ScanSoft PDF Converter Professional 3.0 [Old Version] | ![ScanSoft PDF Converter Professional 3.0 [Old Version]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514FDFJSNRL._SL160_.jpg)
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List Price: $99.99 Buy New: $49.95 You Save: $50.04 (50%)
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Rating: 34 reviews Sales Rank: 4631
Format: Cd-rom Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp Media: CD-ROM Autographed: No Memorabilia: No Batteries Included: No Operating System: Windows XP Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4 Dimensions (in): 0 x 0.1 x 0.1
MPN: M109-G00-3.0 Model: M109A-G00-3.0 UPC: 780420113152 EAN: 0780420113152 ASIN: B00094OT7C
Release Date: May 18, 2005 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available Condition: Sealed some shelfwear
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| Features:
| • | Powerful document and form creation, conversion and editing | | • | Easily create 100% industry-standard PDF files that can be read, printed, or processed | | • | Easily edit directly within a PDF file | | • | Turn static PDF forms into fillable PDF forms or Microsoft Word forms | | • | Protect the integrity of your documents with powerful security features |
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Product Description PDF Converter 3 Professional eliminates tedious re-keying and layout tasks. Convert documents and forms to Word files with one click. Then create PDF documents that are compact and easy to e-mail, can be viewed by anyone, and print just as they would in the original application. Enable rapid access to information frozen in PDF files, while saving time and money with easier PDF conversion and creation.
Amazon.com ScanSoft PDF Converter Professional gives you everything you need to create, convert, and edit PDF files--all within a single, easy-to-use application. Create high-quality PDF files from any PC application, complete with full color, watermarks and bookmarks. Turn existing PDF files into fully formatted Microsoft Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and Corel WordPerfect documents, complete with text, columns, tables and graphics. And for the first time ever, static PDF forms can be turned into fillable forms--all with a single mouse click. What's more, you also get the amazing ability to quickly and easily edit PDF files--from moving graphics to replacing text to adding highlights and sticky notes. Combine all of this with the new PDF Converter Professional mark-up tools, commenting and cutting-edge security features, and you truly have Better PDF for Business. Edit Easily edit directly within a PDF itself--add copy, delete, rearrange, even remove or change the position of charts and graphics. With PDF Converter Professional 3, it's as easy to access information within a PDF document as it was in the original file. | Create Easily make PDF documents that are compact and easy to e-mail, are universally viewable, and print just as they would in the original application. The PDF Create Assistant makes it simple to merge Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, JPG, TIF, and even PDF files into a single multipage PDF document. What's more, you get all of the advanced features you need, including compatibility with other PDF applications, encryption and password security, compressed file sizes, font embedding, full color support, page merging and more. | | | Convert Easily Convert PDF Files to Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, even Excel spreadsheets. Simply open your PDF file within the application and the conversion happens automatically. PDF Converter Assistant includes a built-in PDF viewer that lets you specify which pages of the PDF document you want to convert. Extract charts and graphs from PDF files, convert spreadsheets to editable Excel file, and turn static PDF forms into editable Microsoft Word forms. | Includes FormTyper Stop printing PDF forms and filling out paper! With the revolutionary FormTyper you can easily make any PDF form fillable--then fill, save, and share electronically. Here's how it works: Okay, but why PDF Converter Professional 3? Within the professional office environment there are two predominant documents types that people work with on their PC every day--Microsoft Word and PDF files. Microsoft Word is great for editing, but isn't always the best format for sharing documents, especially outside an organization. PDF files are best for sharing secure and reliable electronic information, but like paper, PDF files create productivity issues when people actually need to access, repurpose, or edit the content locked in those documents. Until now the options available to the business community were expensive, cumbersome and often did not address the specific needs of the office environment. Enter PDF Converter Professional, the simple, reliable and affordable way to solve these document productivity issues.
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Modest performance, costly support. Not recommended. March 24, 2007 Louis Sander (Pittsburgh, PA) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This software definitely does convert documents to PDF format, but it does so at a high cost. In my experience it is no better than the freeware PDF995 program that does the same thing. The ScanSoft product also added unwanted "features" to my Word and Excel toolbars, in the case of Excel disrupting my carefully-crafted previous customizations. Simple tech support by email costs $9.95 per incident, and in my experience is of lower quality than the typical free tech support provided with other software.
