Question

How to launch the OCR Editor of FineReader PDF and open a document in it?

Answer

There are several ways to launch the OCR Editor:

1. In the New Task window, click:
   • New Task > Open > OCR Editor
   • or New Task > Tools > FineReader OCR Editor
   • or New Task > File > Open in OCR Editor...
2. In the PDF Editor, click:
   • PDF Editor > Tools > OCR Editor.
3. Open the Windows Start menu and click ABBYY FineReader PDF > ABBYY FineReader OCR Editor (or click Start  > All Programs > ABBYY FineReader PDF > ABBYY FineReader OCR Editor in Windows 10).

It is possible to set up the OCR Editor to either open the last used project or create a new project when it is launched. To do this, click New Task > select File / Tools menu > Options... > General and select either Open a new OCR project or Open the last used OCR project.