[gui-talk] Seeking Opinion On Export PDF

[Rasmussen, Lloyd]

I have noticed in Adobe Reader X that there is a menu option for converting your PDF to other formats.  This leads to an Adobe service for which you pay by the month.  I didn't investigate further.

Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress   202-707-0535
http://www.loc.gov/nls
The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress, NLS.


-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:00 AM
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Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Seeking Opinion On Export PDF

Rob,

I do not have experience with that particular program, but I have heard others say that the professional version of Acrobat does a pretty good job of this and apparently has some built-in OCR to deal with scanned PDF's as well.  Is this program less expensive than Acrobat and does it include the ability to do OCR on scanned PDF's?  If not, I would consider Nuance's PDF converter which comes with OmniPage but is available separately for $99.  I have had good luck with this program over the years.  I tried to get you a link to that product but it was so long that it would have been problematic.  Do a google search for nuance pdf converter and you will find it.

Please don't misunderstand, I am not saying that the Adobe product isn't good, it might be great, but it makes sense to be sure it will cover all the bases.  If you learn more, please share with the list.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:19:29 -0500, Rob Tabor wrote:

>Hello listmembers.

> 

>Today my boss asked me to render an opinion on my companys possible 
>purchase of at least one annual subscription of Adobe Export PFD, which 
>is purported to enable PDF files to convert to Word, Excel, and RTF 
>formats. I would like to know if any one has purchased or tried the 
>program and if it performs PDF file conversions successfully. I will of 
>course be doing additional investigation of the program, but it always 
>helps to have a consensus of opinion from those who have already kicked 
>the tires. <smile>

>Thanks in advance and best regards,

>Rob Tabor & Guide Cane Raúl Junior

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