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of FineReader PDF (for Windows)

FineReader PDF is a family of powerful PDF and OCR tools used by thousands of customers and organizations worldwide.
Why Upgrade? Achieve new levels of productivity when working with documents thanks to the latest OCR technology and expanding set of features.

6 reasons to upgrade to FineReader PDF 16 for Windows

  • Edit any kind of PDF as in Microsoft Word

    Rewrite complete paragraphs, edit data in table cells, adjust formatting, and rearrange the overall layout easier than before with the redesigned user interface. Re-arrange and manipulate PDF pages easily with the new “Organize Pages” tool.

  • Integration with Microsoft Office

    Create PDFs, convert scans and paper documents to edit, and compare a document with its PDF, scanned, or paper copy directly from Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. In Outlook, convert emails, attachments, and email folders to PDF.

  • Convert PDFs into editable formats smoothly

    Reconstruct paragraphs, extract text from fields, and detect the PDF quality for superior conversion results even with corrupted PDFs.

  • Make the most of digital documents

    Better conversion results thanks to new, enhanced OCR technology with improved internal document classification.

  • Compare documents with flexible export options

    Identify differences between two versions of a document across different formats, including scans. Export your comparison results into Microsoft Word using track-changes mode to easily sort through and approve changes (сorporate edition only).

  • Flexible licensing options to accommodate every organization

    Improved flexibility with simplified license management, support of deployment in Microsoft Azure, and PDF Viewer compatibility with Concurrent licenses.

*According to internal ABBYY tests. Accuracy, speed, and formatting results may vary depending on document quality and scanner settings.

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FineReader 11 vs FineReader PDF 16

FineReader Sprint 12 vs Finereader PDF 16

FineReader PDF 15 vs FineReader PDF 16

Capability

FineReader PDF 15

FineReader PDF 16
Edit PDFs  

Improved
Manipulate pages in PDFs (reorder, add, remove, etc.)  

Improved (new and improved tools for organizing pages in PDFs)
Convert scans and PDFs to popular office formats  

Improved
Create searchable PDFs from SVG images  

New (SVG input format)
ABBYY’s renowned OCR  

Improved (new, enhanced OCR technology for better document conversion)
Compare documents    
Integration with Microsoft Office    
Installation

Microsoft InstallShield, 32-bit x86 distributive

Improved (new WIX-based installer, 64-bit x64 distributive)
Licensing and deployment for organizations  

Improved (simplified Iicense update)
Microsoft Azure support  

New: Deployment in Microsoft Azure
PDF Viewer free app for organizations  

(not compatible with Concurrent licenses)

Improved (PDF Viewer is compatible with concurrent licenses)
Intuitive user interface  

Updated (fresh look and new icons in PDF Editor)
Ribbon-style interface with tabs  

New (PDF Editor functions organized into tabs)

FineReader 14 vs FineReader PDF 16

Capability

FineReader 14

FineReader PDF 16
Open PDF to view, comment, copy text  

Improved - up to 40 % faster

Preview in Explorer/Outlook

Quick copy text/tables (improved)
Edit text in any kind of PDF, change te layout w/o conversion, add new text, edit scanned PDF

(only inside one string)

Edit text from a little misprint correction to completely changing a content of the page. Even in scanned PDF.

 
PDF with interactive forms editing&creation  

Create PDF with fillable forms
Manipulate pages in PDFs (reorder, add, remove, etc.)  

Improved (new and improved tools for organizing pages in PDFs)
Convert scans and PDFs to popular office formats  
  • Improved: Intelligent processing of PDF with text layer - performs OCR only if needed
  • Improved: headers&footers detection
  • Detection and recognition of Tables and Charts & Graphs is improved
  • Improved
Create searchable PDFs from SVG images  

New (SVG input format)
OCR quality and languages  
  • AI methods implemented in technology allowed to increase both quality and speed of recognition.
  • Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic OCR improved
  • 6 more OCR languages for Fractur/Gothic OCR
  • new, enhanced OCR technology for better document conversion
Compare documents  

New: Save the results of comparison in MS Word track changes format
Licensing&deployment  

New: Remote User licenses for complicated IT configurations: Terminal Server, TS Farms and virtual environments; customize product settings. Simplified license update process and Deployment in Microsoft Azure.
Integration with Microsoft Office    
Installation

Microsoft InstallShield, 32-bit x86 distributive

Improved (new WIX-based installer, 64-bit x64 distributive)
PDF Viewer free app for organizations

