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Comments on: Converting an Adobe Acrobat PDF file into a Word document

A free service gets good marks

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by ruminator May 17, 2008 11:16 PM PDT: Being "free" isn't everything. Often you get what you pay for. I'm perfectly satisfied with Nuance's PDF Converter Pro which retains tables and other formatting very precisely. From the image posted, Zamzar is in "beta?" It may be "free" but I'll let MH and others be the test dummies. At the very least, wait 18 months for it to mature, if you can't afford commercial software. BTW if you own your own copy of a commercial PDF converter you share the conversions with no one--100% secure. And it would not be subject to the hacker attack Zamzar suffered, not be slow, and not require going online. Occasional converting is no excuse to scrimp and ignore security.; Like this Reply to this comment

by RobEZ1 May 19, 2008 2:26 PM PDT

Can't believe Zamzar is even being considered. However odd that a company called download.com is reviewing a hosted app, I have to think otherwise. Zamzar gave me a blank document when I tried to convert and then I tried a product listed on your site, (deskUNPDF Professional) and had much better success.

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by mhinnewyork June 4, 2008 6:37 PM PDT: This posting is a heads-up pointing to original research done elsewhere. Michael Horowitz; Like this

by amajzoub May 22, 2008 10:03 AM PDT

Hi,

did you try http://www.youconvertit.com maybe they are better than zamzar, i never faced a problem with them

Also they provide bigger file size

Updat me

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by mhinnewyork June 4, 2008 6:38 PM PDT: I have not done the research on this, you want to contact Ian Richards the author of the articles in question. Michael Horowitz; Like this


by uphalguni June 9, 2008 5:10 PM PDT: Like this Reply to this comment


by doctorbrian July 6, 2008 11:16 PM PDT: Like this Reply to this comment

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