Convert PDFs like a pro
- TAGS:Nuance, PDF files
- IT TOPICS:Applications, Desktop Apps, Enterprise Apps
 You get them, read them and send them, but you seldom manage or effectively use them. I'm talking about PDF files. It's difficult to extract text or load data from them into Excel spreadsheets. And the tools that Adobe provides are geared toward content-creation professionals, not necessarily business users. That's why you might want to take a gander at the PDF Converter Professional version 5 or its Enterprise Edition sibling from Nuance Communications Inc. in Burlington, Mass. According to Michael Angelo, senior product manager, the new release let's you create PDFs from any PC-based application, and, more interesting to me, lets you turn PDFs into Word files, Excel spreadsheets or even PowerPoint slides. The Enterprise Edition also includes a redaction feature so you can blackout text in the PDF and be assured that it has also been removed from "behind the scenes," says Angelo, so you can be assured no one will know what you've excised. This is ideal for sensitive customer or employee data, such as credit card or staff salary information. The Enterprise Edition becomes available next week and pricing starts at $149 per user.
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