Features

Nitro Pro 9*

Power PDF Advanced

Compatibility Features

Microsoft Office style ribbon use interface to minimize learning curve and maximize productivity.

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Compatible with Microsoft Windows^® 7, 8, 8.1

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Compatible with Microsoft^® Office 2013, 2010, 2007

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Toolbar or/and menu shortcuts for Microsoft Word, Excel^®, PowerPoint^®

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Toolbar buttons or/and menu shortcuts for Microsoft Outlook^® and Lotus Notes^®

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Right-mouse shortcut for Windows Explorer^®

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Supports Open Text eDOCS (Hummingbird Enterprise), Autonomy-Interwoven Worksite, Livelink, NetDocuments, Worldox GX3, Documentum, Xerox DocuShare, Therefore, Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint Document Management Systems (DMS)

No LiveLink, NetDocuments, DocuShare, Office 365

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Supports LexisNexis^® CaseMap^® case management software

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Verify accessibility of PDF documents

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PDF/A compliance checking for PDF/A-1a, -1b, -2a, -2b and -2u

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PDF/A compliance checking at latest PDF/A-3 levels

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Open and save your PDF files to popular cloud storage services such as Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive, Windows Live SkyDrive, Box and more

Only Evernote

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Support for Citrix^®, Windows Terminal Services and Microsoft App-V

No MS App-V

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Configuration tools for customizable network install

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Read only mode to enforce compliance and help control best practices  and regulatory mandates

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Install—Disable plugins

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Install—Make connectors an installable option

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Online Help to ensure users have access to the latest information  when using Power PDF

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Features

Nitro Pro 9*

Power PDF Advanced

PDF Creation Features

Create PDF files from virtually all PC applications

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Create Assistant desktop utility or similar

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Create PDF documents directly from your scanner

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Create a searchable PDF file from an image file on the desktop

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Batch mode creation of searchable PDFs from image files on the desktop

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Batch mode creation of modern PDF/A-2 & 3

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One-click professional scanning with auto find-and-mark technology

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One-step PDF creation from Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

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Create PDF and automatically send as email attachment from Word, Excel and PowerPoint

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Archive Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes emails and email folders as PDF files

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Create and attach files to email as PDF from inside Microsoft Outlook

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One-step PDF creation of web pages from within Internet Explorer

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Automatically create PDFs from multiple files

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Automatically merge multiple files into a single PDF document

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Watched Folder processing to automate routine PDF and TIFF creation tasks from  a wide range of formats

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Create bookmarks from file names when merging multiple files into a single PDF document

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Create and send PDF packages

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Create and send PDF Portfolios

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Create ISO-standard PDF/A-1b files optimized for archiving

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PDF/A creation at latest PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3 levels

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Create black and white (grayscale) PDF files from colored originals

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Support for PDF version 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7

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Create PDF-MRC high-compression color PDF image files (up to 8 times smaller)

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Preserve hyperlinks and metadata, add bookmarks and comments from Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

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Overlay document pages into one PDF

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Create PDFs with predefined or custom settings

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Insert pre-made and custom watermarks at PDF creation

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Control PDF compression and resolution

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Merge PDF image files with normal PDF (with fonts) files

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Add custom headers & footers to PDF documents (page numbering)

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Create tagged PDF files

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Features

Nitro Pro 9*

Power PDF Advanced

PDF Security Features

Add passwords with 40-bit, 128-bit and 256-bit secure encryption and permission controls to PDF files

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Add digital signatures to PDF files

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Inspect document to remove comments and metadata (private data)

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Drag and drop security profiles to quickly and easily secure documents

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Support for FileOpen^®-protected documents (Digital Rights Management)

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DMS password retention

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Make selected document annotations such as text boxes, stamps, markups etc., or filled form fields fixed and permanent, preventing unwanted changes (flattening)

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Batch mode redaction across multiple files

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Pattern search for redaction candidates

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Pattern search across multiple files or folders

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Send multiple files in their original formats in an encrypted PDF envelope

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Permanently remove text and images from PDF files (Redaction)

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Add redaction text properties including color, redaction codes and custom overlay text

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PDF Conversion Features

Convert PDF documents into formatted Microsoft Word documents (.doc, .docx, .rft)

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Convert PDF forms into fillable Microsoft Word forms

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Superior conversion accuracy with OmniPage^® OCR

Other OCR

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Automatically selects OCR language when converting multi-language documents

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Batch conversion of PDF files to single page TIFF file

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Batch conversion of PDF files to target formats

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Thumbnail preview of PDF document pages

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Specify page(s) and range of pages to convert

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Retain layout and column flow

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Convert Assistant desktop utility or similar

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Retains PDF headers and footers in Microsoft Word

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Converts PDF to Microsoft Excel worksheets and workbooks (.xls, .xlsx)

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Converts multi-page PDF files with tables into a single Excel worksheet

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Converts PDF to Corel^® WordPerfect^® (.wpd)

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Converts PDF to PowerPoint 2007, 2010, 2013 (.pptx)

