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Able2Extract Professional

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Kole
Kole
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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

PDF Converter

Reviewed on 2022/08/10

Pros

Helps save time vs. raw data entry or having another member of the team enter it

Cons

Accuracy could be improved as often it takes substantial time to clean up the data

Alex
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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

My thoughts

Reviewed on 2022/07/10

I have a long standing exposure to this software. I consider it an essential part of my toolbox. I...

I have a long standing exposure to this software. I consider it an essential part of my toolbox. I recognize that the company innovates well across its development and custumer service is sound.

Pros

Features I rely on most is the ability to create consistent templates that can be efficiently be applied across large documents. I enjoy the freedom to skip columns and set collums as a key for row creation.

Cons

Some documents raise error messages and sometimes processes abort at an advanced stage of time input. Sometimes within the same document, certain pages cannot be processed. The product works great when the entire document is aligned properly and has an consistent text overlay. German special characters, maybe in earlier versions where not recognized. A2E is fantastic where it performs well, however, is not yet the only ocr solution required in all instances.

Alternatives Considered

PDF Studio

Reasons for Switching to Able2Extract Professional

I consider all the tools listed to have strengths and shortcomings.
Audrey
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  • Industry: Law Practice
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Opens and converts pdfs fine, text fill is worthless

Reviewed on 2021/04/14

Overall, I have been able to open pdfs and convert them to Word. That's it. I will continue to...

Overall, I have been able to open pdfs and convert them to Word. That's it. I will continue to search for another software, since Adobe pretty much takes over the computer and all its apps and thus is not an option, before my renewal date.

Pros

I like the quick customer service, which was the reason I canceled a previous subscription from a company that took days to respond. The price point was roughly twice of that of the previous subscription, but I made it clear I was spending to get on-the-day assistance. I've gotten that. But the software does not work as it should, see below.

Cons

The main reason to purchase pdf software is to be able to edit and fill pdfs. This one *looks* like it will do what Adobe and others do, but it doesn't. When using the Enter Text function, it is not supple or productive. Changing the font is a mystery, the guide for the text entering function takes you to the field you want to enter, but it is not clear where the text will land so it is clunky and difficult to produce a professional result. Reaching out to support just yielded a tech who asked for the document then responded that he/she had no problem with it (I hate that). Investintech wants me to purchase a separate support subscription (not expensive) and I would, if the basic necessary functions worked better.

Response from Investintech.com

Thanks for your feedback, Audrey! If you are still having trouble using the text editing and form filling functionalities in Able2Extract, our support agents will be more than happy to provide you with a detailed step-by-step tutorial on the subject. The process is different for interactive and non-interactive PDF forms. Additional info can be found in our knowledge base and Help file that is available for download.

Rest assured, the editing tools work as intended: you can customize the font style and size, pinpoint the exact location of text using the X and Y coordinate lines, move text boxes around for more accurate placement, etc., with potential limitations due to various specific PDF document properties (structural elements, layers, rich media, etc.).

Regarding premuim support, it is not required, but offers many benefits like priority handling, free access to future major and minor updates, volume discounts and more.

Gordon
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  • Industry: Higher Education
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

I am waiting for Customer Service to get back to me

Reviewed on 2022/10/03

I am getting impatient waiting for someone to get back to me.

I am getting impatient waiting for someone to get back to me.

Pros

I like that it appears to be Canadian (important factor in my recent purchase).

Cons

I was not able to save a converted document and "File" didn't bring up any options.

Mark
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  • Industry: Mining & Metals
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Great Software

Reviewed on 2022/11/10

Good customer service and software experience

Good customer service and software experience

Pros

Easy to export very large pdf's fast and accuratly

Cons

Constant updates to newer versions is a problem when older versions worked just fine

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Higher Education
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Drop Dead Conversions from PDF to Excel and Back

Reviewed on 2019/03/31

With this upgrade and an understanding of its capabilities—especially its very strong OCR engine—I...

With this upgrade and an understanding of its capabilities—especially its very strong OCR engine—I had hoped to set it up as an easy way to process PDFs. If there were an easy way to have the software watch a folder, automatically run OCR and save the results, this program would be worth its weight in gold. But alas, even when coupled with an app like Hazel or Keyboard Maestro, the software doesn't play well with others. It's great software within its narrow use case, but there is so much more possibility there.

