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ABBYY FineReader 12 User’s Guide

Installing, Activating, and Registering ABBYY

FineReader

Chapter Contents

 Installing and Starting ABBYY FineReader

 Activating ABBYY FineReader

 Registering ABBYY FineReader

 Privacy Policy

Installing and Starting ABBYY FineReader

Installing ABBYY FineReader

1. Double–click the Setup.exe file on the installation disk or other distribution media.

2. Follow the on–screen instructions in the Activation Wizard.

You can install ABBYY FineReader 12 Corporate in your local area network (see the System

Administrator's Guide in the Administrator’s Guide folder on the installation disk for details).

Starting ABBYY FineReader

To start ABBYY FineReader 12:

 On the taskbar, click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click ABBYY

FineReader 12 (ABBYY FineReader 12 Corporate).

 In Microsoft Office applications, click the ABBYY FineReader button on the

FineReader 12 tab on the ribbon.

 Right–click an image file in Windows Explorer and then click ABBYY FineReader 12 >

Open in ABBYY FineReader 12 on the shortcut menu.

Using settings from older versions of ABBYY FineReader

ABBYY FineReader 12 lets you import user dictionaries and program settings from files created by

earlier versions of the program.

To import user dictionaries created in ABBYY FineReader 9.0, 10 or 11:

1. Start ABBYY FineReader 12.

2. On the Tools menu, click View Dictionaries….

3. In the User Dictionaries dialog box, select the dictionary to which you want to add words

from an older dictionary and click the View… button.

4. In the dialog box that appears, click the Import… button and specify the path to the old

user dictionary.

5. Select the desired dictionary and click Open.

To find out how to import files with FineReader document settings, see "What Is a FineReader

Document?"

System Requirements

1. 1 GHz or faster 32–bit (x86) or 64–bit (x64) processor