Conversion and Export to Office Open XML Formats

Solid Converter® v7 and Solid PDF Tools Supports Office Open XML

With the support of Office Open XML your application choices for viewing and using your converted content just got richer! Not only is your output more flexible, you don’t need Microsoft ® Word to get it! The stated goal of the Office Open XML standard is to facilitate extensibility and interoperability by enabling implementations by multiple vendors and on multiple platforms.

The Office Open XML file formats were standardized between December 2006 and November 2008. Starting with Microsoft Office 2007, the Office Open XML file formats have become the default file format of Microsoft Office. The ability to read and write Office Open XML format however, is not limited to Microsoft Office; other office products are also able to read and write this format. Other office products that offer import support for the Office Open XML formats include TextEdit (included with Mac OS X), iWork, IBM Lotus Notes, WordPerfect, and Google Docs just to name a few.

An Office Open XML file is a ZIP-compatible OPC package containing XML documents and other resources. That is, one can see the contents of an OOXML file, for example by renaming it to a .zip file and opening it with any zip tool. The actual .xml files can then be viewed in a web browser or a plain text editor.

Sources for more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standardization_of_Office_Open_XML
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_XML
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML

Solid Converter PDF v7 Released

We have released version 7 of Solid Converter® PDF (for Windows). Lots of new features and improvements.

Solid Converter PDF helps you improve, create and convert PDFs into Word and Excel as well as other file formats, resulting in accurate, high quality documents that are easy to reuse. Enhanced features include the ability to: convert PDF files into .docx, .xlsx or .pptx formats without requiring Microsoft® Office®, table improvements, recover text markup, and extract data from PDF files to .CSV files. It includes 256 AES encryption, selective conversion and more.

Check out all the features of Solid Converter PDF here. Read the press release.

By the way, we have also updated Solid PDF Tools, Solid PDF Creator Plus and Solid PDF Creator to version 7.

Adobe Licenses Solid Documents Technology for Acrobat X

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe) has licensed Solid Framework SDK for Adobe® Acrobat® X. Adobe Acrobat X takes advantage of Solid Documents’ PDF to Word and Excel conversion capabilities, allowing Acrobat X users to easily reuse and repurpose PDF content.

Read the press release here.

Recent rave reviews for Solid Framework’s core conversion features in the new Adobe Acrobat X:

Ed Mendelson of PC Magazine:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2370981,00.asp

Darryl K. Taft of eWeek:
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Adobe-Acrobat-X-10-Reasons-to-Move-to-It-Now-179555/

Alan Stafford of PC World:
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/707770/review/acrobat_x_pro.html

PDF for Lawyers:
http://www.pdfforlawyers.com/2010/10/improved-export-to-word-in-acrobat-x.html
http://www.pdfforlawyers.com/2010/10/adobe-announces-acrobat-10-my-quick-review.html

Steven Kovach of Business Insider:
http://www.businessinsider.com/hands-on-with-adobe-acrobat-x-pro-2010-11

Quick editing tips - Text from PDF into Word

Adobe Reader and Microsoft Word have different methods for displaying text within their files. Font sizes have much finer granularity in Acrobat then in Word for example. Solid Converter PDF and Solid PDF Tools have to make choices when converting PDF text into Word text so that the document formatting and layout are maintained. This might mean adjusting the character spacing to help make it “fit” in Word.

If you are seeing unequal spacing in your document you can quickly do the following:

1. Select all text
2. Choose Format Font Character Spacing and select 100%.

New 7.0 of Solid Framework Released

Newest version enhances conversion and reconstruction features; Gives developers power to build applications for the creation, modification and conversion of PDF files within 64-bit native environment.

See full press release here.

Best Practices for Converting PDF Files

Question: I have content I need to repurpose that is held captive in a PDF file. What do I do?
Answer: Solid Converter® PDF and Solid PDF Tools offer different options for PDF to Word conversion because one size does not fit all. There are different options that can be used to convert. Here’s how to get the best conversion for what you need.

Conversion options available in Solid PDF Tools and Solid Converter PDF include:

1. Flowing - recovers page layout, columns, formatting, graphics and preserve text flow
2. Exact - recovers exact page presentation using text boxes in Microsoft Word
3. Continuous - detects layout and columns but only recovers formatting, graphics and text.

When should you use each? We get asked this question a lot and we usually followup with a question:

"What are you intending to do with the Word document (recovered PDF content) once you have converted it? Read on to see how to choose the best conversion method for your repurposing task at hand.

Read more »

The Initial Reviews are In...Solid PDF to Word for Mac is

We’re so excited about the new release of Solid PDF to Word for Mac that we are giving the first 500 people a 25% discount to download and purchase Solid PDF to Word for Mac. Thanks for the overwhelming response! Note, as of May 3rd, this special offer has ended.

But don’t take our word for it. Listen to what others have to say…. and download your copy today!

Stephen Withers from ITWire: Solid PDF to Word - a better PDF converter?
Michael Dougherty from Bright Hub: Solid PDF to Word Review
David Chartier from Macworld: Solid PDF to Word converter debuts for Mac
Arafat Hossian Piyada from Worthy Tips: Solid PDF to Word converter (Mac)

Customer feedback:
"I read about this product at an online Mac news site. After downloading and trying the demo, I was amazed at the accuracy and speed of conversion. It took me just a moment to go back to your site and buy a license. The 25% early special was icing on the cake. It will no doubt be an application I use often and your software will become an important part of my workflow in graphic design. Great work!"

Ken Gee

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"Wow! I took a PowerPoint file made on a Windows PC converted it to PowerPoint on the Mac then converted it to a PDF for my iPad and then took that PDF and converted it to a Word file for my Mac. Flawless conversion!!! This really helps with getting files on your iPad that you can edit. Bravo!"

Michael M. Cohen
Diablo Valley Macintosh User Group