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Solid Converter promises users one of the easiest programs for PDF conversion on the market. With its flashy design and basic flow, the designers have found a good balance with this excellent program.
The program has an interface that is a little crowded, but still manages to function well. Icons are large and cartoonish across the blue-and-white display, and are broken into four sections. The Getting Started section provides four icons for converting and modifying PDFs. There is a News box next to it. At the bottom of the screen is the Learning Center, with step-by-step tutorials for all processes. Finally, running along the right side is the Command Center that shows users what file they are converting and where it will end up.
Operating the program is fairly intuitive and the tutorials are intuitive, should you need them. We were pleased with the simplicity of selecting files and how little we had to do to convert them to PDF. Other programs we have tested make this step overly complicated, but Solid Converter held our hand where we needed it and gave us freedom where it was necessary. Because of striking this excellent balance, we highly recommend this 15-day trial for all your PDF conversion needs.
Publisher's Description
From Solid Documents:
Convert, create, and extract PDF content with Solid Converter PDF Solid Converter PDF delivers unparalleled accuracy in the conversion and recovery of PDF (Portable Document Format) content. Simply open your PDF file in Word, then edit. Solid Converter recovers the text, layout and images of your original document at a fraction of the cost of Adobe Acrobat. In version 4 you can also extract text only, tables to Excel, or images to graphics files. Solid Converter PDF unlocks your PDF content and makes it useful. It's easy to create new PDFs using Solid Converter PDF. In Word, simply click a button to make a PDF.
With our Professional version, you can make PDFs with one click in Excel and PowerPoint, and use our Windows printer driver to create PDFs from any program. With Solid Converter PDF you can convert only the parts of the PDF file you need. If desired, you can maintain the integrity of the original document, including formatted text, color, fonts, character formatting, columns, layout, and graphics. Or you can choose to save only the images or text from a PDF document. Its your decision. Solid Converter PDF can be accessed many ways. You can use the program as a stand-alone tool, from Windows Explorer, in Microsoft Word, in Adobe Acrobat, or as a command line interface. Use our easy Conversion Wizard to walk through the process step-by-step, or quickly convert PDFs to DOC or RTF files with a few clicks. You can download and try out Solid Converter for a free 15-day trial. Solid Converter PDF is ideal for anyone who needs to edit and reuse content from a PDF file.
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All versions:
3.5 starsout of 108 votes
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Current version:
2.5 starsout of 4 votes
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"Adds huge water mark"
Version: Solid Converter PDF 7.2 build 1141
Pros
One can ad a giant blank white picture in word to cover the water mark but what a pain
Cons
water mark means its not free dumb asss!
Summary
translated nicely minus watermark.
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"Failed converting my PDF doc to Word."
Version: Solid Converter PDF 7.2 build 1141
Pros
None found so far -- I downloaded this free trial version in order to test it with a specific PDF file that I need to edit in Word format, but it would not convert my document into word format. Maybe if it would convert this one file, I could find some pros to compliment them on.
Cons
Failed to convert my 89 page PDF file into Word format. Did I miss a note that the trial version will only convert small files (not that 89 pages is really all that large)? I downloaded this free trial version in order to test it with a specific PDF file that I need to edit in Word format, but after 15 minutes of watching it process the file, it failed with an "internal error" at the very end. Tried twice with same result.
Summary
Would not buy -- if the trial version can't even successfully convert my PDF file to Word, how can I trust it to do better with the paid version?
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"OK, haven't used it much."
Version: Solid Converter PDF 7.2 build 1141
Pros
It works pretty well
Cons
None that I've noticed
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"Heads and tails above the others for PDF to Excel"
Version: Solid Converter PDF 7.2 build 1141
Pros
I tried the other two top rated PDF to Excel apps. They failed as did Acrobat. I almost didn't try Solid. It's just a much cleaner product than the others. But the only thing that matters is if it converted correctly. It did it perfectly on a 2500 page PDF in chunks of 500. I checked all the columns and rows. All good. The other two + Acrobat either failed outright or didn't convert the sheet correctly. I'm really happy when I find a good product. This is one of those times.
Cons
It couldn't do the full 2500 page PDF doc in one go - neither did any other product. On a relative basis I haven't found any cons.
Summary
Great great product. It worked perfectly for my needs.
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