Solid PDF to Word for Mac vs. Apple Automator App (Part 2)

Should PDF converters respect PDF security? Solid Documents says yes. Adobe PDF Reference states that anyone is free to use the PDF standard as long as they abide by PDF security settings. Solid PDF to Word for Mac respects all PDF security settings as do all Solid Documents products.

We tried two simple tests with the Apple Automator application (PDFtoRTF). First we tried to push a user password protected file through our Automator PDF app. The tool looked like it created a RTF file from the PDF but then we could not open the file with EditText or Pages (error message: The document x could not be opened.)

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Solid PDF to Word for Mac vs. Apple Automator App

Does Apple OS X provide a method for converting PDF files into other formats? Sort of. You can write an automator application to convert PDF files into RTF documents but you can only extract the text. No formatting is preserved, no tables and no images. If you just need text then the automator application can deliver text. Some of the time.

In our experience the automator application can only handle very simple PDF files. It closes with unexpected errors when offered PDF files with non-standard encoding (very common issue with PDF files), it creates 0 byte files for other PDFs that it cannot convert and generally didnʼt perform robustly to provide useful results.

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Now Available! Solid PDF to Word for Mac

It's here... Now re-purposing and reusing documents becomes quicker and easier for Mac users. Easily convert PDF to Microsoft Word, Excel, and more with Solid PDF to Word for Mac.

Windows users have been using our award-winning PDF to Word conversion utility for years. Now anyone, regardless of platform, can easily convert PDF files into other editable content.

Solid PDF to Word for Mac converts PDF files into Microsoft® Word (.docx), iWork Pages (.pages), Rich Text Format (.rtf), or plain text files (.txt). Extract data to Excel (.xlsx and .csv). Reflow documents into continuous HTML (.htm) format.

System requirements
Mac computer with Intel processor
Mac OS X v10.5 or later
150MB of available hard disk space
iWork Pages required to create .pages files from .docx documents

Pricing and Availability
For pricing information and to immediately download Solid PDF to Word for Mac, visit: http://www.mac-pdf-converter.com/

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Fonts and PDF

Fonts come in many different shapes and sizes. Serif, san serif, decorative, minimalist – you want to ensure that the fonts you use in your document show up at the other end. So why does your customer not see the font that you used in the source document and that shows in the PDF file on your computer?

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Color and PDF

Why don’t my colors always match from computer to computer or when they are printed? How can I choose colors to get the best match for the multiple purposes required?

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Settting PDF Permissions

Solid Converter PDF v6, Solid PDF Tools v6, Solid PDF Creator Plus v6 and Solid PDF Creator v6 each provide options that allow you to set specific Document Properties that allow you to control who can view, edit and add comments to your PDF documents. You can also Optimize your PDFs, improving the output quality based on their intended use.

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Optimize Your PDF Documents

Solid PDF Tools v6, Solid Converter PDF v6, Solid PDF Creator Plus v6 and Solid PDF Creator v6 each provide compression options that allow you to reduce the size of your PDF files. Optimize your file sizes for presentation on the Web or for print while preserving an appropriate level of quality.

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