The Quick Tasks menu has a drop-down menus that lets you choose whether to get images from a file or a scanner, and buttons that let you select from four output formats: a text document, a worksheet, an HTML file, or a searchable PDF. Interface FineReader Express has the simplest and most straightforward interface I've found on any OCR app. FineReader Express doesn't include the touch-up and editing tools that the Windows-based Professional version has in profusion, but most home and SOHO users won't need them. That's because the OCR engine that ABBYY uses in all its products lets FineReader Express produce the same high-quality output produced by its feature-rich Windows-based siblings. Mac users get only a feature-limited version called FineReader Express Edition for the Mac-but even this limited version outclasses any other OCR software we've tested for the Mac. ABBYY's FineReader OCR apps consistently get our Editors' Choice award, but only Windows users get to use the high-powered FineReader 11 Professional Edition.
