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Poll: Which of these PDF-to-Word converters provides the most useful output? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Which of these PDF-to-Word converters provides the most useful output?".
This poll was originally submitted by Terejimenez. View the poll results »
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Susanna Martoni 
Italy
Local time: 21:24
Member (2009)
Spanish to Italian
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I am not an expert. Not at all.
But I know Omnipage and think that is really useful.
My very small contribution!
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| Can't compare | May 7, 2010 |
I voted Abbyy as it's what I use and I'm quite happy with it. I've never tried anything else, however, so I can't really claim it to be the "most useful".
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 21:25
French to English
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| Silly question? | May 7, 2010 |
Seeing as it is highly unlikely that anyone who isn't a complete nerd would have tried more than one or, at most, two types of software, the answers to this question are rather meaningless.
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Spiros Doikas
Local time: 22:25
Member (2002)
English to Greek
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| Abbyy is not plain pdf converted it is OCR | May 7, 2010 |
And hence can "convert" pdf files which contain images. The rest, can cope only with pdf files containing text. So really, the poll is misleading.
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keelin feeney
Ireland
Local time: 20:25
Member (2007)
Spanish to English
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I use Zamzar and find it very useful, though I haven't tried it with images.
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Michael Harris
Germany
Local time: 21:25
Member (2006)
German to English
B D Finch wrote:
Seeing as it is highly unlikely that anyone who isn't a complete nerd would have tried more than one or, at most, two types of software, the answers to this question are rather meaningless.
How am I supposed to know? It is highly unlikely that any of us have all of these.
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| I did send the question to my computer technician... | May 7, 2010 |
... as she is the person who advises me on these matters.
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| Solid Converter | May 7, 2010 |
I use „Solid Converter PDF“, a very powerfull tool.
Able to convert PDF files to Word or text files without losing the original document layout, fonts, colors, character format, columns, ...
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| I actually think it's a good question | May 7, 2010 |
B D Finch wrote:
Seeing as it is highly unlikely that anyone who isn't a complete nerd would have tried more than one or, at most, two types of software, the answers to this question are rather meaningless.
The questioner's point is clearly in effect "which conversion tool would you recommend for producing usable output from a PDF?", I don't think there is any need to get bogged down in literal interpretations of it here.
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Michael Harris
Germany
Local time: 21:25
Member (2006)
German to English
Oliver Lawrence wrote: B D Finch wrote:
Seeing as it is highly unlikely that anyone who isn't a complete nerd would have tried more than one or, at most, two types of software, the answers to this question are rather meaningless. The questioner's point is clearly in effect "which conversion tool would you recommend for producing usable output from a PDF?", I don't think there is any need to get bogged down in literal interpretations of it here.
How are you supposed to know if you have only used one of them?
I have used Finereader10 and a couple of other ones that are not listed, all of them have only provided a sufficient result that have needed reworking / tidying up.
But would I recommend it?
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Colin Ryan (X)
Local time: 21:25
Italian to English
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| Solid as a rock... | May 7, 2010 |
Capirsi wrote:
I use „Solid Converter PDF“, a very powerfull tool.
Able to convert PDF files to Word or text files without losing the original document layout, fonts, colors, character format, columns, ...
I use Solid too. Affordable and reliable, plus it has OCR, etc. etc. But even though I'm a pretty computer-literate person, I haven't tried any of the other converters listed here, which makes me wonder why the poll was even run!
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Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 21:25
Member (2000)
German to Swedish
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In memoriam | What about Nuance PDF converter? | May 7, 2010 |
I have used PDF converter 3.0 and I was quite satisfied. It could also do OCR conversion.
I ahve just ordered the 6.0 version and will come back shortly about its qualities.
Mats
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Jinhang Wang
China
Local time: 03:25
English to Chinese
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| Nuance ScanSoft PDF converter | May 7, 2010 |
I am using Nuance ScanSoft PDF converter 4.0, which is the best converter tool I have ever seen. Strongly recommended!
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| Only you know if you would recommend it | May 7, 2010 |
Michael Harris wrote: Oliver Lawrence wrote: B D Finch wrote:
Seeing as it is highly unlikely that anyone who isn't a complete nerd would have tried more than one or, at most, two types of software, the answers to this question are rather meaningless. The questioner's point is clearly in effect "which conversion tool would you recommend for producing usable output from a PDF?", I don't think there is any need to get bogged down in literal interpretations of it here. How are you supposed to know if you have only used one of them? I have used Finereader10 and a couple of other ones that are not listed, all of them have only provided a sufficient result that have needed reworking / tidying up. But would I recommend it?
If you think it's good, vote for it, if you're not convinced then abstain; I can't see what the problem is, no-one is seriously expecting a translator to have made an in-depth study of several different products. The spirit of the question is clear, no need for pedantry here.
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