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
• FineReader PDF interface language switches back to English when a user logs in on the terminal server
• How to use Microsoft Utility that fixes situations with installing and removing the programs?
• Does changing the workstation name take effect on the activated Per Seat license of FineReader PDF?
• What is the communication protocol and port between the License Server, License Manager and the workstation in FineReader PDF?

Activation and Licensing

• "The RPC server is unavailable" error message appears when FineReader is started
• This serial number cannot be activated automatically
• "This request is not authorized to perform this operation" error appears in the Event Viewer when activating a license in Azure
• How to update license parameters of a FineReader PDF volume license
• Is there an API included with a Corporate license of FineReader PDF?
• "The serial number is already in use" message appears when reactivating the monthly subscription license

PDF Editor

• Setting FineReader PDF as a default PDF viewer
• FineReader is launched with an assert: Error code: 258
• Moving pages from one document to another in PDF Editor
• "No module loaded for class 'Receipt.ReceiptSession'" error when converting a file in FineReader PDF
• Unable to print the file in FineReader PDF Editor since Release 3
• How does JavaScript work in FineReader PDF?

OCR Editor

• Launching the OCR Editor
• How to check the total amount of recognized characters on each page of a document in FineReader PDF
• "<FileName> contains an invalid path" error appears when opening the OCR Project in FineReader PDF
• How to load area templates created in FineReader PDF 15 version into FineReader PDF 16 version
• How to move user dictionaries created in FineReader PDF 15 version to FineReader PDF 16 version
• How to save user patterns and languages created in FineReader PDF 15 and load them to FineReader PDF 16

Recognition (OCR)

• 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
• Limitations for processing or exporting files in FineReader PDF
• Is it possible to recognize Hebrew with diacritics in FineReader PDF 15?
• Recognition of vertically oriented text in FineReader PDF 15

Scanning and Printing

• 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
• How to set a scanner as default in FineReader PDF
• "Tools\ScanSessionImpl.cpp, 246" error message appears when scanning in FineReader PDF

Import and Export

• Moving custom files and projects from FineReader PDF 15 when switching to FineReader PDF 16
• How to avoid image quality loss while exporting a document as a searchable PDF?
• How to convert a PDF document to Microsoft Word in FineReader PDF
• "Operation aborted" message appears when saving PDF files as Page Images
• Error code: 1283 when exporting a document to MS Word
• How to open a document automatically after saving

Integration with Microsoft Office and Windows Explorer

• 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
• "This file cannot be previewed because there is no previewer installed for it" when trying to preview a PDF file in MS Outlook
• How to display the FineReader PDF 15 commands in the context menu on Windows 11

Known Issues

• Access Denied error message occurs during conversion to Microsoft Word and Excel
• The filename or extension is too long
• Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion
• Internal program data are corrupted. Please reinstall the program or contact your system administrator. Error code: 250
• Error message appears in FineReader: "A sharing violation occurs while accessing a file"

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?
• Selecting a folder from Google Drive as an input folder in Hot Folder
• How to disable creating the Hot Folder log in the output folder
• "ABBYY Hot Folder is not available under this license" message appears in FineReader PDF

Comparator

• "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
• Comparator specification

FineReader for ScanSnap

• 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
• FineReader for ScanSnap 5.0 (Windows version) Update 3

Announcements

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