6.0

Software and hardware requirements

For ABBYY FineReader to function correctly your computer must meet the following system

requirements:

01. PC with an Intel

Pentium

200 MHz processor or higher

02. Microsoft

Windows

XP, Microsoft

Windows

2000, Windows

Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 6 or greater, Windows

95/98/ME

03. 64 Mb (Windows XP/2000), 32 Mb (Windows Me/98/NT 4.0), 16 Mb

(Windows 95) of RAM, plus 16 Mb of RAM for each additional processor (in

case of a multiprocessor system)

04. Microsoft

Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher (Microsoft

Internet Explorer 5.5

included on the FineReader CDROM)

05. 90 Mbytes of free harddisk space for minimal program installation

06. 70 Mbytes of free harddisk space for the program operation

07. 100% Twaincompatible scanner, digital camera or faxmodem

08. CDROM drive

09. 3,5'' floppy drive or product activation via the Internet, by email, or by phone

10. Mouse or other pointing device

11. VGA or other highresolution monitor

Installing ABBYY FineReader

Installation options

Once the setup program has run a system check, type in your name and select the folder

you wish to install ABBYY FineReader in. The setup program will then display several instal

lation options. Select the option of your choice.

Typical (recommended) – all components are installed including all recog

nition languages, a single interface language selected during installation.

Custom installation – any number of program components may be

installed (including all available recognition languages).

Note: If you wish to use user dictionaries and patterns from a previously installed version of

FineReader, do not uninstall it prior to installing the new version. All existing user

patterns

and dictionaries

will then be available for use in the latest version.

Installing ABBYY FineReader

If your software package contains both a CDROM and a floppy disk, proceed as follows:

1. Insert the Installation disk into the floppy disk drive.

2. Insert the CDROM into the CDROM drive.

ABBYY FineReader 6.0 User’s Guide