File Size and Word Limit

• Maximum file size is 70MB

• Maximum word count is 125,000 words (~454 pages of text; 1 page is 275 words)

• Minimum word count is 30 words

Note: Some word processors (e.g., Microsoft Word, LibreOffice) do not count text in headers, footers, and diagrams towards the total document’s word count. Sometimes diagrams contain a lot of text, and therefore Unicheck includes text from diagrams in the total word count. As a result, the document’s word count  may exceed the limit of 125,000 words, while a word processor may indicate lower word count.

Supported File Types

• Adobe PDF (.pdf), fillable PDFs 

• Apple's Pages (.pages) — 7.0 and higher versions

• Google Docs from Google Drive*

• HyperText Markup Language (.htm, .html)

• Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx)**

• Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx, .ppt) + presenter notes***

• Microsoft Word (.docx, .doc, .dotx, .dot)

• OpenOffice files (.odt, .ods, .odp)

• Extensible Markup Language (.xml)

• Comma-separated values (.csv)**

• MATLAB files (.m)

• Plain text (.txt)

• Rich text (.rtf)

• Archives (.zip, .rar, .7z, .tar, .bz2, .gz, tar.bz2, tar.gz)***** 

Note:

1. To upload Google Docs from the Google Drive, please first allow third-party cookies in the browser. Also, do not upload locally stored .gdoc files, as they contain only a link to online version of the document.

2. The file in the report will look the same as if it had been saved as .pdf first and then submitted to Unicheck. Before submitting, make sure the text in your file is fitted appropriately onto the page(s) by using page setup and print area settings in the document.

3. Embedded video, animations and text with visual effects will be removed from the Unicheck report. It is recommended to remove them prior to submission. If a PowerPoint document has speaker notes, they will be checked for similarity as well.

4. All the images (scans etc.), and text in images is not scanned for plagiarism. To include such text in the scan, please, replace the image or type the text from the image in the document.

5. Archives are supported only in Moodle plugin and Unicheck standalone account.

6. If you are using an unsupported word processor, you might need to save your document in the format which is supported by Unicheck.

Unsupported File Types

Unicheck will not accept the following file types for similarity check:

• Hangul Word Processor (.hwp)

• Microsoft Works (.wps)

• Password protected documents

• PostScript (.eps)

• WordPerfect (.wpd)

Tip: Any unsupported file type should be converted to a file type supported by Unicheck.

File Types to Be Added in 2020

• Apple's Keynotes (.key)

• Apple's Numbers (.numbers)

• LaTeX (.latex)

• Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppsx, and .pps)

• Electronic book (or e-book) file format (.epub)

• Hangul Word Processor file (.hwp)

• WordPerfect (.wpd)

• Adobe PostScript (.ps/.eps)

Supported Languages

Unicheck supports more than 20 languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Norwegian (Nynorsk, Bokmal), Turkish, Greek, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Slovak, Serbian, Romanian and other.