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Tungsten Power PDF
Formerly Kofax Power PDF / Nuance

Overview

What is Tungsten Power PDF?

Tungsten Power PDF (formerly Kofax) is a solution to manage PDFs for businesses and individuals available with a one-time purchase with no subscription fees. It has a built-in eSignature integration with SignDoc and DocuSign for a complete end-to-end document lifecycle workflow.Benefits…

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Recent Reviews

Kofax Power PDF Review

10 out of 10
September 05, 2023
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Creation, editing and management of PDF documents and forms which ensures that the documents/files are platform and OS agnostic and will …
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Kofax Power PDF Review

8 out of 10
September 01, 2023
Incentivized
Allows me to apply my signature and custom stamps to pdf documents as well as much more convenient for virtually any pdf editing.
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Concise

10 out of 10
August 31, 2023
Incentivized
Work with PDF documents, including review, edit, search, export into MS Word, combine multiple documents, etc.
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Kofax Power PDF Review

1 out of 10
August 30, 2023
Incentivized
In my opinion, works pretty much like the Adobe product. Sometimes a little more complicated because Adobe tries to get it uninstalled and …
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Pricing

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Power PDF Standard

$129

On Premise
one-time fee per license

Power PDF Standard for Mac

$129

On Premise
one-time fee per license

Power PDF Advanced

$179

On Premise
one-time fee per license

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $129 one-time fee per license
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Product Details

What is Tungsten Power PDF?

Tungsten Power PDF (formerly Kofax) is a solution to manage PDFs for businesses and individuals available with a one-time purchase with no subscription fees. It has a built-in eSignature integration with SignDoc and DocuSign for a complete end-to-end document lifecycle workflow.

Benefits to Power PDF users:

  • Ease of Use: Works like Office desktop products, so it's easier to learn
  • Compatibility: Works across devices and platforms, share documents in a storage cloud
  • Security: Built-in features to protect information & compare documents to monitor tampering
  • Search: "Fuzzy Search" provides a Google-like search
  • Speed & Accuracy: Accurate & speedy when converting PDFs to/from Word, Excel, and other popular formats
  • e-Signature Integration: Sign & send PDF documents for signature via SignDoc or other 3rd party platforms
  • Redact Sensitive Information: Automatically detect & redact words and expressions for safe, secure document sharing
  • Create Interactive PDF Forms with a Single Click: Convert a flat, image-based PDF form into one that users can complete electronically
  • Formatting: PDF/A-4 Format to ensure retention all of the newest PDF features
  • Collaboration: Review, markup and revise PDFs with annotations, mark-up and stamps

Power PDF Advanced, Standard and Mac are individual, buy-once-own-forever licenses for desktop or laptop. Power PDF Enterprise volume licensing is available for more than 5 users, with a single admin, server installation, and other collaborative features for teams.

Free trials for all desktop and network Power PDF products available here.

Tungsten Power PDF Features

  • Supported: Ease of use: Office-style interface optimized for Windows 11 as well as Mac OS 12.0 Monterey.
  • Supported: Flexibility: Create, edit and convert PDF files to and from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, and HTML
  • Supported: No Subscription Fees: Buy once and own the features forever. Flexible term-pricing available for Enterprise customers.
  • Supported: Keeps PDFs Secure: Secure encrypted passwords and permissions, as well as redact sensitive info and private metadata.
  • Supported: PDF Editing Anywhere: Mobile support for iOS and Android users to read, annotate, markup, sign, and share PDFs.

Tungsten Power PDF Screenshots

Screenshot of The PDF Create Assistant can be used to create multiple PDFs at the same time from a variety of source formats. Create individual PDFs, or combine into one PDF package.Screenshot of PDF Profiles can be created to apply commonly desired settings to new PDF documents that you create in Power PDF.Screenshot of Users may choose to change the application's color to purple, blue, light gray or dark gray.Screenshot of Some lightweight document automation can also be achieved with the Watched Folder and Sequence features.Screenshot of Packages can be signed with pre built templates using Kofax Sign Doc or other integrating e-signersScreenshot of PDFs can be navigated with a thumbnail viewScreenshot of the application's Office-like look and feelScreenshot of PDF to Word conversion, and vice versa, can be carried out

Tungsten Power PDF Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac, Citrix, Microsoft App-V and Windows Server network deployment (for Power PDF Volume License only)
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android
Supported LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Czech, Hungarian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean (Mac supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese)

Frequently Asked Questions

Tungsten Power PDF starts at $129.

