Item: Tungsten Power PDF
Rating: 10
Author: Joel Zimmerman

Overall Satisfaction with Kofax Power PDF (formerly Nuance)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am using Kofax to create PDF documents as training support materials. This includes capturing web documents as PDFs, as well as editing, recombining, and reformatting into new PDF files existing documents in many file types (txt, doc, xls, ppt, etc.). PDF is a widely accepted file type suitable for virtually all our trainees and clients.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Combining materials from several files into a single PDF document.
Deleting unwanted pages from a PDF to create a new, shorter PDF extract.
Searching lengthy PDF documents to find key words.
Converting PDF to txt or doc format.

Cons

Wish Kofax could "rewrite" a PDF document into a new PDF document with larger font size.

Return on Investment

Kofax has saved me many hours of work because it is the single program I need go to for any and all my needs in working with PDF files. The program works quickly for me, even when I need to figure out how to do things I've never done before.

Ease-of-Use

I have found Kofax easy to use for all my needs. The built-in functions work intuitively and are well supported by HELP file information. For anything Kofax is able to do, and which I have needed it to do, I have figured out how to do it quickly and easily.

Alternatives Considered

I have used a couple other products for working with PDF files. None of them has included as much functionality, or has been as easy to use, as Kofax. Once I discovered Nuance (now Kofax) many years ago, I stopped using any other similar software. Kofax has become a staple that I install on all the PCs I work with.

Support Rating

Despite using this product frequently for many years, I don't believe I've ever needed to get support for it other than to use the HELP function. It might be that the best type of support comes from a product that is so well designed that you mostly don't need help with it.

Key Insights

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

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), Zoom, Dropbox

Features

The Kofax features I use the most are the ones that allow me to convert files among different file types, the functions for combining files, and functions for adding and deleting pages to a PDF document. I commonly use these functions to extract and recombine the most useful portions of existing documents to create new documents as supplementary materials for adult training classes.

Likelihood to Recommend

I am not a "power user." In fact, I'm more of a "weakling user." Lucky for me, Kofax brings me powerful functions for working with PDF files in simple ways. The software makes it easy to use for everyday needs like creating and reading PDF files. In addition, whenever I need to do something that's new and "complicated," I am surprised at how easy it is for me to read the HELP information and successfully use the more advanced program functions. It makes me feel like I'm a power user even though I know I'm not.

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