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ABBYY FineReader 8.0 User’s Guide
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Note: To tell ABBYY FineReader to open the last open batch at startup, check Open last batch at startup on the General tab of the
Options dialog (Tools>Options).
To open another batch:
1. Select the Open Batch in the File menu or click the Open Batch button (
). The Open Batch dialog will open.
2. Select the appropriate folder in the Open Batch dialog.
When you open a batch, ABBYY FineReader automatically closes and saves the previous batch. Prior to exiting the
program, save any new batch that might be needed in the future.
Batches can be opened directly from Windows Explorer:
● Right–click the batch folder (represented by the
icon) and select the Open with ABBYY FineReader item
in the local menu. ABBYY FineReader will launch and open the chosen batch.
Adding Images to a Batch
● Select Open PDF/Image in the File menu or press CTRL+O.
● Select the desired image(s) in the Open Image dialog.
ABBYY FineReader will add the image to the open batch and copy the image to the batch folder.
Note: You can also add images directly from Windows Explorer:
1. Select an image file or group of files in Windows Explorer.
2. Right–click the selection and select Open with ABBYY FineReader from the local menu. If ABBYY FineReader
is currently running, the selected files will be added to the current batch. Otherwise, ABBYY FineReader will be
launched and the selected files will be added to a new batch.
This local menu item is only enabled in Windows Explorer if ABBYY FineReader 8.0 supports the file format.
Batch Page Number
All batch pages are numbered. A batch may contain up to 9,999 pages. The batch page numbers are displayed in the batch.
You can renumber pages directly in the Batch window or from the Renumber Pages dialog.
To renumber pages directly in the Batch window:
1. Click a page in the Batch window or press F2.
2. Enter the new page number.
Once the page number has been changed, all pages in the Batch window will be re–ordered to reflect the new numbering.
Note: Double–clicking a page number opens the page.
To renumber pages in the Renumber Pages dialog:
1. Select a single page or several pages.
2. Select Renumber Pages in the Batch menu.
3. Set the new number for the first page selected (the page with the lowest number).
Note:
1. To renumber all batch pages, select All Pages in the Renumber Pages dialog.
2. To renumber only some portion of a batch:
● Select the pages you wish to renumber in the Batch window.
● Choose Selected pages from the Renumber Pages dialog.
3. To renumber selected pages continuously, select the Continuous page numbering option. For example: The
renumbering option would cause pages numbered 2, 5, and 6 (assuming 1 was chosen as the first number) to be
renumbered as 1, 2, and 3. Otherwise (i.e. if the Continuous page numbering option is not selected), on
renumbering page numbers 2, 5, and 6 would become 1, 5, 6. The first page has been assigned the chosen number,
but the remaining pages have retained their original numbers.
Note: If you renumber only certain batch pages, and allocate a number to a page that has been used, a warning will be issued and the
operation will be cancelled.
Saving a Batch
To save a batch:
● Select Save Batch As in the File menu.
● In the Save Batch As dialog, specify the name of the batch and the desired storage location.
Closing a batch page or the whole batch
To close a batch page:
● Select Close Current Page in the Batch menu.
To close a batch:
● Select Close Batch in the File menu.
Deleting a Batch
Note: When a batch is deleted, all of its contents (including image and text pages, related files, user patterns, user languages, etc.) will
be deleted, leaving the folder empty.