To create a task:

1. Either:
   • click the New button in ABBYY Hot Folder or
   • in the main ABBYY FineReader window, click the arrow next to the Save button and select the Read Document Later… command
     A new task will be displayed, with the steps Run once and Open FineReader document already selected.
2. Select how often the task should be launched:
   • Run once (the task will be launched once at the time you specify)
   • Recurring (the task will be launched multiple times)
3. Specify the folder or document that contains the images to process.

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   • Open file from folder allows you to process images in local and network folders.
   • Open file from FTP allows you to process images in folders on an FTP server.
     If login and password are required in order to access the FTP folder, enter them in the FTP login and FTP password fields respectively. If no login and password are required, select the Anonymous connection option.
   • Open file from Outlook allows you to process images in your mail box.
   • Open FineReader document opens images stored in a FineReader document.

   Under Documents, select one of the three options:

   • Create a separate document for each file 
   • Create a separate document for each folder
   • Create one document for all files
4. Click Analyze and read.

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   • Analyze and read analyzes an image and performs OCR.
   • Analyze only analyzes an image.
   • Automatically analyze areas detects text, picture, table, and other areas on the image.
   • Use template loads a template with pre-configured areas.
   • From the Language drop-down list, select the language of the texts to be recognized.

     Note: You can select more than one language.

   • Click the All Document Settings… button to select more options on the Read tab of the Options dialog box.
5. If required, select the Save FineReader document step.

6. Click Save document and specify the folder where to store the recognition results.

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   • From the Save as drop-down list, select a format for the output files.

     Tip. You can have more than one saving step in order to save the results in multiple formats.

   • In the Folder field, provide the path to the output folder where the recognition results will be stored.
   • In the File name field, enter a name for the output files.

   Note: The appearance of this dialog box will vary depending on the options selected at step 2.

7. Click OK.
   The set-up task will be displayed in the ABBYY Hot Folder main window.