Good but needs improvement
Updated January 04, 2022
Good but needs improvement
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Power PDF Advanced
Overall Satisfaction with Kofax Power PDF (formerly Nuance)
Everyone uses it to edit or extract pages from PDFs. I also use it to add page numbers to PDFs created by our tax software, and to make forms fillable. This is the only software I've found that will make a PDF fillable completely automatically. Every other software I've looked at, makes you create one fillable field at a time, and there's no way I'm ever doing that.
- Making forms out of PDF documents.
- Adding headers and page numbers to documents
- Deleting pages from a PDF
- Rotating pages in a PDF. Clients are bad at scanning upside down or not rotated correctly.
- Cropping margins on PDF documents. Some documents are legal sized or have huge margins and cropping them down makes them more readable on screen.
- The PDF printer supplied with the software is the BEST! You can print multiple documents to one PDF by using Append. This is so useful when printing several QB reports to one PDF, or printing from several different softwares (Word, Excel, email, etc.) into one PDF.
- Right clicking on a file or several files in Windows explorer allows you to convert any document to a PDF and combine them. So if you have Word, Excel, jpeg and PDF files, you can select them all and combine them into one PDF, instantly.
- Rearranging pages used to be easier when it was Nuance. The pages were easier to select in the left side panel. Now you can't select the page you're on. And the rearrange feature is not easy to use on large PDFs.
- Making a PDF into a fillable form works well on some pages but horribly on others.
- Time saving to extract K1 forms from a tax return into a separate PDF.
It could be a lot easier to use and even more flexible. I prefer software that I can intuitively use without searching for 'how to's' online.
- Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom)
Kofax is much more advanced and easier to use.
Do you think Kofax Power PDF delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Kofax Power PDF's feature set?
Yes
Did Kofax Power PDF live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Kofax Power PDF go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Kofax Power PDF again?
Yes
Adding headers and page numbers to a batch of PDFs is fantastic and fast. And you can save your headers for future use.
Using Kofax Power PDF (formerly Nuance)
6 - Accounting
1 - Manager with good basic computer skills.
- Organizing client records
- Converting jpegs to PDFs
- Converting PDFs to Excel
- None
Evaluating Kofax Power PDF and Competitors
Yes - Foxit PDF editor was replace because we needed more and better features.
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
Features are always the most important factor because we need it simply work and do the things we need done.
No change.
Kofax Power PDF Implementation
- Implemented in-house
Change management was minimal - None
Kofax Power PDF Support
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Quick Resolution Good followup Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed No escalation required Immediate help available Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | None |
No. I shouldn't need that kind of support with good software.
Yes - No, I was unable to send support files to show what the problems were.
I can't recall.
Using Kofax Power PDF
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Technical support not required Familiar | Unnecessarily complex Difficult to use Cumbersome |
- PDF printer
- Rotating pages
- Cropping pages
- Combining PDFs into one.
- Converting JPG to PDF
- Rearranging pages
- Selecting pages to perform a task on (extract)
- Replacing pages. There used to be an icon now you have to know the secret key strokes.