# Create a project

> Follow the instructions from this page to create your first Document Understanding<sup>TM</sup> project.

Follow the instructions from this page to create your first Document Understanding<sup>TM</sup> project.

1. Open **Document Understanding**.
2. Select **Create project**.
3. Fill in the desired project name.
4. Configure **Advanced options** if needed.
   1. Select the OCR you want to use for your new project from the **OCR method** drop-down list.
   2. Fill in the **OCR API Key**.
      :::note
      This field is filled in automatically if you select a UiPath® OCR.
      :::
   3. Choose if you want to **Apply OCR on PDFs**. This is set to **Auto** by default.
5. Select **Create**.

   Figure 1. Creating your first project

   ![Screenshot of the Create project interface.](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/document-understanding/document-understanding-screenshot-of-the-create-project-interface-397070-d54aa464-30277f99.webp)

After you create your new project, you can open it by selecting it from the **Projects** list.

![Screenshot of the Projects list interface.](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/document-understanding/document-understanding-screenshot-of-the-projects-list-interface-497122-0bc07de6-347b370e.webp)

## Configure project settings

You can edit or configure additional project settings after you created the project.

To do this, open your project and select **Project settings** on the bottom-left corner of the screen.

Figure 2. Additional project settings

![Screenshot of the Project settings interface.](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/document-understanding/document-understanding-screenshot-of-the-project-settings-interface-396612-046ba178-a316c8f0.webp)

You can configure the following additional project settings:

* **Name**: The name of the project.
* **Description**: Optionally, you can provide more details about the project.
* **OCR method**: Select the OCR method for the project from the drop-down list.
* **OCR API Key**: Provide the API key for the chosen API. This field is populated automatically if you selected a UiPath OCR.
* **OCR URL**: Provide the OCR URL corresponding to the chosen OCR method. For the full list of URLs for UiPath OCRs, check the [Public Endpoints](https://docs.uipath.com/document-understanding/automation-suite/2024.10/user-guide/public-endpoints#public-endpoints) page.
* **Apply OCR on PDFs**: Establishes if the OCR process should be applied or not to PDF documents. If set to **Yes**, the OCR is applied to all PDF pages of the document. If set to **No**, the OCR is not applied to any pages and returns only the text embedded in the PDF. When set to **Auto** OCR applies only to the scanned pages of the document. The default value is **Auto**.