Document Imaging Solutions
Nuance Power PDF
Comparison Chart
PDF Solution
comparison.
PDF Converter 8 to Power PDF Standard
and Advanced.
Executive Summary
MSRP
PDF
Converter
Professional 8
PDF
Converter
Enterprise 8
Power PDF
Standard
Power PDF
Advanced
$99.99
$149.99
$99.99
$149.99
Compatibility Features
Microsoft Office Style Ribbon User
Interface to minimize learning curve and
maximize productivity.
Compatible with (But Does Not Require)
Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader
Compatible with Microsoft Windows XP,
Windows Vista
Compatible with Microsoft Windows 7,
8, 8.1
Add-ons compatible with Microsoft Office
2003
Compatible with Microsoft Office 2007,
2010 and 2013
Compatible with Citrix and Windows
Terminal Services (Thin Client Deployment/
Use)
Certified Section 508 Compliant User
Interface (Accessibility)
Create Section 508 accessible tagged PDF
files
Verify accessibility of PDF documents
Enhanced accessibility checking and
reporting
Integrated Create and Convert add-ons
for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Internet Explorer, and Outlook
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Converter
Professional 8
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Enterprise 8
Power PDF
Standard
Power PDF
Advanced
Right-Mouse Shortcut for Windows
Explorer
Right-Mouse Shortcut for Internet Explorer
Support for Viewing and Annotating PDF
within Internet Explorer, FireFox and
Chrome
Customizable toolbars within Internet
Explorer, FireFox and Chrome
Customizable Quick Access Toolbar with
shortcuts to the features and capabilities
for each user.
Supports Open Text eDOCS (Hummingbird
Enterprise) Autonomy-Interwoven
Worksite, Livelink, NetDocuments, Worldox
GX3, Documentum, Xerox DocuShare,
Therefore, Office 365 and SharePoint
Document Management Systems
Added SharePoint 2013 support
Improved DMS support in save/save-as/
open
Supports LexisNexis CaseMap
Converts PDF Files to Speech (Audio) Files
for iPod/Media Players
Supports a subset of JavaScript
Support for Movies and Audio Embedded
in a PDF
Support for Microsoft Silverlight
Support for Windows 7 Jump Lists
Support for limited set of 3-D Content
Embedded in a PDF
PDF/A compliance checking for PDF/A-1a,
-1b, -2a, -2b and -2u
PDF/A compliance checking at latest
PDF/A-3 levels
Access your documents stored in cloud
based services such as Evernote and
Dropbox
Open and save your PDF files to popular
cloud storage services such as Google
Drive, Windows Live SkyDrive, Box and
more, using the Nuance Cloud Connector
Support for Microsoft Application
Virtualization
Installation "customization kit" to easily
control the deployable options for each
department.
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Converter
Professional 8
PDF
Converter
Enterprise 8
Power PDF
Standard
Power PDF
Advanced
Read only mode to enforce compliance
and help control best practices and
regulatory mandates.
NEW
Install -disable plugins
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Install - Make connectors an installable
option
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API Capabilities (Programming Interface)
On-Line Help to ensure users have access
to the latest information when using Power
PDF
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PDF Creation Features
Create Industry Standard PDF Files from
All PC Applications & Popular Image
Formats
Create PDF documents from any
application that prints
Create PDF documents directly from your
scanner
One-click professional scanning with auto
find-and-mark technology. Automatically
find words in the scanned document.
One-click professional scanning with auto
find-and-mark technology. Automatically
find words in the scanned document and
mark them with redaction (black-out)
highlights, underlines or cross-out.
Support for WIA, TWAIN or ISIS scanners.