Office 2007 Saves the day December 21, 2006 C. Taylor (Duluth, GA USA) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been running ScanSofts product for a year because I think Adobe PDF creator is overpriced. ScanSoft launches slow, converts poorly, and has the worst tech support in the universe. With any luck, the new Office 2007 features will help me eliminate this program from my desktop.
Correct Installation is the Key to Using this Great Alternative to Adobe Acrobat November 2, 2006 A. Griffin (New York, NY United States) I just completed the Herculean installation of this product and want to spare my fellow purchasers the aggravation I suffered. By the way, though the Nuance/Scansoft product support personnel tried to be helpful, in the end I solved the problem myself. Also, though the technical support was cooperative, there was NO technical support information on the company website, a condition I have urged the company to remedy. The problems I faced were as follows: 1. inability to remove the 'trial version, [...]; 2. inability to use the FormType feature; and 3. freezing. The company tried to help by sending me Scansoft Converter Professional 3.2, which is only available from their technical support representatives, but after installing this to no avail, I resolved the three (3) problems described above by another method as follows: 1. I deleted the PDF Converter 3 Professional (3.2 version) program Nuance provided me via its website. 2. I disengaged my Internet cable. 3. I shut down all my programs (e.g., firewall, antivirus). 4. I installed PDF Converter Professional 3 from my original disk. 5. When the software asked me to press the 'activate now' button, I did the following FIRST: a. I turned on my antivirus (Kaspersky) and my firewall (Zone Alarm), and re-connected my Internet cable. (**It is vital that you turn on your firewall and your antivirus before you re-connect to the Internet.**) b. I pressed the 'Activate Now' button at the software prompt and completed the installation process. Result: I opened a PDF document, and no trial watermark appeared. Also, the FormTyper feature worked perfectly. As for freezing, this is no longer a problem, and the program is no slower than the Adobe PDF programs I've used. Conclusion: The software requires communication with/permission from Nuance/ScanSoft's servers before the trial watermark will be removed. Obviously, some lock feature exists to prevent unauthorized use/transfer. Unless that lock is removed by some information from Nuance/Scansoft's server, the watermark will remain AND the FormType feature will be inoperable (previously I received an error message saying that I was not authorized to use the FormType feature). ****ZONE ALARM USERS***: ScanSoft continously monitors use of its software (obviously to halt piracy) by removing the default trial watermark EACH TIME a PDF is created, so even if you follow the previously described steps, you MUST alter Zone Alarm to allow ScanSoft to access the Internet or you will get the watermark. (You don't have to give the program server rights, and you shouldn't.) Now that my software is properly installed, I can say that it is a marvelous alternative to the shamefully overpriced Adobe Acrobat programs.
Nuance? More like Nuisance September 13, 2006 Thomas J. Althoff (Greenwood Lake, NY) Needed to convert a PDF file today. Created an account to order the downloadable version thinking I'd get it right away. Paid via PayPal. Received confirmation e-mail but no download link. Checked status..."under review". Check PayPal..Nuance grabbed the cash already. Checked status..."under review". Tried to send e-mail asking how long review would take...need to create a separate account just to contact them. Decide to call instead. They say PayPal takes a couple of days to process. I say "You took the money out of my account already". I say "cancel the order". They say "Can't do that..it is under review". They suck. Google Nuance Communications and see the lawsuits and crooked behavior in the past. This is my last dealing with Nuance Communications. I have NO idea what the product is like since they seem to be unable to provide modern online transactions. What do they have? An e-mail box that someone opens up once a day to manually process the orders?
Useless August 23, 2006 SanSoft Sucks (Santa Barbara, CA United States) 8 out of 9 found this review helpful
It worked horribly, if it worked at all. The main purpose I bought this is to convert pdf document into MS Word. The word file is barely useable - the formating is messed up, the font is changed, etc. If you want to generate pdf from word, it does not work well either. Some figures are completely messed up. ScanSoft software is a big joke for any serious use. It is not even worth $10.
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