Supported document formats

The table below lists the formats supported by ABBYY FineReader PDF 15.

Format File extension Input formats
for the OCR Editor
Input formats
for the PDF Editor /
for ABBYY Compare Documents
Saving formats
PDF document *.pdf + + +
Editable text formats
Microsoft Word Document *.doc, *.docx - + +
Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Workbook *.xls, *.xlsx - + +
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation *.pptx - + +
*.ppt - + -
Microsoft Visio Drawing *.vsd, *.vsdx - + / - -
HTML Document *.htm, *.html - + +
Rich Text Format *.rtf - + +
Text Document *.txt - + +
Microsoft Office Excel Comma-Separated Values File *.csv - - +
OpenDocument Text *.odt - + +
*.ods - + -
*.odp - + -
FB2 Document *.fb2 - - +
EPUB Document *.epub - - +
Non-editable formats
XPS (requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4) *.xps + + -
DjVu Document *.djvu, *.djv + + +
Images
JPEG *.jpg, *.jpeg + + +
JPEG 2000 *.jp2, *.j2k, *.jpf, *.jpx, *.jpc + + +
PNG *.png + + +
TIFF *.tiff, *.tif + + +
BMP *.bmp, *.dib, *.rle + + +
GIF *.gif + + -
JBIG2 *.jbig2, *.jb2 + + +
PCX *.dcx, *.pcx + + +

To be able to edit texts in a particular format, you must have the appropriate version of Microsoft Office or Apache OpenOffice installed on your computer.

ABBYY Compare Documents can save comparison results in the following formats:

  • PDF document (*.pdf)
    To view PDF files, you must have a PDF viewing application installed on your computer. To see the list of differences, open the Comments pane.
  • Microsoft Word Document (*.docx)

If the metadata of a document contain information about the compliance with the PDF/A or PDF/UA standard, this will be displayed in the Document Properties window.

04.03.2022 7:13:07

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