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ABBYY® FineReader 15 User’s Guide
Integration with Windows Explorer
ABBYY FineReader integrates with Windows Explorer. As a result, ABBYY FineReader commands will
appear when you right-click a file in any of the supported formats , enabling you to open and edit
PDF documents, perform OCR on image files, convert files, combine multiple files into one PDF, and
compare files.
To open and process a PDF directly from Windows Explorer:
1. In Windows Explorer, select one or more PDF files.
2. Right-click the files(s) and select one of the following commands:
· Edit with ABBYY FineReader 15 opens PDF files in the PDF Editor
For more information on working with PDF documents in the PDF Editor, see Working
with PDF documents .
· Convert with ABBYY FineReader 15 - converts PDF files into various formats:
o Convert to searchable PDF document
o Convert to image-only PDF document
o Convert to Microsoft Word document
o Convert to Microsoft Excel document
o Convert to another format
· Open in OCR Editor opens PDF files in the OCR Editor.
For more information on working with the OCR Editor, see Working with the OCR
Editor .
If you select multiple files in Windows Explorer, clicking Convert with ABBYY
FineReader 15 on the shortcut menu will open the New Task window. For more
information on the available conversion settings, see Creating PDF documents , Creating
Microsoft Word documents , Creating Microsoft Excel documents , and Other
formats .
· Compare with... opens PDF files in the ABBYY Compare Documents application.
For more information about comparing documents, see ABBYY Compare Documents .
· Combine into one PDF... combines multiple files into one PDF.
· Compare documents... compares two versions of the same document.
To process files in editable formats directly from Windows Explorer:
1. In Windows Explorer, select one or more files in editable formats.
2. Right-click the files(s) and select one of the following commands:
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