Wells Anderson posts:
“Image Recognition is a brilliant new feature in 9.0. It allows you to write macros that press buttons that are “invisible” or have unpredictable locations. For example, add-ins to MS Outlook and other MS Office applications may have no menu equivalents and cannot be found using PushButton or FindWindowWithText. Image Recognition lets you find buttons and other screen elements and then perform actions on them, such as mouse clicks.”
He then goes on to share a great tip on how to deal with different font smoothing options. Check it out.