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My PDF Savior
June 28, 2021

My PDF Savior

Margaret Venkatesan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Power PDF Advanced

Overall Satisfaction with Kofax Power PDF (formerly Nuance)

We primarily use Kofax Power PDF in order to be able to make slight modifications to PDF's created by our accounting system, such as date adjustments, adding signatures, etc. We also use Kofax Power PDF to convert requests for proposals to word/excel files for ease in preparing document responses. In addition, we use Kofax to be able to secure PDF documents containing sensitive data.
  • Signature handling.
  • Document conversion.
  • PDF editing - We use the convert to editable function frequently.
  • Highlighting sections of contract documents for subsequent bids.
  • Sometimes conversion to Word puts in too many "pictures" that then have to be adjusted in order to be edited.
  • Convert to editable - the ability to show and resize the frames being used would be helpful.
  • Cost savings.
  • Time savings - the ability to convert documents to editable Word in general saves 8 - 16 man hours per proposal, at 5 - 10 proposals per month this amount is significant for us.
Power PDF was easy to learn, and functionality is easy to identify. I have seldom used the help functionality, so I can not comment on its assistance but that in and of itself is a comment on ease of use. I do quite a bit of document manipulation within Power PDF.
Have not required technical support.

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

We mainly use the edit function to change small elements. I also use the highlighting features to prepare PDF's being used in proposals.
As stated, we use it frequently for applying signatures to documents coming from our accounting system as that is not an option within our accounting system.
Kofax as well as its predecessor did not handle converting multiple pages to Excel well. For instance, we are often provided with Requests for Proposals with multiple costing tables that we have to convert to Excel. Sometimes this works great, sometimes it decides to convert into a multiple sheet spreadsheet with the information not well formatted.