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Able2Extract Professional
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
6 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!
Useful helper.
Pros:
Easy to use. Very useful program. We use every day in company.
Cons:
I only know the benefits. Maybe I'll discover flaws over time.
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.
Use of Able2Extract Professional Superior to other offerings
Comments: Very good product but constantly need to contact support regarding updates - this needs to be improved. Have commented on this in previous reviews but no measurable improvement.
Pros:
Smart interface and easy to customize output in various formats
Cons:
Inability to recognize header format and align according to table
Handy Software
Pros:
AutoCAD Conversion. AutoCAD converts PDF but I prefer this software.
Cons:
The price went up. I have to edit and clean up the files after converting but that's OK.
Way too much information required for a review
Comments: Ask a maximum of 5 questions with an option to comment ( not required to complete)
Pros:
I hate having to write paragraphs to review a product. The product may be good but the process of a review stink.
Cons:
Again hate being pestered for a review a good product becomes a horrible product once you have to complete three pages to review.
Performs Better than Adobe Acrobat PDF Conversion to Excel
Comments: Excellent!!
Pros:
In my job, converting pdf to Excel is critical. This license provides me the capability of doing that work with minimal conversion issues. The only problem I had was converting a pdf file that had handwriting on it.
Cons:
Need to be able to convert to newer version of Excel than Excel 2007
PDF to Excel Converter
Comments: 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.
Best offline PDF editor ever
Pros:
Powerful and easy to use PDF editing tool
Cons:
A little bit expensive comparing to the online alternatives
Software overall is great - Customer service? What is that? Horrible.
Comments: See above.
Pros:
It works well when I need it to do a job...assuming it I can launch it.
Cons:
Upgraded multiple times and this last one I was stuck unable to use because of license issues. Two days now and zero response - NOT ACCEPTABLE!
Breaking Password protected documents
Comments: Drafting contracts
Pros:
Broke AIA Contract Software password lock
Cons:
The tutorial
Able2Extract - Best App to convert your PDFs
Comments: Converting pdf files to other type of documents have never been this easy. You can convert your 100 pages pdf file into excel or word in an instant. The application really saves time and it enables user to be more efficient.
Pros:
Able2Extract is the best application in converting your pdf files into other type of documents. You can easily access it and the interface is just so easy to understand.
Cons:
None so far noted. The application is so easy to understand making it a user friendly application. One of the best.
Long time and happy user
Comments: Over the years I use the pdf to word or excel programs. It saves time, rather than retyping or getting a word or excel original. I also create fillable pdf forms, rather than handwriting in the information.
Pros:
The ability to convert docs from pdf and to create fillable pdf forms are two easy to use features.
Cons:
Once converted to word the word doc contains format codes that need to be adjusted. It would be better to convert to WordPerfect since it easier in WordPerfect to change format codes.
Able2Extract Professional 14
Comments: 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
Investintech.com Response
5 years ago
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!
overall
Comments: I am happy with it until today. Hope I have no chance to replace it!
Pros:
no comment. The tool is alright. Get it can work faster
Cons:
nothing. Improve and cost less. improve the OCR the size of the words on the tabs can be bigger. Any zoom tools, or size settings?
Effective Document Conversion and Control
Comments: 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?
User Since Version 11
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.
Great Product!
Comments: 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.
Investintech.com Response
4 years ago
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!
Wicked Program
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
Easy to use product does the job
Comments: 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.
A winning solutions
Pros:
Great value and utility. I use it almost every day
Cons:
Sometimes the product is too powerful for my simple needs
I have used this product for years, no need to look for another
Comments: The time savings on using this to convert files is more then I can calculate.
Pros:
This program is awesome. Apart from being able to convert a pdf into an excell sheet, or so many other file format conversions, I recently discovered, you can tak a pdf that does not offer searchable text, or is basically an image that has text in it, and convert it to a complete text file. Making it able to copy and paste, search and much more functionality
Cons:
I dont really have anything bad to say about this program. The only thing they do a lot of updates and that requires an upgrade, granted at a discounted rate, but honestly the last version works so well, I dont always upgrade as there is no need.
Investintech.com Response
6 years ago
Enabling you to do more with PDF files is one of our main goals :) Thanks for offering up your personal experience with Able2Extract Professional and the Convert to Searchable PDF function.
The software does what you want it to do
Pros:
It's fast and saves me a lot of time when converting data to Excel. It has not problems with PDF forms when converting
Cons:
Sometimes the coloumn layout gets warped a bit. The fonts don't always come through as per original document
Investintech.com Response
6 years ago
Thanks for your input, Eben! With regards to the font conversions, this is most often the case where the font in the PDF file is embedded. Embedded fonts cannot be perfectly extracted since most embedded font formats used in PDF aren't recognized by Excel and also because using such fonts could be considered a copyright issue due to their proprietary nature. As such, Excel (including Word) will try to find the best possible match from the fonts available on your computer, or if it can't, it will default to Times New Roman. So this may be what's going on. The best solution is to allow the conversion to occur and then to select the document text and change the font manually (from the list of fonts in Excel). For the column layout, if you haven¿t, try the Custom PDF to Excel option to correct the layout before you convert. If the issue occured during a custom Excel conversion, feel free to send in the file to [email protected]. We might be able to find a solution.
Great Product for Price
Comments: We are very pleased.
Pros:
The ease of use and ability to convert many different types of documents.
Cons:
Sometimes it converts into weird layouts.
Able2Extract is an excellent product for converting PDF to Excel, Word, etc. and for editing PDF's.
Comments: Time savings!
Pros:
Very easy to use. Generally 99% to 100% accurate with conversions to Microsoft Office products. Version 12 is the most accurate regarding conversion - that said prior versions were very good as well. Editing PDF's is easy as well. Can't wait for the next version!
Cons:
Occasionally when converting a PDF document and doing a specific selection of the document the conversion does the whole page or additional areas I did not select. I've notice with Version 12 this happens much less.
Investintech.com Response
6 years ago
The selection issue may happen if the page contains images behind the text. Clicking on such an image results in Able2Extract selecting this image and all the text that lays above it. The one solution we have for this is to enter "Editing" mode in Able2Extract (with your PDF open), then delete the underlying image, switch back into "Conversion" mode and try your selection again. However, to be certain, if you can, would you mind sending us a sample PDF where this happens? This way we can investigate and see what's going on there. Thanks!