Fortunately, we have a yearly subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud, which allows us to use Acrobat Pro DC.<\/p>\n
With Acrobat Pro DC, the PDF document could be converted easily without any problems.<\/p>\n
Without a doubt, Acrobat Pro DC seems to be the perfect and best tool you’ll need for everything you need to manage PDF files.<\/p>\n
5-time winner by PC Magazine as the best PDF tool to convert, sign, and send documents on any device.<\/p>\n With great features, one can only expect the price tag to be at its price level – $240 a year.<\/p>\n If your organization deals with way too many documents that require you to edit and manage heaps of PDF documents, Acrobat Pro is an important tool your business<\/a> can’t live without.<\/p>\n But what if your organization just requires the occasional need to add text to a PDF file or simply to convert into Word, Excel or Powerpoint<\/a> format?<\/p>\n Does\u00a0investing $240 make any business sense?<\/p>\n Assuming you’ll only need to convert a PDF file once a month, with Acrobat DC, the one-time conversion will cost $20.<\/p>\n If you’re in this situation where there is just the occasional need to deal with PDF files, here’s a solution.<\/p>\n Introducing PDF Expert<\/strong><\/a> (PDFE) with a free download option.<\/p>\n To compare the price between PDFE and Acrobat DC ($240 \/ year), obviously, PDFE is the clear winner thanks to its one-time purchase\/investment.<\/p>\n What about the features of PDFE? Any good compared to Acrobat DC?<\/p>\n As the pioneer in PDF technology, surely Acrobat DC has advanced capabilities such as:<\/p>\n But if you’re looking for the common features, such as those related to PDF conversion capabilities, PDFE is able to match Acrobat DC just fine.<\/p>\n Basically, with PDFE, you can convert pdf to just about any editable format.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The installation process did take a while but once it’s installed, I tried converting a few PDF files to Word and was impressed by the speed it took to convert a 20-pages document.<\/p>\n You can basically select over 20 files for batch conversion, go make a cup of coffee and by the time you’re back, it’s all converted nicely.<\/p>\n In the past batch conversion used to work on native PDF files only but today, thanks to PDFE’s built-in OCR technology, scanned documents can be converted as well.<\/p>\n Wondering how it’s done? It’s possible with PDFE’s security features.<\/p>\n When you create a pdf from within PDFE, you may secure the pdf file by including your password so that only those who know the password is able to launch the document.<\/p>\n Permissions that disallow printing, copying content, modifying a document, adding comments, filling in forms, and assembling documents can also be set accordingly.<\/p>\n The other features worth mentioning are:<\/p>\n The user interface for PDE 5 is really simple and straightforward with standard menu structures.<\/p>\n In case you get lost using this simple to use tool, there is always a quick start tip together with its built-in help features.<\/p>\n To conclude, if you’re looking for a PDF Conversion Tool which is cost-effective.<\/p>\n Recently, I had to help a colleague convert a 30-page document from PDF to Microsoft Word format. They are still manually modifying policy-related documents and not utilizing centralized policy hubs. 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PDFE features<\/h2>\n
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Batch PDF\u00a0Converter<\/h2>\n
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For clients who have a number of PDF reports to convert, the batch conversion function comes very handily as it’s a real time-saver.<\/p>\nPassword Protect PDF File<\/h2>\n
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