> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.abbyy.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Step 1. Create a skill

> Launch Advanced Designer and create a new skill with proper configuration.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Launch Advanced Designer">
    Launch Advanced Designer on your Windows machine.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Connect to the server">
    If you are already connected, skip this step.

    1. Specify your Vantage server URL and click **Connect**.
    2. Enter your corporate e-mail and click **Proceed**.
    3. Enter your password and click **Sign In**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create a new skill with a local folder sync">
    The server stores only the published version of the skill, so having a local copy will prevent you from accidentally losing unpublished changes.

    1. Click **Create Document Skill** at the top of the window.
    2. Enter the name of the new skill and an optional description.
    3. Click **Create local folder to sync**.
    4. Click **Create** and select a folder in which the local copy of the skill will be stored.
    5. Click **Select folder**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Adjust the OCR language settings">
    We are going to process sick notes in German, French, and Dutch, so we need to adjust the OCR language settings accordingly.

    1. Click the icon to the right of the skill name.
    2. Go to the **OCR Languages** tab.
    3. Select the following languages: English (United States), French (Standard), Dutch (Standard), German (Standard), and German (New Spelling).
    4. Deselect any other languages.
    5. Click **Save**.

    <Note>
      You can change language settings at any time later, but the new settings will not be applied to documents that have already been uploaded.
    </Note>
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What's next

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Step 2. Configure the document processing flow" icon="arrow-right" href="/vantage/documentation/advanced-designer/tutorial/tutorial-step-2">
    Add classification, IF, Extraction Rules, and Fast Learning activities to the workflow.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Tutorial overview" icon="circle-info" href="/vantage/documentation/advanced-designer/tutorial/tutorial">
    Back to the tutorial introduction.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>