You have a stack of PDFs and need the text out of them, or you need a page as an image, or you want to edit a contract in Word. Most PDF viewers won't let you do that. 4Videosoft PDF Converter Ultimate converts PDF files to other formats on Windows.
Quick facts
- Platform: Windows (a separate Mac version is listed by the vendor)
- Trial: a free trial version is offered
- Output: Word, Text, Excel, PowerPoint, ePub, HTML and image files
Key features
Turn a PDF into an editable Word file
You can convert PDF to Word as .doc or .rtf, so you can read and edit the result in Microsoft Word versions from 97-2003 through 2010.
Pull plain text out of a PDF
Convert a PDF to Text and open it in WordPad.
Read scanned PDFs with OCR
The OCR technology recognizes text in image-based PDFs and converts it to a text-based file. It supports multi-language PDFs, including English, Turkish, Thai, Latin, Korean, Greek, Cyrillic, Japanese and Chinese.
Convert only the pages you pick
You can define the page(s) and page ranges to convert and choose the output folder. A checkbox keeps the original layout.
Control how images come out
When converting to images, you can set size and color. For document output you can set layout, text encoding and image format, quality and resolution.
Who it's for
You'll get the most from it if you regularly move content out of PDFs into editable documents, or if you have scanned PDFs that need to become searchable text. The vendor describes the interface as simple enough for beginners.
Pros and cons
- Pro: many output formats, from Word and Excel to image files.
- Pro: OCR for scanned PDFs, with multi-language support.
- Pro: page-range selection, so you convert only what you need.
- Con: it is a Windows-only program, and the Mac version is a separate product.
- Con: the vendor's page says the product is being upgraded, so details may change.
FAQs
Can it convert scanned PDFs?
Yes. The OCR technology recognizes text from image-based PDFs and converts it to text-based files.
Can I convert just a few pages?
Yes. You can define the page(s) and page ranges you want.
Which image formats can I get?
Output includes JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TGA, PPM, JPEG 2000 and TIFF.
Is there a Mac version?
The vendor lists a separate Mac PDF Converter Ultimate.
Can I try it first?
The vendor offers a free trial version.