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What Is Able2Extract Professional?
Able2Extract Pro 19 is a business-grade PDF converter and editor with OCR. It enables users to convert data from PDF files to fully editable Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, AutoCAD, OpenOffice... It can batch process multiple PDF files at once (OCR included), create universally compatible PDFs from 300+ formats, add electronic and digital signatures to PDF, edit PDF text and images, split and merge PDF, compare any two printable documents and much more. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Who Uses Able2Extract Professional?
Individuals and professionals who often need to convert, edit, compare and sign PDF files. Government agencies, finance & accounting, legal, insurance, real estate, and banking industry to name a few.
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Reviews of Able2Extract Professional
The best pdf program out there
Pros:
easy to convert pdf's to any format and editing and can allow to modify any pdf and create a word document.
Cons:
program is hard to read on high resolution displays. So it is ok on a 1920x1080 display , but on a 4k display you need good eyes
Investintech.com Response
7 years ago
Thanks for sharing, Tony. Regarding the display resolution you mentioned, for ideal vieiwng, Able2Extract is best when on 1366 (Width) x 768 (Height) screens across all platforms. You will need a higher resolution screen on Windows and Linux machines if your OS scaling is more than 100%. On Mac systems, you can also view the software on 1280 (Width) x 800 (Height) non-Retina screen resolution or 2560 (Width) x 1600 (Height) Retina screen resolution. Hopefully the above specs help!
Overall, it's a Useful Product
Comments: It took some effort to figure out, but mostly does what we need.
Pros:
It works well to convert raster drawings to vectors. I convert manual drawings to AutoCAD format and then copy into MicroStation for editing.
Cons:
It would be nice if it could recognize and convert text into more recognized fonts. More features could be added, but to be fair I don't use it to its full capacity.
Poor product and incompatible with MacOS
Comments: Very poor experience. I purchased version 19 on 9 Dec 23. MacOS version was not available. I emailed [sensitive content hidden] to complain that I parted with my money but the product was unavailable. He confirmed that their team were working on the issue and it would be available soon. It's now 3 Jan 24 and since then he has not replied to me email and I still don't have/can use the product I paid for. Very unpleasant experience and would not recommend this company or product to anyone I know.
Pros:
There is nothing to like - Able2Extract took my hard earned money and didn't provide the product I paid for.
Cons:
Don't like being defrauded/ignored ... No will to correct their poor service or treatment of client.
Review
Pros:
Speed and comprehensive approach to any PDF documents.
Cons:
Why does it always ask to save an office documents before it's openned in MS Office.
This tool is heaven-sent!
Comments: This is by far the best pdf to Excel conversion tool I have ever used. And I used many of them. I got my full return on investment on day one, from the time this tool saves. For those who are curious, I'm a consultant in business appraisal and financial modeling for SME's, I receive and process pdf's with financial information on a daily basis.
Pros:
Many steps I normally would go through manually are now automatically done. Other similar tools will either let you split the data manually before extracting, or will fully do it on their own while extracing it on a single click. This is the first time I used a tool that does both, as it pre-split data and then lets me adjust it before extracting. This is a game changer.
Cons:
The adjustments before extraction (such as adding a column, removing a table, etc.) could be more fluid. If I need to add 5 new columns, I should not have to click 10 times back and forth, as I currently have to (I click on "Add Column" once, then on the column to add, then on "Add Column" again, then on the second column, etc.)
