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
• How to install FineReader PDF provided that the License Server and workstations are located in different subnets?
• "This action can't be completed because the file is open in Print Spooler" message
• Where to find the MSI installation file for FineReader PDF?
• Error: "This application cannot run on your PC To find a version for your PC, check with the software publisher" when installing FineReader PDF

Activation and Licensing

• "The RPC server is unavailable" error message appears when FineReader is started
• This serial number cannot be activated automatically
• The license server on the workstation %server name% is inaccessible
• When does ABBYY FineReader PDF subscription start?
• How to check the expiration date of the FineReader PDF license?
• "This request is not authorized to perform this operation" error appears in the Event Viewer when activating a license in Azure

PDF Editor

• Setting FineReader PDF as a default PDF viewer
• FineReader is launched with an assert: Error code: 258
• Selecting multiple pages in a document in FineReader PDF
• How to rotate all pages of a PDF document?
• 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

OCR Editor

• Area template displacement
• 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

Recognition (OCR)

• 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
• Limitations for processing or exporting files in FineReader PDF

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

• 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
• How to avoid image quality loss while exporting a document as a searchable PDF?
• How to convert a PDF document to Microsoft Word or Excel in FineReader PDF

Integration with Microsoft Office and Windows Explorer

• 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
• "This file cannot be previewed because there is no previewer installed for it" when trying to preview a PDF file in MS Outlook

Known Issues

• FineReader PDF 16 is opened with an assert: C:\Build\TeamAgent\_work\1\s\FineObjects\Src\Time.cpp, 255. Error code: 0x57
• Error messages "ERR_EN_SER_PARSE_XML_SOLID" and "ERR_EN_SER_LOAD_MISSED" appear after opening Finereader PDF 16 on the workstation
• 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

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
• How to change the date format for output file names in Hotfolder?

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