Great bang for the buck. Yes you can fix that typo you found on a PDF form a vendor!!
June 18, 2023

Great bang for the buck. Yes you can fix that typo you found on a PDF form a vendor!!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Power PDF Standard

Overall Satisfaction with Kofax Power PDF

When we print any production drawings, they need to have a "Master Copy" watermark added. Our Engineers use Kofax to batch plot and add that watermark. It saves lots of time. We also use Kofax to create fillable PDFs for HR and other forms. I have also used Kofax to turn a PDF into a Word document.
  • Batch Print.
  • Fillable Forms.
  • Add/remove pages to PDFs.
  • Format editing. I wish I could "explode" grouped objects like boxes to move or edit each individually.
  • Font Library. More than once, I have tried to edit text and get a message that the font is not available; why? I have it installed on Windows.
  • Had a hard time editing Tab Order. Needed to google (red flag - not intuitive) to find the Tab Order tab under Page Properties to pick "Unspecified" before the "set Tab Order" text wasn't greyed out when right-clicking an object.
  • Huge time saving when we publish print packs for our production floor.
  • For a small price tag, we can edit/manage all the PDFs in our workflow.
  • Simply being able to remove pages from, or add pages to, a PDF is a game changer.
Big picture, I think Kofax achieved that design intent. As a self-taught user, I am able to do most tasks without help/searching. All the other PDF software I tried was either too expensive or too difficult to use. That doesn't mean Kofax is perfect. I have struggled to do things that I thought should have been done simply more than once.
It was too expensive for the number of seats I needed. We considered getting one Adobe license but decided to keep everyone on the same platform. This allowed us to all have the same tools for our workflow instructions. We are very glad we made the decision to use Kofax.
N/A - I have never contacted support. (this form forced me to select a score above).

Do you think Tungsten Power PDF delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Tungsten Power PDF's feature set?

Yes

Did Tungsten Power PDF live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Tungsten Power PDF go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Tungsten Power PDF again?

Yes

Adding and removing pages to PDFs. Adding fillable fields to forms. Watermarking PDFs at the time of printing. Batch printing PDFs. Editing text on a PDF without having to go back to the original Word document. Rotating pages within a PDF to match content orientation. Setting the tab order when creating fillable forms.
Kofax is perfect for light PDF editing. We do not need everything Adobe can do, and we would rather not deal with the cost of the lease model that is Adobe. I would not recommend Kofax to anyone who needs to edit/manage PDFs for more than 10% of their job.