Adobe Acrobat, Nitro Productivity Suite, and Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom) are common alternatives for Tungsten Power PDF.

Reviewers rate Availability highest, with a score of 8.9.

The most common users of Tungsten Power PDF are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).

Tungsten Power PDF Customer Size Distribution

Consumers45%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)35%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)15%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)5%
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Reviews and Ratings

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Jim Duvall | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our company is not really "accounting", but there wasn't a proper designation for regulatory services or "other" to choose from. However, I deal mostly with accounting and IT interfacing with our MSP. Therefore, I am very often receiving invoices, sending invoices, printing addendums to files, etc. I love the Power PDF printer option. As I mentioned, often, the need is to add a pdf print of a file. If I use the Power PDF print option, I can slide the printed document into a current PDF as an addendum or as the front copy. This saves me tons of time. The other use that some of our team use Kofax to do, is open items that are secure - e.g., catalogs and other secured documents (not all, of course!). But, being in the regulatory field and needing to extract pages of information to be included in a 510(k) submission, this feature is very helpful.
  • The power PDF printer option allows adding a new document to an existing PDF file.
  • Opens some secure documents that Adobe isn't able to do.
  • Managing newly scanned documents efficiently from the physical scan hardware.
  • Editing text is well done, not that Adobe is bad, but I like how Kofax manages the process better than.
  • Flattening a file is simple.
  • Security features are easy to find and manage.
  • Highlighting seems to always use a dialogue box in conjunction, and that is not needed in every case. Therefore, I feel the option clutters the highlights more than it should.
  • Converting text to "readable" from a .jpg or some other format is a bit more complicated than Adobe's method.
If you manage or are constantly adding pages to a PDF, then I would suggest Kofax over Adobe or some other paid software. You will be amazed at how this can improve your workflow. Adding pages to an open PDF is very easy as well! Great merge and add features in this software. Also, I have to mention the power is pretty close to Adobe, but with less cost. Converting text to "readable" is a bit clumsy for me, and I usually turn to Adobe DC Pro to accomplish that task. Otherwise, I think it's a powerful PDF program and outshines Adobe.
Ricardo G Lopes | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use it for legal documents as well as business forms for different industries and also help my attorneys when they need some limited scale OCR. I also do translations, so I use it for export translated documents. One of the best features is to print documents in PDF when the original is protected, and the same judicial branch asks a non-protected hard copy, so you can file a copy of a petition. I use the software to add comments and editing to help the review by other parties. Object editing is another area where the product helps to remove non-focus areas, so it remains only the focused ones.
  • Editing Text and Image
  • Adding images
  • Bookmarks management
  • Scanner integration
  • Pages Handling
  • Convert menu and its help are not easy to understand. Trial and error is the workaround.
  • Crop, a pretty simple feature, has a non-intuitive way to perform the crop action. It is not easy to figure out when a crop size applies or not to other pages.
  • Typewriter mode looks like the commentary feature or Text editing. I never used as I could not understand the benefits. Maybe a YouTube video would help.
  • Fill out electronically an existing hardcopy form. It is unclear whether the product does it.
1) Attorneys' pages handling, where there are hundreds of existing litigations documents and we need to select some pages and create new ones.
2) Filtering out sections of very long documents and create new ones only with the selected ones.
3) Apply images to documents even signatures and logos.
4) Office automation, especially manual forms evolving to electronic PDF forms.
5) Consolidation of several document types such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel and many other non-MS Office into one single document.
Jennifer Wilson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
PDFs are often used to share business documents such as contracts, reports, invoices, and presentations because they can be easily sent, received, and viewed on a variety of devices and operating systems without requiring additional software. The PDF forms can be filled out electronically, which saves time and reduces errors compared to paper forms, which is a must for my company. We use Kofax for PDF printing because of the high-quality printing to ensure that the document will look the same on all printers, regardless of the printer’s capabilities. This is extremely important when it comes to required Real Estate documents and lender documents. Having the ability to electronically fill out documents, saves time and reduces errors for our company.
  • Document Sharing
  • Electronic Signatures
  • Fillable Forms
  • Document Combining
  • Removing existing text from PDF
Excellent for converting PDF to Word, truly effortless. Does a wonderful job of reducing file sizes. I have been able to reduce files sizes by up to 80%, which is great if you are working within an e-mail system that has file size limits. Does an amazing job of inserting accurate bookmarks (automatically) when combining multiple documents. Easy to remove unwanted documents and replace with others, as well as rearrange PDF's. Absolutely love and has saved so much time in the workplace using the electronic signature features.
October 18, 2023

