1. Start the program by going to Start, Programs, ABBYY Finereader and then click on ABBYY Finreader 4.0 Sprint.
2. Click on the Scan & Read button.
3. Choose the A4 USB Scanner from the select scanner dialog box. (This step only needs to be done the first time the program is used)
4. The Twain dialog box will appear on your screen.
5.  Set the Scan Mode to 'Line Art'.  Set the Scan Size to 'Custom'.  Set the Resolution to '300' and click on Preview.
6. After the scanner is done previewing, make sure the crop box is going around the edge of your document and click Scan.
7. After the scanner is done scanning, ABBYY Finereader will go through a recognition process and your document will appear within the program.
8. Words highlighted in green are words that the program did not recognize and therefore may be spelled incorrectly.
9. At this point you have a few options:

Save the Document as a File

1. Click on the Save button.
2. Choose the folder you want the file to be saved to where it says 'Save In'. (i.e.. My Documents)
3. Give the file a name where it says 'File Name'.
4. Choose the type of file you want to save it as, either a text (.txt) or Rich Text Format (.rtf) file.
5. Click Save.

Export the Document to a Microsoft Word

1. Click on File, Send To, Microsoft Word.
2. Microsoft Word will open automatically, inserting your document into the workspace.

Export the Document to Microsoft Excel

1. Click on File, Send To, Microsoft Excel.
2. Microsoft Excel will open automatically, inserting your document into the workspace.