9.0

ABBYY FineReader 9.0 User’s Guide
Note: By default, task files are stored in %Userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\ABBYY\HotFolder\9.00.
(In Microsoft Windows Vista: %Userprofile%\AppData\Local\ABBYY\HotFolder\9.00).
The ABBYY Hot Folder & Scheduling main window displays a list of set–up tasks. For each task, the full path to the corresponding hot
folder is displayed, together with its current status and the scheduled processing time.
Tasks may have the following statuses:
Status Description
Running The images in the folder are being processed.
Waiting Waiting for the previous task to finish.
Scheduled You chose to check the hot folder for images only once at start time. The start time is indicated in the
Next Run Time column.
Watching ABBYY FineReader will process images in this folder as they come in.
Stopped Processing has been stopped by the user.
Completed Finished processing images in this folder.
Error An error occurred when processing images in this folder. ABBYY FineReader did not complete the
processing tasks. To find out the cause of the error, select the failed folder and click the View Log button
on the toolbar.
Creating a Task
The ABBYY Hot Folder & Scheduling Wizard will guide you through the steps required to set up a hot folder.
To set up a task:
1. In the main window, click the New button. In the Hot Folder – Step 1 of 3: Open Images dialog box, select the folder to be
monitored and then specify how often ABBYY FineReader should check this folder.
● From the dropdown list at the top of the dialog box:
● Select Open images from folder if you want ABBYY FineReader to process images form a local or a network folder.
● Select Open images from FTP folder if you want ABBYY FineReader to process images from a folder on an FTP server.
Enter the FTP login and password if the server requires authorization. Otherwise, select the Anonymous login option to
use an anonymous connection.
● Select Open images from folder in Outlook mailbox if you want to process images arriving into a mailbox folder.
● Under Time settings:
● Select Check folder once at start time to process only the images that will be available in this folder when the
scheduled task begins. Any images added to the folder later will not be processed.
● Select Continually watch folder for incoming images to monitor the folder and process new files as they arrive.
ABBYY FineReader will check the folder for new images every 60 seconds.
● In the Start time field, select the time when ABBYY FineReader must start processing images in the folder. Select Postpone
to postpone the task.
● Under Processed image settings, specify whether ABBYY FineReader should delete the images from the hot folder after they
have been successfully processed.
2. Click Next. In the Hot Folder – Step 2 of 3: Read All Images dialog box, select a recognition language and a recognition mode
and specify whether a user pattern should be used for OCR.
● From the Recognition language dropdown list, select the language corresponding to the language of the texts on the
images.
Note: You can select more than one recognition language.
● To apply an area template to the images, provide a path to the desired area template file in the Use area template field.
● Under Recognition mode, select either
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