6.0

How to input a document in less than a minute
1. Turn on the scanner if it has a separate power source to your PC.
Note: Many scanner models have to be turned on before you turn on the
computer.
2. Turn on the computer and start FineReader (
Start/Programs/ABBYY
FineReader 6.0 Professional
or Corporate Edition). The FineReader
main window will appear on your screen.
3. Place the page you want read onto the scanner.
4. Click the arrow to the right of the
Scan&Read button. Select the
Scan&Read Wizard item in the local menu.
The
Scan&Read Wizard is a special
Scan&Read/Open&Read mode during which you are
guided through each step of the scanning process. You
can use a sample image file which is contained in the
Demo folder, which, in turn, is located in the folder containing FineReader.
5. Follow the
Scan&Read Wizard instructions.
The document input process is made up of four steps: scanning, reading, spellcheck and sav
ing the recognized text.
Once scanning is complete, a “photograph”of the source page will appear in the
Image
window. The application then asks you to set the recognition parameters. Once this has
been done, it starts recognizing the image, analyzing its layout at the same time. Image areas
already recognized are highlighted in blue.
Recognized text is displayed in the
Text window, where it can be checked and edited. Once
you have checked the document, the
Scan&Read Wizard will prompt you to either send
the recognized text to the application of your choice, save it to file, or go on processing
more images.
The ABBYY FineReader Main window
FineReader performs all document processing in batch mode. A batch is a folder containing
images, recognized text files and other FineReader information files. Each scanned image is
converted into a separate batch page. If there are several images in a single image file (for
example, if you are dealing with a multipage TIFF), each file image will be converted into a
separate batch page.
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ABBYY FineReader 6.0 User’s Guide