6.0

Work with the same batch over a network

(FineReader Corporate Edition only)

1. Create/Open a batch and set up the required scanning and recognition

options.

2. Run FineReader and open the relevant batch on all computers that are to

process it.

3. Run background recognition (

Process>Start background recognition)

on all computers involved in recognizing the batch.

4. Start the scanning on a computer equipped with an ADF scanner.

Tip: If your highspeed scanner does not support the TWAIN standard,

scan your pages directly into the FineReader batch folder. This can be done

by scanning the images on the computer attached to the scanner (using the

scanning application supplied with your scanner), and specifying the

FineReader batch folder as the folder to which images should be saved. Note

that scanned images should be named as follows: 0001.tif, 0002.tif, 0003.tif...

etc., in accordance with the order in which they are scanned.

5. FineReader will automatically detect and process all the images you scan.

6. Edit the recognized text (if necessary) and save it to file or export it to the

application of your choice.

You can monitor page status (i.e. see whether a page has been scanned, recognized, edited, or

exported, etc., and by whom) in the

Batch window. All this information is displayed in the

corresponding columns in the

Details batch page view. To set up the Details page view:

z Rightclick the

Batch window and select the View>Details item in the

local menu.

You can customize the

Details page view e.g. specify the columns you want displayed in the

Batch window or select the characteristic by which pages are to be sorted:

z Rightclick the

Batch window and select View>Customize. Set the neces

sary options on the

Details tab of the Batch View Settings dialog.

If batch pages are to be processed using several computers, FineReader will distribute the

workload automatically between them: each newly scanned page is allocated to the first free

workstation able to accept it (background recognition must be running on the workstation

concerned) and no other workstation will be able to access it until recognition is complete.

To refresh the batch page list, press

F5 or select the Update page list item in the Batch

menu. Once a page has been recognized, any other workstation (or indeed the same worksta

tion) can open the page concerned for checking, editing and saving. Changes made by a user

are not userspecific and apply to all users of the same batch.

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