(not compatible with Concurrent licenses)

Improved (PDF Viewer is compatible with concurrent licenses)
Intuitive user interface  

Updated (fresh look and new icons in PDF Editor)
Ribbon-style interface with tabs  

New (PDF Editor functions organized into tabs)

FineReader 12 vs FineReader PDF 16

Capability

FineReader 12

FineReader PDF 16
Open pdf to view, comment, print, copy, search, fill pdf forms, etc    
Edit text and pictures in pdf w/o conversion, add headers&footers, watermarks, etc    

 
Protect PDF using passwords, digital signatures; etc    
Create PDFS from WORD, EXCEL, and other formats    

New (SVG input format)
PDF with interactive forms editing&creation    
Manipulate pages in PDFs (reorder, add, remove, etc.)    

Improved (new and improved tools for organizing pages in PDFs)
Conversion from scans, pdf and images to editable formats  
  • Improved document layout and structure retention Improved tables, charts and graphs recognition
  • Improved text extraction from non-image PDF without OCR
  • Improvement of exported Word documents’ editability
  • New: Convert to PDF/A (all versions), PDF/UA
  • New: Combine files in different formats into one PDF or other format
  • Improved
Create searchable PDFs from SVG images    

New (SVG input format)
OCR quality and languages  
  • Expanded OCR languages support, Improved quality of OCR
  • Gothic/Fracture OCR
  • new, enhanced OCR technology for better document conversion
Compare two versions of the document in different formats    
Multi-core processing for conversion images or pdfs to MS OFFICE formats using hotfolder    

(up to 2 times faster)
Batch PDF operations (create, protect, secure, convert to PDF/A, etc.)    
Licensing&deployment  

More types of licensing for complicated IT configurations: on Terminal Server, TS Farms and virtual environment. Simplified license update process and Deployment in Microsoft Azure
Integration with Microsoft Office    

(Integration with PowerPoint)
Installation

Microsoft InstallShield, 32-bit x86 distributive

Improved (new WIX-based installer, 64-bit x64 distributive)
PDF Viewer free app for organizations  

Improved (PDF Viewer is compatible with Concurrent licenses)
Intuitive user interface  

Updated (fresh look and new icons in PDF Editor)
Ribbon-style interface with tabs  

New (PDF Editor functions organized into tabs)

PDF Transformer+ vs FineReader PDF 16

Capability

PDF Transformer+

FineReader PDF 16
Open pdf to view, comment, print, copy, search, fill pdf forms, etc  
  • Faster PDF opening
  • Improved: full set of commenting tools including drawing tools
  • Faster background OCR to allow search and copy without conversion
  • Fill interactive PDF forms
  • Print PDF with comments
Edit text in any kind of pdf, change te layout W/O conversion, add new text, edit scanned pdf    
  • Edit text from a little misprint correction to completely changing a content of the page, even in scanned PDF.
  • Expanded PDF tool set. Add headers & footers
  • Add watermarks
  • Add and edit hyperlinks
  • Work with attachments
  • New and improved tools for organizing pages in PDFs
  • Improved: add bates numbering
  • Create PDF with fillable forms
Edit scanned pdf as non-image pdf files    
Protect PDF using passwords, digital signatures; etc    

(Improved)
Create PDFS from WORD, EXCEL, and other formats    

New (SVG input format)

  • Improved: Create PDF/A (all versions), PDF/UA
Conversion from scans, pdf and images to editable formats  
  • Improved conversion to MS Office and searchable PDF formats
  • Text editor for verification, proofreading, style and layout correction of OCR result
  • Image enhancement auto and manual tools
  • Patterns training and user dictionary support to get more accurate OCR result
  • Expanded OCR languages support, Improved quality of OCR
  • Improved
Compare two versions of the document in different formats    
Multi-core processing for conversion images or pdfs to MS OFFICE formats using hotfolder    
Batch PDF operations (create, protect, secure, convert to PDF/A, etc.)    
Licensing&deployment  

More types of licensing for complicated IT configurations: on Terminal Server, TS Farms and virtual environments. Simplified license update process and Deployment in Microsoft Azure.
Integration with Microsoft Office    
Installation

Microsoft InstallShield, 32-bit x86 distributive

Improved (new WIX-based installer, 64-bit x64 distributive)
PDF Viewer free app for organizations  

Improved (PDF Viewer is compatible with concurrent licenses)
Intuitive user interface  

Updated (fresh look and new icons in PDF Editor)
Ribbon-style interface with tabs  

New (PDF Editor functions organized into tabs)

FineReader 11 vs FineReader PDF 16

Capability

FineReader 11

FineReader PDF 16
Open pdf to view, comment, print, copy, search, fill pdf forms, etc    
Edit text and pictures in pdf W/O conversion, add headers&footers, watermarks, etc    

 
Protect PDF using passwords, digital signatures; etc    
Create PDFS from WORD, EXCEL, and other formats    

New (SVG input format)
PDF with interactive forms editing&creation    
Manipulate pages in PDFs (reorder, add, remove etc.)  