One-Step PDF Creation from Microsoft
Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Create and Send PDF-to-Email Attachment
with Microsoft Outlook
One-Step PDF Creation and Archive of
Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes Emails
One-Step PDF Creation of Web pages
Batch Create PDF from multiple files and
file types
Watched Folder Processing to automate
routine PDF and TIFF creation tasks from a
wide range of formats
Create a single PDF document by merging
multiple files
Support for creating PDF Version 1.3, 1.4,
1.5, 1.6 and 1.7 Files
Create ISO Standard PDF/A Files
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PDF/A creation at latest PDF/A-2 and
PDF/A-3 levels
Power PDF
Standard
Power PDF
Advanced
Create tagged PDF files
Create & Send PDF Packages
Create & Send PDF Portfolios
Create PDF-MRC High Compression Color
PDF Image Files (Up to 8 Times Smaller)
PDF Create Assistant Desktop Utility or
similar
Customizable PDF Creation Profiles
Overlay (Merge) Multiple Document Pages
into one PDF Page
Merge PDF image files with PDF text files
Insert Pre-made and Custom Watermarks
at Creation
Apply security settings at Creation
Add custom headers & footers to PDF
documents (page numbering)
Adjust Compression Levels for Smaller
Files
Preserve hyperlinks and metadata, add
bookmarks and comments from Microsoft
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Add Passwords with 40-bit, 128-bit, and
256-bit Secure Encryption and Permission
Controls to PDF files
Create and Apply Self-Sign Digital
Signatures
Microsoft Crypto API/3rd Party Digital
Signature Compatibility
Inspect Document to remove Comments
and Metadata (Private Data)
Drag and Drop Security Profiles to Quickly
and Easily Secure Documents
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PDF Security Features
Support for FileOpen-protected documents
(Digital Rights Management)
DMS Password retention
Redaction of Text from PDF Files
Redaction of Image Zones from PDF Files
Redaction Text Properties including Color,
Redaction Codes and Custom Overlay Text
PDF Conversion Features
Converts PDF to Word (.doc, .docx)
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Professional 8
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Power PDF
Standard
Power PDF
Advanced
Converts PDF to Excel Worksheets
(.xls, .xlsx)
Converts PDF to Excel Workbooks
(.xls, .xlsx)
Converts multipage PDF table or
spreadsheet into a single Microsoft Excel
document.
Converts PDF to PowerPoint (.pptx)
Converts PDF to WordPerfect (.wpd)
Converts PDF to XPS (.xps)
Converts XPS to PDF
Converts PDF Files Without Running
Microsoft Applications
Auto-detects scanned (Image) PDF files
and offers to convert them to Searchable
PDF files
Converts Scanned (Image) PDF Files to
Searchable PDF Files (Text over Image)
Converts Scanned (Image) PDF Files to
Editable PDF files
Converts Scanned (Image) PDF Files to
Editable Target Formats
Converts Scanned Color (Image) PDF Files
to Compressed MRC-PDF Files (Average
8x Smaller)
Batch Conversion of PDF Files to Target
Formats (PDF Converter Assistant)
Batch Conversion of PDF Files into a Single
Document (PDF Converter Assistant)
Batch Convert to single page TIFF files
Superior Conversion Accuracy with
OmniPage OCR Engine
PDF Converter Assistant Desktop Utility or
similar
Retains Columns, Tables, Images and
Graphics (.doc, .docx, .wpd)
Retains Linked Text Flow of Columns
Within a Document (.doc, .docx, .wpd)
Retains Headers and Footers (.doc, .docx,
.wpd)
Legal Pleading Conversion with Stamp and
Line Numbering Options (PDF Converter
Assistant)
Retains Number Formats in Excel
(Currency, Percentage, etc.)
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Retains Hyperlinks
(.doc, .docx, .wpd, .xls, .xslx)
Thumbnail Preview of PDF Document
Pages for Conversion
Specify Page(s) and Range of Pages to
Convert
Extract tables from a PDF file and place
into Excel or Word
Convert a select Area of a page using OCR
and convert to Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
WordPerfect - for Scanned (Image) PDF
files as well as PDF "Normal" files
Convert and save PDF to Audio file
Edit your PDF files like in a word processor
using the Advanced Edit mode
Pattern Search - Perform intelligent Looks
Like SearchTM to quickly find content,
like phone numbers, email addresses,
and Social Security numbers, via an
alphanumeric pattern rather than exact
text. Choose from predefined patterns or
create your own patterns for patient IDs,
product codes or any information that
follows any alpha-numeric pattern.
Automatically highlight, cross-out, or
underline search results for faster, easier
PDF review and editing.
PDF Viewing, Editing and Collaboration Features
Automatically highlight, cross-out,
underline or redact search results for
faster, easier PDF review and editing.
PDF Viewing of All PDF Types
Preview PDF email attachments in
Micrososft Outlook 2007, 2010, and 2013
Open PDF files created from Microsoft
Office without having to save them first
Instant Access to Frequently Used PDF
Files and online PDF Files (URLs) with
Favorites Menu
Side-by-Side Document Comparison
(PDF to PDF)
Side-by-Side Document Comparison
(PDF to Word)
Improved File Browse Experience and
Comparison Algorithm
Open files directly from a DMS via the
Document Comparison's "Browse" buttons
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Power PDF
Standard
Power PDF
Advanced
Save, Track and Open Revisions within a
PDF Document
View and Navigate Page Thumbnails
Manage Pages in a Document (Reorder,
Insert, Extract, Crop, Rotate, and Delete
Pages)
Assemble documents in document
assembly view (Insert, Extract, Replace,
Delete, Split, Renumber, Manage Headers/
Footers, Drag and Drop pages) Assemble
documents as easily as shuffling paper on
your desk.