Pros

Able2Extract Professional is very capable software. If you're looking for a way to automate moving static PDF charts and tables into Excel sheets with minimal errors or fuss, skip Adobe and get this.

Cons

Able2Extract could be much more than the sum of its parts if the developer focused on use cases beyond just conversions to MS Office applications.

Response from Investintech.com

Thank you for your comments and support! Your feedback about the PDF to Excel and OCR capabilities is great to hear.

To address your first comment, we'd like to point out that Able2Extract does convert to other formats beyond MS Office: HTML, AutoCAD, image formats (jpg, bmp, tif, gif, png), OpenOffice, Text, CSV, etc. Hopefully, those options provide enough variety for any need you may have.

With regards to the watch folder capability you mention, we do have server products that provide that functionality for automated conversion. Thus, if you're interested in how that works, please don't hesitate to get in touch with our team with any questions.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Translation & Localization
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Great product. Easy to use.

Reviewed on 2021/03/25

Great.

Great.

Pros

I've been using this for over a decade. It's reliable, it has great features and it's not too expensive.

Cons

The interface is a bit old-fashioned and the conversion to Excel comes about a bit wonky.

Response from Investintech.com

For any conversions that don't come out accurately, get in touch with us at [email protected]. Our developers can figure out the right settings and options to ensure the results are as accurate as they can possibly get.

Also, you should check out the latest version of Able2Extract Professional interface! We recommend downloading a free trial to see how it's improved since then. It now has a modern tabbed interface, support for 3 different languages, a start page to quickly access recent files and customization options, a handy side panel, dark & light themes, and instant access to quick how-to tutorials. If you have an older version, you can easily upgrade at a fraction of the full version cost. Hope you give it a shot!

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Mining & Metals
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Swiss army knife software

Reviewed on 2018/06/18

Pros

I like the ability create, edit, modify, or convert many different file types. Especially helpful is the ability to convert scanned PDF files to Excel spreadsheets.

Cons

I sometimes cannot get the print to PDF function to work. When I go to print a document, it shows up in my list of printers as Able2Extract Professional Printer, however when I select it and print, nothing happens.

Response from Investintech.com

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Able2Extract. We're sorry to hear you're having difficulties with the Printer driver.

With the Able2Extract Professional Printer, please try and uninstall Able2Extract from your computer. When that's done, check the Devices and Printers section on your computer to see if the Able2Extract Printer is removed. If not, right click on the printer and select the "Remove device" option. Then delete the Able2Extract folder and all of its contents from your computer's Program Files folder. Finally, reboot the system and re-install the software.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A Must Have in Your Tool Box

Reviewed on 2021/03/24

I've used this software for a long time now - many years. The company upgrades it regularly and the...

I've used this software for a long time now - many years. The company upgrades it regularly and the improvements are always valuable in terms of performance and ease of use.

Pros

Great software! Does what it promises to do without any drama... even for a non-technical person.

Cons

It's simply really good software that works consistently with minimal effort and technical knowledge!

Response from Investintech.com

Those qualities are exactly what we're trying to aim for with Able2Extract Professional - simplicity, ease of use, and powerful conversions + performance. Thanks for dropping by and sharing those comments. Feedback like this lets us know that we're on the right track!

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Paper & Forest Products
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Easily transforms PDF reports into Excel spreadsheets!

Reviewed on 2018/09/20

Many of our business reports are output to PDF reports that are password-protected by the software...

Many of our business reports are output to PDF reports that are password-protected by the software that creates them, and they are not able to be edited. Financial auditors like to receive the data in Excel format so they can easily do calculations on the numbers, and Able2Extract lets us provide them with that format FAST!

Pros

It's just so very easy to use. In less than a minute, I can open up one of our PDF reports, select all, click the Excel button and have the figures I need to work with in a spreadsheet. Character recognition is accurate, and it converts quickly.

Cons

Sometimes header rows and off-center items can confuse the columns breaks a little bit, and you end up with things that are split, or in the wrong column.

