ScanSoft PDF Converter 4 by Nuance for PC

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Product Features

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• Business and Office Software; for PC
• Windows XP Compatible
• Minimum RAM Required: 256MB
• Published by Nuance
• 7.5 x 5 x 1.5 "; 0.3 Lb.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• ASIN: B000JBXXU4
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 9, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,571 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

ScanSoft PDF Converter 4 instantly turns PDF files into fully formatted documents, forms, and spreadsheets, plus it converts PDF files into documents that look exactly like the original--complete with all the formatting and graphics!

PDF Converter works within the programs you use every day, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, as well as Corel WordPerfect. Now your PDF information can be set free for editing and integration into your favorite applications. Superior formatting, image-only PDF handling, and page-range selection mean you'll save more time than ever before.

And there's even more! PDF Converter lets you turn static PDF forms into editable Microsoft Word forms with a single mouse click! Release the information trapped in your PDF files and eliminate the time spent re-keying and laying out documents. PDF Converter lets everyone in your organization access, edit, and share information more productively and efficiently than ever before. If you need more from PDF than "paper trapped behind glass", then you need PDF Converter!

Features:

• Precise conversion of PDF into popular word-processing formats: instantly convert PDF files into fully formatted Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect documents that look just like the originals--complete with text, columns, tables, and graphics.
• Spreadsheet conversions: convert PDF files into Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and retain accounting, currency, percentage, date, time, and other special formatting that makes it much easier to perform calculations or change data on a converted spreadsheet.
• PDF Converter Assistant: The PDF Converter Assistant accelerates the PDF conversion process by eliminating the need to open the document in its native application. Set up profiles so you have batch settings pre-configured for different types of documents. Batch process to convert PDF files from multiple documents at the same time. Use drag and drop to add documents to a batch, or simply select a range of pages you wish to convert.
• PDF thumbnail preview and page ranges: Converting only a few pages from a long PDF document is now a breeze. Quickly preview the pages within a PDF file and select a specific page or page range for the conversion process.
• Support for PDF passwords and encryption: use passwords to access and convert protected PDF files when additional document security is required.
• Microsoft application integration: Developed in collaboration between Microsoft and ScanSoft, PDF Converter Professional is seamlessly integrated into the "File Open" menu in Microsoft Word. Short-cut buttons and right-mouse access is available within Microsoft Word, Outlook, Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer, and the Microsoft Windows desktop.
• Does not require Adobe Acrobat or Reader: view and convert PDF files without the need for any additional PDF creation or viewing software.

Product Description

ScanSoft PDF Converter 4, one of the world's best solutions for instantly turning PDF files into fully-formatted documents, forms and spreadsheets, converts PDF files into documents that look exactly like the original—complete with all the formatting and graphics. PDF Converter works within the programs you use every day, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook, as well as Corel WordPerfect. Now your PDF information can be set free for editing and integration into your favorite applications. Superior formatting, image-only PDF handling and page-range selection mean you'll save more time than ever before. And there's even more. PDF Converter lets you turn static PDF forms into editable Microsoft Word forms with a single mouse click. Release the information trapped in your PDF files and eliminates the time spent re-keying and laying out documents. PDF Converter lets everyone in your organization access, edit and share information more productively and efficiently than ever before.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars PDF Converter Professional 4: Terrible Interface with Customer, Tech Support Charged For Brand New Customer, July 1, 2007

By	Miwha Strum (Ashland, OR United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am a professional person who uses my computer intensively & over a 23 year period of time. Perhaps I have downloaded 150 applications, to be conservative. I have looked for a software app to convert PDF to Word 2003 and tried the PDF Converter Professional 4 on a 15 day trial offer. I thought the product answered my needs so I ordered the full product. The cost is not inexpensive (on sale at $79)with the usual cost $99. Here are the problems with this software and this company:

1. There is no conversion from the Trial product to the new product with an activation code. Instead you are asked to download a different file.
2. The company (Nuance, Scansoft, Visoneer, ASAP) does not tell you that the download is a 45 minute download until you start the download. Bad communication.
3. The application takes over the management of the PDF files on your computer & makes PDF Converter the default program for opening all your PDF files. I do not want any software to do this without my consent. I was able to change back to Adobe Acrobat Professional to open the PDFs on my hard drive but could not change how some of my other apps handle PDFs. So, I am stuck with PDF Converter starting each time I use that particular program (Quosa). My only option is to find a workaround for this problem or uninstall the program.
4. The website or the company does not tell you whether or not you have to uninstall the 114MB trial version before installing the full 414MB version. Bad communication.
5. Calls for support were especially aggravating. My first call to the company that solicited me (ASAP)resulted in "sorry, we do not support the product--we just solicit customers." Great! Call to the website product link (Visioneer) & then to their phone numbers resulted in being further shunted to Nuance. Call into Nuance resulted in a referral to their website. At the Website, for email support, a charge even for a new customer.

My take on all of this is that this company--whoever is taking responsibility for this product--has no clue as to what customers expect in the real world of business. Shame on Nuance, or whoever, for such a painful interface with a software user, especially someone that has purchased their software in the past, e.g. PaperPort, Dragon Naturally Speaking.

Stephen B. Strum, MD, via Miwha Strum

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not what it says, July 19, 2007

By	Rick Adams "Yukon Angel Productions" (Tigard, Oregon) - See all my reviews

I have Dragon Naturally Preferred and Paperport 11 (on my desktop). I bought this product because I have always been happy with Scansoft products, now Nuance.
I needed Scansoft PDF Converter 4.0 on my laptop for school to convert pdfs as my profs are always sending these to us.
On a reg. pdf it works fine, but often I receive pdfs that are landscape mode so two pages are presented instead of one.
This product cannot turn the page so you can convert the image.
The same day it arrived I contacted Nuance and explained the situation. They emailed me an RMA. I boxed it up and took it to the Post Office to be mailed. Remember, it is still the same day.
It took me over two months to get my money back and that was after finally threatening to go to their State Attorney General. They told me it took so long because they have to 'batch' their refunds.
Nuance is a company to avoid ... in my opinion.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Terrible Support, July 17, 2007

By	Ursul (Colorado) - See all my reviews

The product is reasonably good. Used it for several months, then refused to open PDF files.

Support (even email support) costs $9.99. They have an online knowledge base, but it is realtively useless. I've never used commercial business software that doesn't at least have free email support, or a user message board to discuss problems. Very annoying.