Product Description

Everything you need to create, convert and edit industry standard PFD files. Easily convert PDFs into fully-formatted Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, XPS, and Corel WordPerfect files. And, create your own podcast by converting PDF text into text and saving as an audio file.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11591 in Software
• Brand: Nuance
• Model: M109A-F02-5.0
• Released on: 2008-12-18
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: .60 pounds

Features

• Easily convert PDFs into fully-formatted Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, XPS, and Corel WordPerfect file
• Create your own podcast by converting PDF text into text and saving as an audio file.
• create, convert and edit industry standard PFD files
• Create PDF files from any PC application Instantly create 100% industry-standard PDF files that are fully compliant with other PDF viewers for reading, sharing, and printing.
• Edit PDF files Touchup text and objects directly within PDF files via an intuitive, customizable interface that remembers your settings and allows you to work the way you want to work.

Customer Reviews

WARNING regarding subsequent hardware changes to your PC. Can cause s/w to stop working!!
10-31-09

Attention !!!! WARNING !!!!

If you have this software installed and want to upgrade/changed ANY internal PC hardware, you MUST uninstall the pdf converter pro 5 software
"BEFORE you make ANY hardware changes" !!!

I work with pc hardware and do pc repairs/upgrades all week long.

On my work pc, I have upgraded my mobo 3 times this year. My hard drive twice.
(one of the perks of being the IT helpdesk guy) (last update was to an i5 Core.)

Recently I had lost windows booting abilities, so I installed a newer, larger, hard drive.
So I installed the brand new hard drive and did a clean XP Pro installation.

As soon as I loaded PDF Converter 5 Pro, it wanted to activate.

Then it went online a few seconds and then an error window popped up saying I had exceeded the 5 activation allowances that Nuance allows.

I emailed Nuance the details.
I mentioned how I own 4 retail box copies of this s/w.

After going back and forth with support, they re-activated my license number.

But I could not make PDF files or about 2 days.


*****How to prevent this from happening again?****

If you are using PDF converter 5 on your PC, then ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS
do an UNinstall before changing ANY pc hardware.


The activation process takes serial numbers from the internal components and uses them for activation calculations. (probably the serial # of mobo and/or hard drives).

When a serial number changes due to new hardware, the s/w launches another activation attempt.
Five activations are allowed before the s/w is disabled.

You MUST UNistall the software before doing hardware upgrades, to keep the activation counter from decrementing one of the 5 activation allowances.

This is the sort of thing that should be listed on a neon colored label, on the CD's paper sleeve or jewel case. And/or on the box it comes in.
I told Nuance this, but I doubt they'll do anything about it.


Functionality wise, this software is okay.



But it is not like there are a lot of choices for the
combination software of PDF maker, PDF convreters.

You have:
1. Nuance pdf conveter pro 5
2. Nitro pdf.
3. PDF tools [by solid documents]

Adobe's acrobat pdf maker is pricey and has no conversion abilities.It only creates PDFss.

Other single function s/w conveters are:

Able2extract
Docudesk
PDF conveter elite