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PDF Converter Professional 5.0 | List Price: $99.99
Discount Price: $54.40
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Platform: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows
Brand: Nuance Communications, Inc.
Binding: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2008-03-02
Features: - Create 100% industry-standard PDF files from any PC application
- Convert PDF files into fully-formatted Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, XPS, or Corel WordPerfect files--complete with text, columns, tables and graphics
- Edit directly within a PDF document, adding copy, rearranging words, or even changing graphics
- Make any form fillable--FormTyper technology lets you fill, save and share forms electronically
- Secure your PDF files by applying digital signatures and security settings
The last Nuance product I will EVER buy [Posted on 2008-07-10]
I have bought a few Nuance products now. This is the last.
Sadly, for a company that used to be poor at marketing but still released good software, the opposite is now true. It appears that they no longer spend money on product development or support, but spend lots on having a nice box. The marketing and packaging for this product promise the world, but deliver only heartache. This is compounded by the obvious outsourcing of support, which you have to pay for.
PDF Converter Professional 5.0 Did Not Work [Posted on 2008-07-19]
From the get-go, this program crashed (in PdfCreateHook) on my Vista machine. Updating to the latest patch did not resolve the problem. Without this portion of the software working, it reverts to demo mode, putting watermarks over everything. No help from Nuance, either.
After reading the other reviews, I was no longer surprised, and was able to successfully return the opened packed to the retailer from whom I purchased it (kudos to them!) for a full refund. I plan to avoid all Nuance software in the future.
To all Retailers: Stop carrying software that doesn't work! Retailers pull a lot of weight--if you stopped carrying crappy software these guys would either wake up and fix things, or go out of business--either would be good for you and your customers.
Great product [Posted on 2008-08-08]
I was surprised with how easy the program is to use. The program places icons on the Word toolbar that you just click on to covert to or from PDF. Just point and click. LOVE IT! LOVE IT!! LOVE IT!!!
Great Value and easy to use [Posted on 2008-08-16]
Software installed easily and so far has done all I asked. We create PDFs for our products and also need to modify existing PDFs or pull individual sheets into our new literature. Also use it to assemble comprehensive files from mixed sources. We are still learning more features but have to say this is an excellent value so far.
Product seems to work OK so far. Activation & tech support stinks! [Posted on 2008-08-27]
I'm on day 1 of using this software.
Creating a PDF is working fine.
Converting an existing PDF to MS Word is working fine, so far.
Converting an existing PDF with a table inside it; into MS excel is working OK, so far.
Annoyances/problems:
1. After installing software onto my PC, an annoying "activation" NAG screen keeps popping up everytime/anytime I launch the program and/or toggle between CREATING a PDF vs CONVERTING a PDF.
Plus it decrements from 30 uses to none.
So off I went to ACTIVATE this whiner!
2. Activation:
a. I just went online, registered, and then activated it, but apparently it requires further MANUAL intervention by the enduser (lazy programming pukes at Nuance).
Because I am still getting the pop-up about not being activated.
b. License key & activation problems:
The setup/installation onto your PC works just fine with numbers and LOWER case letters . [For entering the license code during installation of the software onto your PC].
But as soon as you get to Nuance's website and try to activate/register,
by using their "Paste-serial-number-from-clipboard" button, you get an error!
These boneheads keep kicking back your serial number as INCORRECT until you make it ONLY numbers and only "UPPER case" letters.
(why doesn't Nuance spend a couple bucks on a 5 minute programming "FIX" and let the stinking webpage AUTO correct a small issue like these)
Next, trying to correct a serial number which was already "pasted" into the Nuance webform box [but contained lower-case letters]. Whenever I'd click my mouse next to a lower case letter and try to CHANGE it to an UPPERcase letter, a wretched pop-up window keeps WHINING about using "The PASTE button function only".
For every 1 lower-case letter you try to change to upper-case; you have to answer 2 pop-up windows and make them go away.
[Hey tightwads, fix your website's serial number entry form).
[Go to Elance and hire a programmer for $2.00 an hour and FIX the problem with "YOUR" [NUANCE's] website]
I tried to be nice and contact Nuisance (whoops, I mean Nuance) about their problem.
(Starting off an end-user experience like this is NOT going to endear me to rush out and buy any more NUANCE products; especially if they can't make the registration & activation process easier, functional and more streamlined)
Here's a frustrating experience; Just try contacting these Tight-fisted pukes with a simple FYI, to tell them about a website issue of their's.
These pukes expect you to shell out $9.95 per incident just to contact them.
Sorry dudes, I'm not paying to fix YOUR website problems.
SUMMARY:
Pros - products looks/acts OK so far.
- cheaper than Adobe
Cons - Just hope you NEVER need to contact NUANCE for ANYTHING.
Or I should say; PLAN to NEVER contact them.
[you can't even throw them a bone about how to improve their website without getting hit up for $9.95]
-poor activation web setup
- Deceptive/hidden cost details about tech support :
- no mention on software box
- no mention inside box, nor in User manual
I bought this program for myself.
Once I test-drove it awhile, I was going to make recommendations to a large client about maybe switching to Nuance (from Adobe).
I really have my doubts now; especially regarding their "nickel & dime-ing" attitude toward their end-users.
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