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Retains hyperlinks (.doc, .docx, .wpd, .xls, .xlsx)

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Converts scanned (image) PDF files to Microsoft Word, Excel and Corel WordPerfect files

No WordPerfect

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Converts scanned (image) PDF files to searchable PDF files (image over text)

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Converts scanned (image) PDF files to compressed MRC-PDF files (average 8x smaller)

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Converts PDF to XPS (.xps)

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Extract tables from a PDF file and place into Excel or Word

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Features

Nitro Pro 9*

Power PDF Advanced

Convert a selected area of a page using OCR and convert to Word, Excel,

PowerPoint, WordPerfect—for scanned (image) PDF files as well as normal PDF files

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Reads out text via RealSpeak^® text-to-speech (TTS) module

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Save text in PDF files as audio files

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PDF Viewing, Editing and Collaboration Features

PDF document viewing

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View and navigate page thumbnails

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Open PDF files created from Microsoft Office without having to save them first

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Instant access to frequently used PDF files with favorites menu

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View and manage PDF packages

Only as PDF attachments

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View and manage PDF Portfolios

Only as PDF attachments

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Manage pages in a document (reorder, new, insert, extract, crop, rotate and  delete pages)

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Assemble documents in document assembly view (insert, extract, replace, delete, split, renumber, manage headers/footers, drag and drop pages)

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Tabbed document previews of all document pages to easily select which pages to insert into the target document

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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)

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Side-by-side document comparisons (PDF to PDF and PDF to Word version review)

PDF to PDF

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Open files directly from a DMS via the Document Comparison’s “Browse” button

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Save, track and open revisions within a PDF document

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PDF Optimizer for reduced file sizes

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Send a PDF file to a fax machine via email

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Print with Comments mode for efficient comments review

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Migrate comments from one PDF file to another for ease of collaboration and review

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Familiar comment and markup tools (highlight, text tool, typerwriter, text underline, call-outs, cross-out, stamps)

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Automatically populate comments with highlighted and annotated text

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Active Markup tool to precisely indicate comments such as insert, replace or remove text

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Drawing (Comment) tools including lines, rectangles, pencil, oval, polygon, cloud

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Grids, Snap to Grids and custom drawing guides

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Create a Batch sequence that combines multiple PDF commands

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Find files with specific key words or search patterns across entire directories

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Create notes in PDF files by speaking using Dragon Notes

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Create new stamps from selected page elements

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Apply stamps to one or all pages

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Spell-checking in comments and form fields

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Features

Nitro Pro 9*

Power PDF Advanced

Add, manage, view and navigate document digital signatures

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Organize and manage a library of clip art

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Organize and manage a library of watermarks

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Organize and manage a library of security profiles

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Organize and manage a library of stamps

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Organize and manage a library of security envelopes

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Custom actions for bookmarks or hyperlinks (open a file, play a sound, go to a  web page, etc.)

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Maintain document links and bookmarking when replacing pages in a document

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Document splitting or extraction by file size, page range, blank page, page contents and bookmarks

Less options

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Limit file open and save locations to certain folders only

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Manage document layers. Turn on/off, show/hide and lock/unlock layers. Select and merge layers, view and modify properties of layers and even control layers for printing

Only view and turn on/off

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Move, resize, rotate, flip, order, group, set transparency, cut, copy and paste graphics and images

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Advanced search and indexing for documents, text within a document, comments and bookmarks

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iFilter utility for enabling Windows Search to index and find PDF files

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Edit your PDF files like in a word processor using the Advanced Editor

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Pattern Search—Perform intelligent Looks Like Search™ to quickly find content, like dates, email addresses, credit card or phone numbers, via an alphanumeric pattern rather than exact text. Choose from predefined patterns or create patterns

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Automatically highlight, cross-out, underline or redact search results

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Edit text in PDF files

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Edit tags in PDF files

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Add, manage, view and navigate document bookmarks and comments

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Create a table of contents from bookmarks

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Insert hyperlinks

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Measuring tool for distance, perimeter and area measuring

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Attach application files or sounds to a PDF

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Embed movie, Flash^®, Silverlight^®, 3D content or sound files into a PDF

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Imposition tool for booklet printing in multiple copies

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Fix non-critical PDF/A compliance problems with the compliance checker or via the Save As PDF/A command

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Batch conversion of TIFF files to image-only or searchable PDFs and  PDF conversion to TIFF

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Apply Bates stamping on one or a set of documents

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Support for network scanning and eCopy ShareScan^® with monitored Scan Inboxes

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PDF Forms Features

Automatic conversion of a PDF into a fillable PDF form

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Create forms from scratch or edit forms

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Draw and edit form controls (text fields, buttons, drop-down lists, checkboxes  and radio buttons)

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Create digital signature fields on forms

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Support for dynamic, XML-based forms

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Import and export form data

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Custom actions on form objects (import form data, play a sound, open a file, open a web page, etc.)

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JavaScript support

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Set tab orders of form fields

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