control Panel > Programs and Features.

2. Select ABBYY FineReader 12 from the list of installed programs and click the Change

button.

3. Select the desired components in the Custom Installation dialog box.

4. Follow the instruction in the installation wizard.

The first step of the data capture process in ABBYY FineReader is prov iding images to the program.

There are several ways to get document images:

 Scan a hardcopy document

 Take a photo of a document

 Open an existing image file or PDF document

Recognition quality depends on the quality of the image and on the scanning setting s. This section

contains information on scanning and taking pictures of documents and on how to remove common

defects from scans and photographs.