Setting Up a Hot Folder

Run ABBYY Hot Folder & Scheduling and click the New button on the toolbar. This will launch the ABBYY Hot Folder & Scheduling wizard which will guide you through the setup process.

Step 1. Open Images

Here you need to select the folder with images to be processed. Also at this step, you need to specify how often ABBYY FineReader must check this folder for new images.

Options available at step 1

Step 2. Read All Images

Here you need to select recognition options.

Options available at step 2

Step 3. Save Document

Here you need to select a folder where the resulting documents will be stored and select a file format for the documents.

Options available at step 3

Tip. You can add several saving steps to save recognition results in multiple formats. In the Save as type drop-down list, click (Select multiple formats) and in the dialog that opens select the formats in which you wish to save recognition results.