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ABBYY FineReader 9.0 User’s Guide
2. Analyzing the layout
This is an optional step where you may specify which area templates should be used.
● Load Areas Template
Provides the path to the area template file to be used.
● Analyze Layout
Once ABBYY FineReader has acquired the images, it will analyze them and draw the necessary areas. To draw the areas
manually, select the Draw areas manually option.
3. OCR
At this step, ABBYY FineReader performs OCR on the images.
● Read Document
ABBYY FineReader uses the current document settings to perform OCR on the images.
4. Checking the results
This is an optional step where you can review the recognized text.
● Check Results
Select how you wish to check the recognized document.
5. Saving pages
At this step, ABBYY FineReader saves the text to a file or sends it to the chosen application. An automated task may include several
saving steps.
● Save Pages
Type in a name for your file, select a saving format, and specify a destination folder. You can also select additional file options
here.
Note: Check the Create time–stamped subfolder box to create a new subfolder each time you run this task. This option is
useful if you do not wish to specify the folder manually each time you run the task.
● Save pages in another format
Select the desired format form the dropdown list.
You can also provide a name for your file, specify a storage location, and choose file options.
6. Additional steps of an automated task allow you to send the recognized text to another application, attach the acquired image
or the recognized text to an e–mail message, or save the ABBYY FineReader document.
● Send pages to another application
Use the Save Wizard or select the desired application from the dropdown list.
In the application of your choice, a new document will be created to contain the recognized text.
● Email Pages
Select the desired file format from the dropdown list.
You can also select some additional file options here. The recognized text will be saved in the desired format and attached to
an email message.
● Save Images
Select the desired file format from the dropdown list.
You can also specify a name for your file, select a saving format, and choose a destination folder.
Note: To save all the images into a single file, select Save as one multi–page image file (available only for TIFF and PDF).
● Email Images
Select the desired file format from the dropdown list.
You can also specify a name for your file, select a saving format, and choose a destination folder. The images will be saved in
the desired format and attached to an email message.
● Save FineReader Document
Specify the folder where you wish the ABBYY FineReader document to be stored.
Group Work in a LAN
ABBYY FineReader 9.0 provides tools and capabilities for processing documents over a local area network (LAN).
● Processing the Same ABBYY FineReader Document on Several LAN Computers
● Using the Same User Languages and Dictionaries on Several Computers
Processing the Same ABBYY FineReader Document on Several
LAN Computers
When running ABBYY FineReader over a local area network, all the program tools and capabilities are available on the workstations.
If an ABBYY FineReader document is to be used on several LAN computers simultaneously, the following should be taken into account:
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