ABBYY FineReader 10 User's Guide

ABBYY FineReader 10 User’s Guide
Status
Description
Running
The images in the folder are being processed.
Waiting
Waiting for the previous task to finish.
Scheduled
Watching
You chose to check the hot folder for images only once at start time. The start time is indicated in the
Next Start Time column.
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.
You can save any task for future use:
1. On the toolbar, click .
2. Specify the name of the task and the path to the task.
3. Click Save.
To load a previously saved task:
1. On the toolbar, click .
2. Select the desired task and click Open.
Creating a Task
The ABBYY Hot Folder 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 Folder if you want ABBYY FineReader to process images form a local or a network folder.
● Select 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 Outlook folder if you want to process images arriving into a mailbox folder.
● Under Processed image settings, specify whether ABBYY FineReader should delete the images from the hot folder after
they have been successfully processed.
● Under Time settings:
● Select Check folders 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 check 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.
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