Kofax, a good PDF Option

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use this as a regular pdf tool, to view, edit, and e-sign pdfs.
  • Typewriter functionality is great, although can take some time to load. This allows you to fill in text wherever applicable without turning the rest of the pdf into editable text.
  • Fast load times
  • Has autogenerated text feature so anything in the pdf can become editable
  • Their e-signature functionality is lacking. One user had a photo of their e-signature which was put onto the document through an e-sign option. To rescale the image, there was a tiny box outline and the corner of the box to resize it would not recognize the mouse hovering over it. This caused a long process of trying to get it to resize the image instead of moving the entire photo. The box which registers the resize needs to be larger so this is not an issue, and one does not have to try to find the "sweet spot" for it to recognize.
PDF editing tools are quite competitive. Kofax does a great job making things easy to find with a good layout. It is also a one time payment which I think is an area that other pdf tools do not always offer an option for. This is a reason why kofax pdf should be a contender when comparing it to the other pdf tools. Their type writing tool is also great, when we needed to use it to fill in information on a specific line it was able to recognize where the line was and put the text entry right above it, some tools do not do a good job with this. It also provides an option to turn all text into editable text, keeping spacing/boxing text vs making everything text, which was a unique feature. It needs some usability/improvement with its e-signature portion. I think that will give it a much higher rating.
September 21, 2023

Kofax Power PDF Review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Kofax for creating PDF's and assisting with creation and modifying quotes.
  • Ease of Use, employees find it easy like Word to use. Secure, signatures and such are very easy to create and lock down. And stable we have no issues with the install and or updates that were always annoying.
  • Clean up the GUI just a little bit to make them more modern and fluid.
September 13, 2023

Kofax Power PDF Review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use is exclusively for our PDF needs.
  • I really like the document assembly feature, makes reordering a document easy. Inserting and extracting pages is also very simple process. Kofax integrates very easily with the Microsoft suite.
  • A con would be when inserting pages, I would like it better if you could select a default selection for First or After etc. a check box to keep it consistent when working on repetitive tasks.
September 13, 2023

Kofax Power PDF Review

Martin Bach | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have used the Kofax PDF and its predecessor from Nuance for approximately 10 years in our mental health practice. We have found it easy to use for most of our formwork and document management.
  • Easy to install and keep updated. 2. User friendly interface. 3. The program is relatively intuitive to use so that new members of the staff catch on very quickly to its use.
  • We can't think of anything that we would change about this program.
Heather Graham | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Kofax Power PDF in multiple ways - when I have a Word doc I PDF it. I use it for inserting and deleting pages in an existing PDF, I use it to take a PDF into a Word or Excel document. It is one program I truly feel I could not be without. For one thing, I work constantly with PDF documents because I live in a very small space so every piece of paper I need to keep, I need to PDF.
  • Taking a Word document and putting it into PDF
  • Inserting and deleting pages in a PDF document
  • Taking a PDF document and converting it into Microsoft documents
  • Because it is hard for me to write I am so having a form I need to complete, I simply PDF it, and use the typewriter feature to type in my information
  • Sometimes I find the PDF converter doesn’t work
I love being able to PDF a document and then type in using the Typewriter function my information. I can make any form I fill neat and tidy.

I really struggle to say anything negative about Kofax Power PDF because I maybe don’t use it for a lot - but it is an invaluable tool for what I do use it.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Kofax Power PDF to create our proposals, contracts, reports, and other business related documents. Many of our reports have text, pictures, and diagrams. Being able to make edits on the go is great. All of our employees use it daily and PDF's are sent regularly to our customers and vendors as well as receive PDF's from them.
  • Use friendly setup.
  • Having multiple PDF's open at one time.
  • Easily incorporating Microsoft Office.
  • It is a bit tricky to delete pages from the document.
  • The blue theme is nice, but it blends into Word documents.
Anywhere that PDF's are used regularly Kofax will be beneficial. When PDF's are created and edited, Kofax has been great to use as the primary software. If companies don't use PDF's often or use other file types Kofax may not be needed in that scenario. It is great to have whenever PDF's are being received.
September 05, 2023