Response from Investintech.com

We're happy to hear Able2Extract is helping you with your work in Excel--exactly what we're aiming to do!

With regards to the header and misplaced columns, you can try using the Split Only Between Words option in the Columns section of the Custom PDF to Excel panel to fix those content-splitting column breaks.

We've got a blog post with step by step tutorial that will help: https://www.investintech.com/resources/blog/archives/7993-pdf-to-excel-fix-misplaced-column-content.html Please give it a try and let us know if you have any other questions. Cheers!

Michael
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

PDF to Excel Converter

Reviewed on 2023/08/29

Fast and easy to use!

Fast and easy to use!

Pros

I use Able2Extract Professional to convert bank and credit card statements to Excel to make it easy to analyze transactions for periodic financial accounting.

Cons

I haven't run across any issues to speak of.

Yanni
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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Amazing experience

Reviewed on 2023/08/17

It is awesome and I would recommend anyone who always need to work on PDF conversion function to...

It is awesome and I would recommend anyone who always need to work on PDF conversion function to use this software.

Pros

I like how accurate it convert PDF file to Excel file with customization features.

Cons

I haven't found anything I don't like about it yet.

George
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  • Industry: Civil Engineering
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Worth the money

Reviewed on 2023/03/12

Excellent

Excellent

Pros

The program just keeps getting better with each new release.

Cons

Cad conversions do not always come out nice

Denise
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  • Industry: Writing & Editing
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Happy with Reservations

Reviewed on 2022/04/20

Having used this software for many years, it has always stood me in good stead. I'm hoping that my...

Having used this software for many years, it has always stood me in good stead. I'm hoping that my current conversion challenges will soon be a thing of the past.

Pros

I've used this software for a long time now - many years. As translators clients often provided material either from another platform or format. In order to ensure timely delivery, the copy has to be converted into a basic format conducive to seamless translation of copy.

Cons

Recently it has become necessary to couple Able2Extract with additional software to covert financial statements in PDF into a spreadsheet format without generating coded copy. Unfortunately, I have been able to successfully download the recommended software without an error message. Hence progress comes to a grinding halt.

Hashan Chandrasekara
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  • Industry: Consumer Goods
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Able2Extract Professional 14

Reviewed on 2019/10/10

This software helps me lot to extract PDF files text into different formats hence saves my time...

This software helps me lot to extract PDF files text into different formats hence saves my time everyday. Moreover value for money is quite high because it is not an expensive tool. I never had to go through any serious training to use this software due to its ease of use.

Pros

1. Having shortcut keys to work efficiently
2. Always shows step by step to procedure to extract the required data
3. Retrieved data are often accurate from the sources
4. Enable users to convert the retrieved data to many file types

Cons

1. Cannot recognize handwritten words
2. Getting stuck and coming fatal error reports
3. Data not capturing when there are images frequently
4. Imaged text cannot be separated and grant the output

Response from Investintech.com

Thanks for your feedback, Hashan. Glad you're finding Able2Extract handy and intuitive to use!

To address a few of the issues you bring up, handwritten words are difficult for OCR engines to pick up overall, so unfortunately the output there and what can be done is rather limited. However, if you're getting error reports and failed output in any other instances, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us.

You can send in the file(s) along with any error reports or details to our tech support, and we can take a closer look for you. Cheers!

Ray
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  • Industry: Management Consulting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Effective Document Conversion and Control

Reviewed on 2022/05/01

I have been able to use the program without worrying about accuracy (Especially Excel exports)

I have been able to use the program without worrying about accuracy (Especially Excel exports)

Pros

The program is simple to use and it has a high accuracy functionality. This saves time as the documents are a great replication of the original but the opportunity to edit and even repurpose the original documents is there. When needing such functionality the program has proved to be robust and simple to work with.

Able2 Extract does not interfere with you as a user but their team is available and responsive to my needs and or questions. The program development is not static and it is regularly updated whilst maintaining the "look". This diminishes the down time to learn the program at every stage of development. It is compatible with Microsoft.

Cons

Perhaps some trainings on the less known parts of the program?