Tabbed document previews lets you see all
your document pages in a floating dialog box
to make the most of your screen real estate.
Batch process multiple documents at a
time with varied commands (insert, extract,
and delete pages; apply watermarks
and stamps; search and redact; inspect
document; migrate comments; and print)
Add, Manage, View and Navigate
Document Bookmarks
Create a Table of Contents from
Bookmarks
Add, Manage, View and Navigate
Document Destinations
Add, Manage, View and Navigate
Document Comments
Familiar Comment and Markup Tools
(Notes, Text Boxes, Typewriter, Callouts,
Highlight, Text Underline, Cross-Out,
Stamps)
Automatically populate comments with
highlighted and annotated text
Create notes in PDF files by speaking using
Dragon Notes
Create new stamps from selected page
elements
Apply stamps to one or all pages
Spellchecking for Comments and Form
Fields
Migrate comments from one PDF file to
another for ease of collaboration and review
Drawing (Comment) Tools Including Lines,
Rectangles, Pencil, Oval, Polygon, Cloud)
Grids, Snap to Grids and Custom Drawing
Guides
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Converter
Professional 8
PDF
Converter
Enterprise 8
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Standard
Power PDF
Advanced
Measuring Tool (with Save as Comment)
Print with Comments and Form Fields
Add, Manage, View and Navigate
Document Digital Signatures
Organize and Manage a Library of Clip Art
Organize and Manage a Library of Stamps
Organize and Manage a Library of
Watermarks
Organize and Manage a Library of PDF
Security Envelopes
Organize and Manage a Library of Security
Profiles
Organize and Manage a Library of Digital
Signatures
Advanced Search and Indexing for
Documents, Text within a Document,
Comments and Bookmarks
Edit, Cut, Copy and Paste Text
Move, Resize, Rotate, Flip, Order, Group,
Set Transparency, Cut, Copy and Paste
Graphics and Images
Document Splitting by Page Range, Blank
Page, Page Contents, Bookmarks, or File Size
Extraction by Page Range, Blank Page,
Page Contents, or Bookmarks
Maintain Document links and bookmarking
when replacing pages in a document
Limit file open and save locations to certain
folders only
Manage document layers. Turn on/off,
show/hide and lock/unlock layers in
PDF files created by programs such as
AutoCAD, Microsoft Visio, and Microsoft
Project. Select, re-order, delete or merge
layers, view and modify properties of layers
and even control layers for printing.
PDF Optimizer for Reduced File Sizes
Send a PDF file to a fax machine via email
Custom Actions for Bookmarks or
Hyperlinks (Open a File, Play a Sound, Go
to a Web Page, etc.)
Attach Application Files or Sounds to a PDF
PDF Optimizer to Compress PDF
Documents Elements
Read Document Aloud - Text-to-Speech
Capability
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Converter
Professional 8
PDF
Converter
Enterprise 8
Power PDF
Standard
Power PDF
Advanced
Fix non-critical PDF/A compliance
problems with the compliance checker or
via the Save As PDF/A command
Batch conversion of TIFF files to
image-only or searchable PDFs and PDF
conversion to TIFF
Bates Stamping with Advanced Formatting
and Page Positioning
Support for network scanning and eCopy
ShareScan with monitored Scan Inboxes
PDF Forms Features
Automatic Conversion of a PDF File into a
Fillable PDF Form
Intelligent Creation of Check Boxes and
Radio Buttons
Support for dynamic XFA forms (XML
Forms Architecture)
Draw and Edit Form Controls (Text Fields,
Buttons, Drop Down Lists, Check Boxes
and Radio Buttons)
Edit Text and Object Attributes (Font, Color,
Line Weight, Display and Print Options)
Digital Signatures for Forms
Custom Actions on Form Objects (Import
Form Data, Play a Sound, Open a File,
Open a Web Page, etc.)
Export form data from one or multiple filled
in PDF forms
Limited JavaScript Support
Set Tab Order for Form Fields
About Nuance Communications, Inc.
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language offerings, the company is creating a more human conversation with the many systems, devices, electronics,
apps and services around us. Every day, millions of people and thousands of businesses experience Nuance through
intelligent systems that can listen, understand, learn and adapt to your life and your work. For more information, please
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