Kofax Power PDF Review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Creation, editing and management of PDF documents and forms which ensures that the documents/files are platform and OS agnostic and will always appear as intended by the document creator. Redaction, flattening and password protection / encryption ensure that sensitive content, including visible signatures cannot be misappropriated or used fraudulently. Creation of versatile and dynamic electronic forms also supports efficient and economic operations.
  • The creation of PDF documents from any application which consistently maintain the appearance of the source. Conversion of documents, including scanned documents to OCR / Searchable documents. Conversion speed and accuracy of the output is outstanding. Robust editing and annotation features including commenting, call-outs, text boxes, adding watermarks, headers/footers, Bates numbering/stamping, highlighting, redactions and other document markup and editing.
  • Some menus are not intuitive. If you are migrating from Acrobat, there is quite an adjustment. Kofax Power PDF sometimes performs sub-optimally when converting PDF files to MS Office/365 files (Export Function). This is especially true if the PDF has tables or columns or other complex or atypical formatting. There are limitations in the ability to create custom, dynamic stamps.
September 01, 2023

Kofax Power PDF Review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Allows me to apply my signature and custom stamps to pdf documents as well as much more convenient for virtually any pdf editing.
  • It is very good at pdf editing. The type feature is extremely handy.
  • The OCR is much better than any competitive products I have tried.
  • The interface could be more intuitive. For example, it took me a while to find signatures under "security" and how to change the default. On the other hand I am now familiar with the interface and prefer less change.
  • The help is ok, but could be improved.
  • The licensing could be more liberal. I have three computers I work from regularly, office, home and laptop, and find the two registrations restrictive. Perhaps a reduced price on a third or additional would help.
N/A
August 31, 2023

Concise

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Work with PDF documents, including review, edit, search, export into MS Word, combine multiple documents, etc.
  • Make PDF searchable
  • editing PDF documents
  • adding and removing pages
  • editing existing test in PDF documents
  • It will be great if the 'typewriter function' can be used concurrently with 'edit the document' function
It is a great tool for editing, searching and working with PDF documents
August 30, 2023

Kofax Power PDF Review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Document and file management, numbering, redactions, etc. associated with legal work
  • Ease of use, manipulation of data and organization of files
  • The only thing I don't like about the product is that it doesn't integrate with LEAP Legal Software, which I also use. That is really the only problem.
August 30, 2023

Kofax Power PDF Review

Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In my opinion, works pretty much like the Adobe product. Sometimes a little more complicated because Adobe tries to get it uninstalled and most software tries to work with the Adobe product, but your product has a better interface than the Adobe product.
  • In my opinion, works pretty much like the Adobe product which is fine. Also like that you buy it once and don't continue to pay.
  • Does not work with Lenovo and other laptops that use the Snapdragon (TM) 850 etc. like the Lenovo C630-13Q50 and other companies that use the Snapdragon. When I purchased your product I didn't see that limitations note. I did check with your customer service and I see you have no plans to make it work.
August 30, 2023

Kofax Power PDF Review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Kofax Power PDF (KPP) for all our PDF needs. It does all the things we need done and hundreds of other tasks beyond what we regularly use. It is intuitive and easy to learn.
  • It is great for converting PDFs into Word, Excel, etc. There is always some clean-up needed (particularly for footers, footnotes, and page numbers) but it routinely prepares even 100 page documents for quick and easy use in Microsoft products.
  • I don't have specific examples - but only because I've used it so long I can't remember things Adobe did differently. I know it does everything we need at much less cost that Adobe.
August 30, 2023

Kofax Power PDF Review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Kofax Power PDF allows us to convert documents from other software to send to our clients safely
  • Converts other software documents like word & excel Kofax Power PDF has easy to use edit functions. Allows us to combine multiple documents into one file
  • After sale service or information is lacking If you change computers you need to repurchase User guides for advanced use are not available to us
August 30, 2023

Kofax Power PDF Review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Kofax power pdf provides comprehensive pdf solution helps to create, edit, convert and collaborate pdf documents. The product is useful in document security, improved productivity and electronic signatures
  • The product enhances user productivity with its good interface and tools. It simplifies the task for example document conversion, editing, formatting and annotation. 2. It is cost effective with its good pdf capabilities. 3. Useful in create fillable forms, gather data form through submissions.
  • Sometimes there is a compatibility issue with different versions of pdf in terms of features and format are limited. 2. Sometimes customer support could take a while 3. Large pdf file may cause the software to slow down and less responsive.
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August 30, 2023

