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Why are PDF files popular?
The Portable Document Format has become a de-facto standard for
document exchange across platforms and computing environments. More
than 200 million PDF documents are posted on the World Wide Web. Key
benefits that have driven this popularity are:
• Integrity: PDF files look like the original documents they were
created from. They conserve their appearance after sharing -
regardless of platform, operating system or local settings on each
computer or device.
• File size: In many cases, PDF files can be more compact than their
source documents - ideal for file transfer.
• Security: PDF files can be digitally signed and password protected to
prevent unauthorized changes.
• Sharing: While the basic document content can be frozen,
commenting and mark-up tools allow collective authoring and
document review.
These advantages apply mainly to file transfer, but many people receiving
PDF files need to access the document content, in order to edit or reformat
it. This is the role of PDF Converter 4.
What PDF Converter does for you
The ScanSoft
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PDF Converter 4 lets you unlock PDF files to edit them as
Microsoft
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Word
TM
, Microsoft
®
Excel
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, Corel
®
WordPerfect
TM
, and
generic RTF files. It also lets you open PDF files directly from these
applications, edit them and save them in the appropriate file type. It
converts PDF files up to and including version 1.6. Encrypted PDF files can
be opened if the required password is provided.