Rowland
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  • Industry: Consumer Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

User Since Version 11

Reviewed on 2022/04/25

Pros

Been using this software since version 11 and has been critical in my work to convert a PDF into an Excel table for use with my software.

Cons

New version takes some time to get use to. In older version was able to designate pages to convert, but cannot in this newest version.

Marjorie
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Product!

Reviewed on 2021/03/24

The software is easy to install and very user friendly, I have not had to contact support for help.

The software is easy to install and very user friendly, I have not had to contact support for help.

Pros

This software is an excellent tool for extracting schedules from plans. I especially like that it will convert it directly to an Excel spreadsheet and maintain the majority of the formatting.

Cons

I have run across a few fonts that the OCR does not convert very accurately.

Response from Investintech.com

We're so glad that Able2Extract Professional stood out among the rest! Thanks for sharing that, Marjorie.

With regards to the OCR fonts you were having difficulties converting, don't hesitate to reach out to our tech support team with the file. While the OCR conversion results rely heavily on the quality of the scanned PDF, we can always check to see if there are a few OCR settings we can fiddle around with to get more accurate results for you. Email in to [email protected] with the PDF and we'd be happy to help. Cheers!

Blair
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Wicked Program

Reviewed on 2022/10/26

Pros

PDF editing The ability to convert PDF's directly into Autocad Text recognition into CADExtracting images to windows

Cons

It took me ages to know about the benefits of the upgrade to the professional version

Rachel
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Easy to use product does the job

Reviewed on 2022/05/02

We've had a positive experience using the program, it's much more robust and cleaner than when we...

We've had a positive experience using the program, it's much more robust and cleaner than when we first began using it over 12 years ago.

Pros

This is easy to install, use, and it gets the job done. We use it to convert PDFs to useable word and excel documents we receive from clients.

Cons

The formatting can be wonky after the conversion is done, and it takes some fiddling with the settings to get it right.

Henry
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A winning solutions

Reviewed on 2022/08/17

Pros

Great value and utility. I use it almost every day

Cons

Sometimes the product is too powerful for my simple needs

Philip
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  • Industry: Libraries
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Just what we needed!

Reviewed on 2023/02/17

Pros

Ease of setup and the learning curve was short.

Cons

It would be beneficial to see the name of the new saved file on the main screen while conversion is being done when processing multiple files consecutively.

Zoran
Zoran
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  • Industry: Research
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Quite useful tool

Reviewed on 2019/06/13

All in all its good and not so expensive

All in all its good and not so expensive

Pros

It has OCR, and its easy to use. Extracting useful info from pdf and making tables got easy

Cons

Sometimes does not align table rows properly, i have to use manual selection of tables.

Response from Investintech.com

Thanks for the comments, Zoran! Yes, the table selection in the custom Excel conversion feature will always give you the opportunity to fix those misalignments, so you don't have to re-convert and clean the rows post-conversion. We're glad you'r finding the software helpful. Cheers!

Dharmesh
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Review

Reviewed on 2021/03/29

Its good product and economical too. Signature functionality is not quite good as DocuSign or...

Its good product and economical too. Signature functionality is not quite good as DocuSign or Adobe but these software are costly too.

Pros

It is a very good product for those who are in the field of Bookkeeping and Accounting as it is convert the most bank accounts.

Cons

Its good for all pdf format to convert to Excel, Word etc. challenge to convert the image file. We tried a lot but most of the time we need to rework on those converted file.

Alternatives Considered

Nitro Pro

Reasons for Choosing Able2Extract Professional

Cost effective

Switched From

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Reasons for Switching to Able2Extract Professional

Cost and functionality

Response from Investintech.com

Thanks for your feedback, Dharmesh! We're aware that image rendering isn't perfect for some files. However, our developers are working on it, and there should be some improvements soon. You can always reach out to our team at [email protected] with the file and we'll see if we can reduce the post-conversion work for you.

Stuart
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  • Industry: Government Administration
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A2E 17 Review

Reviewed on 2022/05/11

well integrated, ease of use.

well integrated, ease of use.

Pros

speed in which it coverts files to Word. Upgrade was easy to apply to my PC.

Cons

hard to see at times. Fopnt is too light and small, Needs larger font and shadings.