Automated Tasks Shipped with ABBYY FineReader 8.0

ABBYY FineReader ships with three automated tasks which cover all the steps required to get an image of a document, recognize it and save the recognized text. These automated tasks do not include the step of checking the recognition results.

Your copy ABBYY FineReader already includes the following three automated tasks:

PDF/Images To Word

This automated task:
  1. Opens image files (JPEG, TIFF, etc.) or PDF files. When you run the PDF/Images To Word task, the Open Image dialog will open. Select the files to be processed and click OK. The selected images will be added to the current ABBYY FineReader batch.
  2. Recognizes the images.
  3. Sends the recognized text to Microsoft Word.
    A new Microsoft Word document will be opened and the recognized text will be placed in this document.

Note: This automated task requires Microsoft Word to be installed on your computer.

Scan To Word

This automated task:
  1. Scans paper documents.
    The images of the scanned documents will be added to the current ABBYY FineReader batch.
  2. Recognizes the images.
  3. Sends the recognized text to Microsoft Word.
    A new Microsoft Word document will be opened and the recognized text will be placed in this document.

Note: This automated task requires Microsoft Word to be installed on your computer.

Scan to PDF

This automated task:
  1. Scans paper documents.
    The images of the scanned documents will be added to the current ABBYY FineReader batch.
  2. Recognizes the images.
  3. Sends the recognized text to Adobe Acrobat/Reader.
    A new PDF document will be opened and the recognized text will be placed in this document.

Managing Automated Tasks

Running an Automated Task