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ABBYY FineReader 12 User’s Guide

ABBYY Screenshot Reader

ABBYY Screenshot Reader is a smart and easy–to–use application for capturing screenshots and

text from any area on the screen.

ABBYY Screenshot Reader features:

 Create screenshots

 Turn screenshots into editable text

 All the benefits of ABBYY OCR technology

ABBYY Screenshot Reader has a straightforward and intuitive interface, which means that you do

not need any specialist knowledge to be able to make screenshot s and recognize text in them.

Simply open any window of any application and select the section of the computer screen which

you wish to "photograph."

Note: ABBYY Screenshot Reader is only available to registered users of certain ABBYY products. For

detailed instructions on registering your copy of ABBYY Screenshot Reader, please refer to

"Registering ABBYY FineReader."

 Installing and starting ABBYY Screenshot Reader

 Making Screenshots and Recognizing Texts

 Additional Options

 Tips

Installing and Starting ABBYY Screenshot Reader

By default, ABBYY Screenshot Reader is installed on your computer together with ABBYY

FineReader 12.

To start ABBYY Screenshot Reader, click the ABBYY Screenshot Reader icon on the taskbar .

Making Screenshots and Recognizing Texts

ABBYY Screenshot Reader can create screenshots of selected areas on the screen of your computer

and save them to a file, copy them to the Clipboard or send them to ABBYY FineReader.

When you launch ABBYY Screenshot Reader, the ABBYY Screenshot Reader window appears on

the screen of your computer.

The ABBYY Screenshot Reader window contains tools for recognizing text and tables on the

screen of your computer, for creating screenshots of selected screen areas, and for setting up the

application.