Kofax Power PDF Review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We create and edit PDF documents with ease using Kofax Power PDF in our tour and travel company.
  • Very fast and accurate PDF creation from many formats. 2. Quick and simple conversions from PDF to many useful formats and vice-versa. 3. Apply scanned signatures to official documents. 4. Apply a Dynamic Stamp to PDF documents. 5. Create Dynamic stamps. 6. Allow multiple open documents on a single screen using tabs. 7. Easily convert photos to PDF documents. 8. "Active Files" dropdown menu makes navigation between several documents simple.
  • The conversion from PDF to Excel (*.xlsx) sometimes requires significant editing. 2. Allowing multiple users (3, 5, etc...) on a single license would be helpful as currently some employees cannot use our company's single license. 3. (Sorry, can't think of anymore Cons)
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August 30, 2023

Kofax Power PDF Review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I own a one person company and needed a pdf editor. To edit, make header, combine files etc. Kofax Power PDF does all of these.
  • Combine different pdf files into one Make header and/or footer with page numbering Edit pdf's (the text etc)
  • When combining pdf's with existing header it is difficult/impossible to keep this if the combined pdf has a different header (this is also issue with Adobe Acrobat). I have yet to encounter any other issues.
August 30, 2023

Kofax Power PDF Review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I was having issues with Adobe crashing, freezing, etc. so added Kofax as an alternative for pdf viewing, editing, etc. It has worked as advertised.
  • Enables me to view pdf's easily and effectively.
  • I can edit pdf's for presentations.
  • It doesn't crash!
  • As with most software, the controls to edit or manipulate documents isn't always intuitive. Partly because I split time between two or three pdf software, but I guess I'm not yet comfortable with it.
August 30, 2023

Kofax Power PDF Review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
This is a product I had used at my previous organization. When I came to my current organization, they used a free online PDF product which worked ok but was very time consuming. I do a lot of combining of PDF's and changes to PDF's and Kofax Power PDF handles these items much smoother than the free online PDF program did
  • Adding Text Boxes
  • Password Protecting Files.
  • Making text changes to existing PDF's that were not even created in Kofax Power PDF.
  • No real guidance on usage. I think the program could do so much more than I am using it for, but I don't know what some of the options do, and don't have time to figure them out.
  • Some icons are not universal icons so you have to know what they do, or figure that out.
  • Sometimes converting PDF's to other MS Office programs doesn't go as expected.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Although purchased for other reasons, I have found this to be a great tool for editing documents which come over by fax. You know, you email a document to someone, they send it back by fax, the top of the paper now has fax source information, page numbers, etc. etc. It just looks bad. We received our faxed electronically, and it takes just seconds to redact that information off of the top of the page. Its so quick and easy.
  • Delete information which doesn't need to be on there (hand written notes)
  • Recognize words so you don't have to read it all
  • It took me a while to find the redaction method
This does what other programs promise to do, at less cost. I bought the version where I don't have to pay every month
August 30, 2023

Kofax Power PDF Review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I'm in the legal profession and I used Kofax Power PDF on a daily basis. Bates numbering, rotating pages, joining multiple PFDs into 1 single file, etc. It is the most efficient and easy to use. Have used it for several year now and will keep using it in the future. It has a great tool for making PDFs searchable. Completely indispensable. GREAT. Also, no subscription.
  • Bates stamping, rotating pages, combining pdfs into one file, converting PDFS to searchable documents, rearranging pages, and converting to WORD or EXCEL among others.
  • Lower the price ;), maintain the size of the window at startup as previous files, and improve the conversion of spanish (special characters as ~, ', etc.
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August 30, 2023

Kofax Power PDF Review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Kofax all the time, convert word files to JEPGs , edit PDF file type that are normally not editable and also use for certain file to make them uneditable
  • Convert Word-Kofax-Image, convert PDFs to Word or Excel and vise versa, use for documents require e-signature, and much much more - the conversion are smooth and easy every time
  • Allows you to pretty much do anything with a PDF file, the file conversions in both directions are seamless and efficient
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