Overall Satisfaction with Kofax Power PDF (formerly Nuance)
I have been using Power PDF and it's predecessors daily for at least 15 years (since the ScanSoft days, before Nuance). In those days, I was the Accounting Manager for a small (10-15 employee) telecom company. I probably found out about it from a computer magazine. I bought it and integrated it into my company to help reduce storage needs by replacing paper with pdf files. It was (and still is) affordable, very easy to use, and quite flexible. As a result, I used it heavily both at work and at home. At home, I've eliminated more than 90% of the paper output that I would otherwise need. Over the years I've tried a variety of competing products, both free and paid. None of them have been able to lure me away from what is now Kofax Power PDF.
- Printing from ANY program to PDF.
- Converting image-only documents to searchable-text (without losing the image).
- Combining, splitting, re-ordering, and annotating pdf files.
- Add ability to rename a file I currently have open (NOT just "save-as" a new copy).
- Add more user-defined default options.
- Improve file compression of color images of text & background (files scanned from printers are usually fine. Photo originals w/too many colors sometimes get mottled.
- When printing additional pages to an existing document, remove destructive options (i.e.: "replace document") from being the default.
- Reduction of paper & ink costs of up to 90%.
- Far easier file storage & retrieval vs paper or proprietary electronic original file formats.
- Ease of saving & appropriately filing documents needed only short-term.
I've been happy with it from day one. I originally bought it (back in the ScanSoft days) because it promised the ability to print ANY computer output to a pdf file, and that was very easy to do. As time goes on and more capabilities have been added, I'm still finding new ways that it makes life easier.
Other products I've used include Adobe Reader DoPDF, FlexiPDF, Foxit Reader, Foxit Phantom, PDF-Creator, PDFsam, PDF-Xchange, (and others I've forgotten). A couple, as their names suggest, are only readers. Others are free, basic, print-to-pdf programs. A few, like FlexiPDF & Foxit Phantom, could be considered direct competitors of Kofax Power PDF. I tried them out, but felt that the then-Nuance product was better and stuck with it.
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
Print-to-PDF. Convert scanned-image into searchable documents. Compress documents without loss of readability. Add, insert, re-order, & delete pages. Annotate documents. Search document text.
Using Kofax Power PDF (formerly Nuance)
1 - Home use - mainly for filing & archiving
Very little support required. Have not needed it since it's migration to Kofax. When I did need it in the past, the Nuance website was sufficient..
- Eliminating storage of paper
- Makes retrieval of info FAR easier & less time-consuming