CNET Editors' review
This free program offers a no-nonsense approach to converting PDFs to text. While some users may want more options, Simpo PDF to Text's simple user interface will appeal to novices, and it provided a clean output.
Simpo PDF to Text's user interface is as simple as it gets. Though it does offer an online User Guide, even the most novice user will be able to jump right in without hesitation. The program doesn't offer drag-and-drop functionality, but using the basic commands in the small window, we were able to quickly add the PDFs we wanted to convert to text. From there, we selected our destination location and clicked the Convert button. Our PDF was instantly converted into a text file. Though it failed to save our formatting, the text file was clean and didn't throw in any weird characters, a common problem with less capable conversion programs. You won't find some of the more common conversion options, such as the ability to convert single pages or selections, or the ability to convert PDFs to other file types, such as a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, but there is an option to apply a password to protect your document. Unfortunately, not all testers were able to get the password feature to work.
Despite the password glitch and lack of options, this program converted our PDFs quickly and without any issues. If you're looking for a simple way to extract PDF text, we recommend this very basic, but capable, program.
Publisher's Description
From Simpo Technologies:
Simpo PDF to Text is an excellent and easy-to-use PDF to Text, PDF to Txt conversion program, it can convert any Adobe PDF file to plain text formats. Simpo PDF to Text Converter is a standalone application, it does not need Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader software. You can convert any number of PDF files at once.
What's new in this version: Version 2.2 has support of convert PDFs with special Unicode.
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"Worked as described"
Version: Simpo PDF to Text 1.5
Pros
Looking for a program to convert to text and keep the format as well as possible. This was the third program tested and it did was I wanted.
Cons
Need to put something here, I guess. But cannot think of 'cons' as program did what I was looking for.
Summary
Worked as described. Fast and accurate conversions.
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"I am amazed at its performance!"
Version: Simpo PDF to Text 1.0
Pros
I have had poor experiences with other PDF to text converters, but I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED at the performance of Simpo! I converted an 8,000 pages PDF file in seconds and the text output are amazingly true to the original !! Great product.
Cons
None that I could find.
Summary
This is an outstanding product among a host of PDF converters!
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"Simple and intuitive to use"
Version: Simpo PDF to Text 1.0
Pros
I just now installed Simpo PDF to Text 1.0. My first file conversion was a huge PDF which converted very quickly (in a few seconds).
Cons
None so far.
Summary
There are probably more powerful converters on the market, but this converter did exactly what I needed.
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