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ABBYY FineReader

Score8 out of 10

10 Reviews and Ratings

What is ABBYY FineReader?

ABBYY FineReader is a PDF editor that allows users to convert, edit, share, and collaborate on PDFs. FineReader also converts scanned documents into searchable PDF files.

Categories & Use Cases

Media

a display of the options: view, edit, and convert PDFs or compare different versions.
PDF editing in FineReader, which is almost like a Word document, where users can rewrite text paragraphs, edit the content in tables, or rearrange the layout.
the software's collaboration features, with the ablity to comment on, annotate, or mark up documents.
PDF to Word document conversion.
fillable fields, in a PDF
PDF organization options, which include the ability to merge and rearrange pages, or adding Bates numbering and stamps.

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ABBYY FineReader the ultimate key to editing PDF files

Pros

  • Advanced text recognition
  • Editing complex documents
  • Fragment recomposition, image relocation, worksheet cleaning, among others
  • Easy and fast configuration, in addition to the support of a large number of different digitization equipment

Cons

  • A versioning system of the work done or the editions that have been saved in the files, or a tracking of changes between one version and another would be fabulous
  • An improvement that would be asked would be as previews or suggestions of the type of file that could be beneficial to use in an edition
  • The redesign of the panels is that of the analyzed document, the edition and the changes in my opinion need a resizing to have a better view of the work

Return on Investment

  • Great positive impact on productivity as it helps to avoid spending so much time scanning or editing documents
  • Staff use the time saved with this tool on the substantive tasks of their position
  • Our objective, being a public institution, is of a benefit to the population and not commercial, therefore everything that we add to perform efficiently and effectively, our work is always well appreciated.

Alternatives Considered

PDF Architect

Other Software Used

Skype, OneDrive, Adobe Acrobat DC, Eset Endpoint Antivirus

Save hundreds of hours by automatically converting and processing intricate documents with one click!

Pros

  • Read and analyze complicated documents
  • Automatically recognize tables and charts
  • Convert any documents into various common formats

Cons

  • Defining lines within tables is a bit tricky
  • Improving the scanned documents resolution to process small fonts

Most Important Features

  • Converting scanned documents into editable formats
  • Recognizing and formatting tables for use in Excel
  • Processing and analyzing hundreds of pages with a single click of a button

Return on Investment

  • Workload efficiency has more than quadrupled
  • Saving exhausted hands from typing or trying to replicate a physical document
  • Replaced workforce jobs by automatically converting documents instantly

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

Other Software Used

Microsoft Power BI, SoundCloud, Snagit, HCL Notes (formerly from IBM), Ease (formerly EaseCentral)

Unmatched OCR quality; cannot praise this software masterpiece enough!

Pros

  • OCR scanning
  • Refining scanned text
  • Sophisticated and flexible OCR settings/adjustments
  • High-quality editing and document comparison tools

Cons

  • Conversion to MS Word (formatting accuracy issues occur)
  • Conversion to MS Excel (formatting accuracy issues occur)

Most Important Features

  • OCR scanning
  • Document conversion
  • Document editor
  • PDF document comparison tool

Return on Investment

  • ABBYY FineReader is an irreplaceable tool for preparing documents for document management systems and getting the most of them afterward
  • Great time saver in various scenarios related to work with scans and photos of documents

Alternatives Considered

Kofax Power PDF (formerly Nuance) and Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

Other Software Used

Kofax Power PDF (formerly Nuance), Adobe Acrobat Reader DC