Supported Input Formats

ABBYY FineReader Server 14 can open image and Office files in any of the following formats:

Office files

E-Mail files

  • EML, MSG

Image files

Note. Page size is limited to 32512x32512 pixels.

  • PDF:

Files in PDF format (Version 2.0 or earlier), including PDF Portfolios.

  • Note. When processing PDF files that contain vector graphics, their visual quality may deteriorate, as the PDF file is rasterized and the output file contains a bitmap image.
  • Note. PDFs with XFA forms cannot be imported.
  • Note. PDF files that can only be opened using special plug-ins are not supported.
  • Note. When opening a PDF Portfolio, all the PDF files it contains will be merged and processed. Files in other formats will be ignored.
  • BMP:

uncompressed black and white

4- and 8-bit – uncompressed Palette

4- and 8-bit – RLE compressed Palette

16-bit – uncompressed, uncompressed Mask

24-bit – uncompressed

32-bit – uncompressed, uncompressed Mask

  • TIFF:

black and white – uncompressed, CCITT3, CCITT3FAX, CCITT4, Packbits, ZIP, LZW

gray – uncompressed, Packbits, JPEG, ZIP, LZW

24-bit color – uncompressed, JPEG, ZIP, LZW

1-, 4-, 8-bit palette – uncompressed, Packbits, ZIP, LZW

  • JPEG:

gray, color

  • JPEG 2000:

gray – Part 1

color – Part 1

  • JBIG2:

black and white

  • PNG:

black and white, gray, color

  • GIF:

black and white, LZW

2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7-, 8-bit palette, LZW

  • DjVu:

black and white, gray, color

  • PCX, DCX:

black and white

2-, 4- and 8-bit palette

24-bit color

  • WDP:

black and white, gray, color

  • XPS
  • HEIF
  • HEIC
  • WEBP

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