FineReader PDF for Windows

Installation and Update

• Release notes
• Downloads
• Specifications
• Administrator's and User's guides

• Some files are corrupted. Please reinstall FineReader PDF 15
• Updating FineReader PDF
• Updating FineReader PDF License Server
• Video: How to install FineReader PDF within an organization
• Installation of the FineReader PDF License Manager on additional computer
• Deploying FineReader PDF with the PDF Viewer license for the Remote User license type

Activation and Licensing

• "The RPC server is unavailable" error message appears when FineReader is started
• This serial number cannot be activated automatically
• "ABBYY FineReader OCR Editor is not available in this version of ABBYY FineReader PDF" message appears after subscription renewal
• How to use a license file for offline activation
• Installation methods for the Per Seat license type
• How to reset a password for the ABBYY 2Checkout account?

PDF Editor

• Setting FineReader PDF as a default PDF viewer
• FineReader is launched with an assert: Error code: 258
• Protecting individual PDF document from unauthorized access, editing, and printing in FineReader PDF
• How to set up Privacy Settings in FineReader PDF?
• How to disable JavaScript in PDF documents
• How to create a form with a date field

OCR Editor

• How to change the color of a recognition area?
• How to change the number of cores for processing the files in FineReader PDF on multiple computers simultaneously?
• "The image file format has not been recognized" error message appears while adding a document in OCR Editor
• Turning off a transparent pop-up toolbar for copying, adding, and cutting area parts in the Image pane of the OCR Editor
• Creating a keyboard shortcuts in FineReader PDF
• Area template displacement

Recognition (OCR)

• Is an Internet connection required for using FineReader PDF?
• Dealing with bilingual text
• The difference between the "Text over the page image" and "Text under the page image" options in Searchable PDF format settings
• Fix incorrect page splitting in FineReader PDF 15 for documents with two columns
• Are the documents processed in FineReader PDF desktop stored on some server?
• Recognizing text in picture areas

Scanning and Printing

• How to set up a scanner page size
• How to use double-side scanning in FineReader PDF
• Creating a PDF file from editable document formats with FineReader PDF
• Creating a PDF using Microsoft Print to PDF printer
• Creating a document with multiple pages per sheet using FineReader PDF 15
• FineReader's virtual printer disappeared from the list of available printers

Import and Export

• How to combine multiple PDFs into one PDF using FineReader PDF?
• How to process PDF documents from Google Drive using FineReader PDF
• How to save selected pages in FineReader PDF
• Exporting a multipage document to separate spreadsheets
• HTML page is divided on more pages after converting it into a PDF document
• Moving custom files and projects from FineReader PDF 15 when switching to FineReader PDF 16

Integration with Microsoft Office and Windows Explorer

• Enabling the installation of FineReader PDF components (Screenshot Reader, Hot Folder, Compare Documents).
• How to convert the emails to PDF in MS Outlook?
• Disabling MS Office integration with FineReader PDF
• Disabling the integration with Outlook in the settings of MS Outlook
• How to Check In/Check Out files stored in MS SharePoint, if Internet Explorer does not work or MS Edge is used
• Outlook disabled the ABBYY FineReader PDF 15 add-in. It caused Outlook to start slowly

Known Issues

• How to disable all sounds in FineReader PDF
• Error message "Error writing to file: %Disk%\Program Files\ABBYYFineReader16\26641c.rbf. Verify that you have access to that directory"
• Error message when closing file located on a cloud: "A sharing violation occurred while accessing a file"
• FineReader PDF 16 is opened with an assert: C:\Build\TeamAgent\_work\1\s\FineObjects\Src\Time.cpp, 255. Error code: 0x57
• Error messages appear after opening FineReader PDF 16 on a workstation: "ERR_EN_SER_PARSE_XML_SOLID" and "ERR_EN_SER_LOAD_MISSED"
• Access Denied error message occurs during conversion to Microsoft Word and Excel

Hot Folder

• Hot Forder task ends with the error message "The image file format has not been recognized"
• How to create a Hot Folder task visible for both the Local Administrator and the Domain User?
• How to increase the monthly page limit for processing in Hot Folder?
• How to import Hot Folder tasks created in FineReader PDF 15 version to FineReader PDF 16 version
• How to close Hot Folder and disable it to run at startup
• How to disable processing of files from subfolders in Hot Folder?

Comparator

• Compare Documents tool does not detect differences in spaces in text
• "ABBYY Compare Documents is not available under this license" message appears in FineReader PDF
• Displaying the full text of differences found by ABBYY Compare Documents in the comparison report
• Saving comparison results
• Error appears when adding the *.doc(x) file to Compare Documents application
• Video: How to track changes in PDF vs Microsoft Word in Comparator

FineReader for ScanSnap

• "Failed to load DLL ole32.dll. Unknown error. Error code: 0xc1" error message
• Activation of FineReader for ScanSnap
• Removing text boxes in scenario "Scan to Word" with FineReader for ScanSnap
• How to save a scan in RTF format in FineReader for ScanSnap 5.5?
• How to use Fujitsu ScanSnap scanner with FineReader PDF
• Using ABBYY FineReader for ScanSnap 5.5 with ScanSnap Manager on Windows

Announcements

• FineReader PDF 16: Editable documents to PDF conversion functions discontinued since Release 3