FineReader PDF empowers professionals to maximize efficiency in the digital workplace. Featuring ABBYY’s latest AI-based OCR technology, FineReader makes it easier to digitize, retrieve, edit, protect, share, and collaborate on all kinds of documents in the same workflow. Now information workers can focus even more on their expertise and less on administrative tasks.

PC Requirements 

Operating System

• Microsoft^® Windows^® 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7
• For working with localized interfaces corresponding language support is required

Centralized deployment and virtualization

The operation of ABBYY FineReader 15 has been tested for the following configurations:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2008 R2 (including the use with Remote Desktop, RemoteApp and Remote Desktop Web Access)
• Citrix Workspace App 1808 (using installed application accessed from a server), Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

Hardware

• PC with 1 GHz (or faster) x86 or x64 processor with SSE2 instruction set
• 1 GB of RAM (4 GB is recommended); in multiprocessor systems, an additional 512 MB of RAM is required for each additional processor.
• 1.2 GB of hard disk space for typical program installation and 1.2 GB free space for optimal program operation
• Video card with 1024x768 resolution or higher
• An Internet connection is required to activate your serial number.
• Keyboard, mouse or other pointing device

ABBYY FineReader PDF

Optimize document processes

Digitize, retrieve, edit, protect, share, and collaborate on all kinds of documents in one workflow.

Make the most of PDFs

Edit digital and scanned PDFs with a newfound ease: correct whole sentences and paragraphs or even adjust the layout.

Digitize the document workflow

Incorporate paper documents into a digital workplace with AI-based OCR technology to simplify daily work.

Streamline IT costs

Benefit from one-time payment and progressive volume discounts to maximize the impact across your organization.

Standardize software assets

Deploy one PDF solution throughout your organization to ensure multiple stakeholders can collaborate smoothly.

Simplify license management

Lower IT workload with automated deployment and straightforward license management.

Edit all of the PDF

With FineReader 15, editing PDFs of any kind, including scanned documents, has become almost as easy as with a text editor. You can edit entire paragraphs, change the text formatting, edit table cells, and even rearrange the whole layout.

Get more accurate document conversion

The latest improvements in ABBYY’s AI-based OCR technology provide higher accuracy for Japanese, Korean and Chinese characters and better automatic tagging for PDF and PDF/UA creation. The intelligent detection of text-layer quality for digitally-created PDFs allows for more accurate results when converting into editable formats.

Make an impact across the organization

New Remote User licenses allow organizations to use FineReader with desktop and application virtualization solutions. New options have been added to customize FineReader settings during deployment using Group Policy Objects.

WORK EASILY WITH A UNIVERSAL PDF TOOL

Perform various document-related tasks within one single application. Decrease costs by investing in fewer pieces of software. Increase the efficiency of daily work by reducing the number of applications in use and preventing the need to do the same work twice. Enjoy a simple and straight-forward user interface and high-quality results.

Recommended requirements for digital cameras

• 5 megapixel sensor
• Flash disable feature
• Manual aperture control or aperture priority mode
• Manual focusing
• An anti-shake system or the use of a tripod is recommended
• Optical zoom

Supported file formats

Input formats

• PDF (2.0 or earlier), including PDF/A, PDF/UA
• Image formats: TIFF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, JBIG2, PNG, BMP, PCX, GIF, DjVu, XPS*
• Editable formats**: DOC(X), XLS(X), PPT(X), VSD(X), HTML, RTF, TXT, ODT, ODS, ODP

* Requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.
** Microsoft^® Office or Apache^® OpenOffice^® is required.

Export file formats

• PDF, including PDF/A (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2u, 3a, 3b, 3u), PDF/UA
• Image formats: TIFF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, JBIG2, PNG, BMP, PCX, DjVu
• Editable formats: DOC(X), XLS(X), PPTX, HTML, RTF, TXT, CSV, ODT
• E-book formats: EPUB^®, FB2

Supported applications

• Microsoft Word 365, 2019, 2016 (16.0), 2013 (15.0), 2010 (14.0), 2007 (12.0)
• LibreOffice Writer 5.2, 6.1
• Apache OpenOffice Writer 4.1
• Microsoft SharePoint 2013, SharePoint Server 2013, 2016, 2019
• Microsoft PowerPoint 365, 2019, 2016 (16.0), 2013 (15.0), 2010 (14.0), 2007 (12.0)
• Microsoft Excel 365, 2019, 2016 (16.0), 2013 (15.0), 2010 (14.0), 2007 (12.0)

If any application is missing from this list, it has either not yet tested or not supported. To ensure better compatibility, we recommend installing the latest updates and upgrades available for the above applications.

Formal Languages

Basic, English Phonetic Transcriptions, Java, Simple mathematical formulas, C/C++, Numbers, Pascal, Simple chemical formulas, COBOL, Fortran