CNET Editors' review
Advanced PDF to Word Converter Free doesn't start off well, but, surprisingly, leaves you with a nearly-perfect document. When you install the program, it will ask you to reboot. While rebooting makes sense for programs that have deep hooks into your operating system, it strikes warning bells in such a simple converter. However, the final DOC output from this PDF to Word format converter looks pretty good, albeit with some image quality degradation and minor text alignment problems.
The program sports drag-and-drop additions, adding an entire folder or individual PDFs from different folders and custom output folders, and output renaming. While these may strike many as boilerplate, many competitors offer some variation on these features, but not all of them. OpenOffice.org users will appreciate that this converter puts out a DOC that OpenOffice Writer can cleanly read.
There are some minor problems that tag along with the major ones already mentioned. There's no support for encrypted PDFs, and when you convert there's a nag screen to get you upgrade. You can upgrade for advanced features like batch conversion, RTF and TXT output, and image deletion, but the Advanced PDF to Word Converter Free will give you a reasonable document to work from.
Publisher's Description
From Office Document Convert Software:
Advanced Pdf to Word Converter Free is the best solution for converting PDF to DOC, TXT, RTF. With this converter, you can edit and reuse your PDF content. It can export the text, images/graphics from PDF document with accurately preserving the original text, tables, graphics, & layout. Advanced Pdf to Word Converter Free does not need any software support, as Adobe Acrobat, or even Acrobat Reader.
More, the converter supports converting the encrypted PDF.
What's new in this version: Version 5.0 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, and bug fixes.
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2.5 starsout of 8 votes
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"good ,need to try more"
Version: Advanced PDF to Word Converter 5.0
Pros
good ,need to try more
Cons
good ,need to try more
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"Not free,costs $49.95"
Version: Advanced PDF to Word Converter 5.0
Pros
It costs a lot
Cons
be careful,just free to try
Summary
Yes,there are many PDF to Word Converters on the market,however Advanced PDF to Word 5.0 has better performance.It's help me so much when my head nearly crack to figure out how am i going to choose a good one to convert my pdf report to word.Thanks a lot!http://www.advancedpdfconverter.com/products/pdftoword.html
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"BE AWARE...NOT FREE! FREE TO TRY...COSTS $50"
Version: Advanced PDF to Word Converter 5.0
Pros
none so far, since it can't convert my doc
Cons
ALL setting are limited without the registered version which costs $50
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"Work Great"
Version: Advanced PDF to Word Converter 5.0
Pros
Simple to use. Open App, browse for file, click the convert button, open the new word doc.
Cons
Said you needed to reboot, but I didn't have to.
Summary
Simple, did a good job on numbers in columns. Tabs look fine. Paragraphs But looks like I can't change page orientation. Paragraphs are in boxes, as though they had scanned.
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"Totaly Free and converted my PDF to Word."
Version: Advanced PDF to Word Converter 5.0
Pros
It was easy to use. Converted the PDF to word without flaws. It looked exactly like the PDF with borders and all!
Cons
The upgrade message pops up at the end of certain tasks but you can ignore them without any issues.
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"Worthless - creates empty document file"
Version: Advanced PDF to Word Converter 5.0
Pros
None - waste of time downloading this product
Cons
Don't waste your time. It created an empty document file. The source PDF was very simple and clean text.
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"Best free PDF to Word converter available"
Version: Advanced PDF to Word Converter 5.0
Pros
Does tables
Cons
Still needs some work on tables. theya re very difficult t edit
Summary
It's the only odf converter I kept
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"Limited Functionality"
Version: Advanced PDF to Word Converter 5.0
Pros
none at all
Cons
Poor set out and very limited in 'free version' - cannot handle tables
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