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 PDF 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 1024×768 resolution or higher

  • An Internet connection is required to activate your serial number.

  • Keyboard, mouse or other pointing device

Scanners & MFPs

FineReader PDF supports TWAIN- and WIA-compatible scanners, multi-function peripherals (MFPs) and all-in-one devices when using in scanning mode.

You can find such scanners among the popular models offered by:

Avision

Brother

Canon

Epson

Fujitsu

HP

Kodak

Lexmark

Microtek

Mustek

OKI

Panasonic

Plustek

Ricoh

Visioneer

VuPoint

Xerox

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

Interface languages

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Bulgarian
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Chinese simplified
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Chinese traditional
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Czech
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Danish
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Dutch
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English
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French
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German
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Greek
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Hungarian
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Italian
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Japanese
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Korean
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Polish
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Portuguese (Brazilian)
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Russian
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Slovak
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Spanish
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Swedish
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Turkish
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Ukrainian
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Vietnamese

Note: number of supported interface languages may vary in some local versions of ABBYY FineReader PDF 15

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