Improved (new and improved tools for organizing pages in PDFs)
Conversion from scans, pdf and images to editable formats  
  • Improved document layout and structure retention
  • Improved tables, charts and graphs recognition
  • Improved text extraction from non-image PDF without OCR
  • Improvement of exported Word documents’ editability
  • Improved: Convert photos of documents and image preprocessing (including autocrop)
  • Background page preprocessing
  • Convert to PDF/A (all versions), PDF/UA
  • Combine files in different formats into one PDF or other format
  • Improved
Create searchable PDFs from SVG images  

New (SVG input format)
OCR quality and languages  
  • Expanded OCR languages support, Improved quality of OCR for most languages
  • Gothic/Fracture OCR
  • new, enhanced OCR technology for better document conversion
Compare two versions of the document in different formats    
Multi-core processing for conversion images or pdfs to MS OFFICE formats using hotfolder    

(Improved, faster)
Batch pdf operations (create, protect, secure, convert to PDF/A, etc.)    
Licensing&deployment  

More types of licensing for complicated IT configurations: on Terminal Server, TS Farms and virtual environment. Simplified license update process and Deployment in Microsoft Azure
Integration with Microsoft Office    

(Integration with PowerPoint)
Installation

Microsoft InstallShield, 32-bit x86 distributive

  

Improved (new WIX-based installer, 64-bit x64 distributive)
Free PDF Viewer app for organizations    

Improved (PDF Viewer is compatible with concurrent licenses)
Intuitive user interface    

Updated (fresh look and new icons in PDF Editor)
Ribbon-style interface with tabs    

New (PDF Editor functions organized into tabs)

FineReader Sprint 12 vs FineReader PDF 16

Capability

FineReader Sprint 12 (Windows)

FineReader PDF 16
Open pdf to view, comment, print, copy, search, fill pdf forms, etc    
Edit text and pictures in pdf W/O conversion, add headers&footers, watermarks, etc    

 
Protect PDF using passwords, digital signatures; etc    
Create PDFS from WORD, EXCEL, and other formats    

(New) SVG input format
PDF with interactive forms editing&creation    
Manipulate pages in PDFs (reorder, add, remove, etc.)  

Improved (new and improved tools for organizing pages in PDFs)
Conversion from scans, pdf and images to editable formats  
  • Expanded support of export formats support: Convert to PDF/A (all versions), PDF/UA, FB2 etc
  • Improved document layout and structure retention
  • Improved tables, charts and graphs recognition
  • Improved text extraction from non-image PDF without OCR
  • Improvement of exported Word documents’ editability
  • Combine files in different formats into one PDF or other format
  • Improved
Create searchable PDFs from SVG images  

New (SVG input format)
OCR quality and languages  
  • OCR languages support, Improved quality of OCR for most languages
  • Gothic/Fracture OCR
  • new, enhanced OCR technology for better document conversion
Recognized text verification before export    
Extensive set of options    
  • Extensive set of converting options
  • More tools to edit scans and images
Compare two versions of the document in different formats    
Multi-core processing for conversion images or pdfs to MS OFFICE formats using hotfolder    
Batch pdf operations (create, protect, secure, convert to PDF/A, etc.)    
Licensing&deployment

n/a

Improved: Different types of licensing and ways for installation, complicated IT configurations support (on Terminal Server, TS Farms and virtual environments) in Corporate Edition: Simplified license update process and Deployment in Microsoft Azure
Integration with Microsoft Office    
Installation

Microsoft InstallShield, 32-bit x86 distributive

Improved (new WIX-based installer, 64-bit x64 distributive)
PDF Viewer free app for organizations  

Improved (PDF Viewer is compatible with concurrent licenses)
Intuitive user interface  

Updated (fresh look and new icons in PDF Editor)
Ribbon-style interface with tabs  

New (PDF Editor functions organized into tabs)

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