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Able2Extract Professional

What Is Able2Extract Professional?

Able2Extract Pro 19 is a business-grade PDF converter and editor with OCR. It enables users to convert data from PDF files to fully editable Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, AutoCAD, OpenOffice... It can batch process multiple PDF files at once (OCR included), create universally compatible PDFs from 300+ formats, add electronic and digital signatures to PDF, edit PDF text and images, split and merge PDF, compare any two printable documents and much more. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Who Uses Able2Extract Professional?

Individuals and professionals who often need to convert, edit, compare and sign PDF files. Government agencies, finance & accounting, legal, insurance, real estate, and banking industry to name a few.

Able2Extract Professional Software - PDF conversion features in Able2Extract Pro include converting PDF to Excel, CSV, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, HTML, AutoCAD, text, 6 image formats; batch converter, extracting images and form data, as well as making PDF searchable.
Able2Extract Professional Software - Custom PDF to Excel in Able2Extract Pro lets you convert PDF to Excel with great precision by allowing manual column and row editing, changing various advanced settings, and previewing a final result before converting.
Able2Extract Professional Software - PDF editing features in Able2Extract Pro allows you to edit, delete, and add text, vector shapes, bitmap images, and Bates numbering; redact text, merge and split PDFs; insert, delete, move, rotate, and resize PDF pages.
Able2Extract Professional Software - With Able2Extract Pro you can sign PDF electronically, apply a digital certificate to the image signature, and validate existing digital signatures attached to a document.
Able2Extract Professional Software - Compare feature in Able2Extract Pro lets you open any two printable documents for a quick side-by side comparison. You can copy highlighted differences between documents, annotate them, and save edited files once your work is done.

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Reviews of Able2Extract Professional

Average score

Overall
4.7
Ease of Use
4.6
Customer Service
4.4
Features
4.5
Value for Money
4.6

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001
Tony
Tony
Chief Executive Officer in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

The best pdf program out there

5.0 7 years ago

Pros:

easy to convert pdf's to any format and editing and can allow to modify any pdf and create a word document.

Cons:

program is hard to read on high resolution displays. So it is ok on a 1920x1080 display , but on a 4k display you need good eyes

Investintech.com Response

7 years ago

Thanks for sharing, Tony. Regarding the display resolution you mentioned, for ideal vieiwng, Able2Extract is best when on 1366 (Width) x 768 (Height) screens across all platforms. You will need a higher resolution screen on Windows and Linux machines if your OS scaling is more than 100%. On Mac systems, you can also view the software on 1280 (Width) x 800 (Height) non-Retina screen resolution or 2560 (Width) x 1600 (Height) Retina screen resolution. Hopefully the above specs help!

Brant
Owner in US
Construction, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Able2Extract Is Amazing!

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

I love that it is customizable and that I can accurately convert PDF's to CSV based on the template that I am able to make. This is by far the best converter on the market.

Cons:

Non so far

Vas
Director in South Africa
Accounting, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Poor product and incompatible with MacOS

1.0 last year

Comments: Very poor experience. I purchased version 19 on 9 Dec 23. MacOS version was not available. I emailed [sensitive content hidden] to complain that I parted with my money but the product was unavailable. He confirmed that their team were working on the issue and it would be available soon. It's now 3 Jan 24 and since then he has not replied to me email and I still don't have/can use the product I paid for. Very unpleasant experience and would not recommend this company or product to anyone I know.

Pros:

There is nothing to like - Able2Extract took my hard earned money and didn't provide the product I paid for.

Cons:

Don't like being defrauded/ignored ... No will to correct their poor service or treatment of client.

Mark
Electrical Designer in US
Oil & Energy, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Overall, it's a Useful Product

5.0 last year

Comments: It took some effort to figure out, but mostly does what we need.

Pros:

It works well to convert raster drawings to vectors. I convert manual drawings to AutoCAD format and then copy into MicroStation for editing.

Cons:

It would be nice if it could recognize and convert text into more recognized fonts. More features could be added, but to be fair I don't use it to its full capacity.

Stephen
Accountant's Assistant in US
Accounting, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Great PDF to Excel Converter

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

This produces great conversations to excel from a pdf for bank statements.

Cons:

The UI is antiquated and reminiscent of 1990s software freeware. I had an immediate negative reaction to the software when it loaded and spent time looking for a better software because I assumed this software couldn't compare against more modern options.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Hospital & Health Care, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Review

5.0 3 years ago

Pros:

Speed and comprehensive approach to any PDF documents.

Cons:

Why does it always ask to save an office documents before it's openned in MS Office.

Blanka
Assistent in Czechia
Automotive, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Useful helper.

5.0 last year

Pros:

Easy to use. Very useful program. We use every day in company.

Cons:

I only know the benefits. Maybe I'll discover flaws over time.

Malcolm
Owner in UK
Market Research, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Use of Able2Extract Professional Superior to other offerings

5.0 10 months ago

Comments: Very good product but constantly need to contact support regarding updates - this needs to be improved. Have commented on this in previous reviews but no measurable improvement.

Pros:

Smart interface and easy to customize output in various formats

Cons:

Inability to recognize header format and align according to table

JIMMY
QA in US
Environmental Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Boen Review

4.0 6 months ago

Comments: With each conversion I have to adjust the scale to get accurate dimensional measurements.

Pros:

That it does convert the PDF to a drawing my old AutoCad 2004 can read.

Cons:

The detail of bolt holes is not well defined.

Bob
Senior Engineer in Canada
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Handy Software

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

AutoCAD Conversion. AutoCAD converts PDF but I prefer this software.

Cons:

The price went up. I have to edit and clean up the files after converting but that's OK.

Betty
Finance Manager in US
Nonprofit Organisation Management, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: Free Trial
Reviewer Source

Performs Better than Adobe Acrobat PDF Conversion to Excel

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Excellent!!

Pros:

In my job, converting pdf to Excel is critical. This license provides me the capability of doing that work with minimal conversion issues. The only problem I had was converting a pdf file that had handwriting on it.

Cons:

Need to be able to convert to newer version of Excel than Excel 2007

Anthony
PRESIDENT in US
Architecture & Planning, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Software overall is great - Customer service? What is that? Horrible.

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: See above.

Pros:

It works well when I need it to do a job...assuming it I can launch it.

Cons:

Upgraded multiple times and this last one I was stuck unable to use because of license issues. Two days now and zero response - NOT ACCEPTABLE!

Brian
President in US
Construction, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Breaking Password protected documents

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Drafting contracts

Pros:

Broke AIA Contract Software password lock

Cons:

The tutorial

Sherwin
Senior Analyst in Philippines
Accounting, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Able2Extract - Best App to convert your PDFs

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Converting pdf files to other type of documents have never been this easy. You can convert your 100 pages pdf file into excel or word in an instant. The application really saves time and it enables user to be more efficient.

Pros:

Able2Extract is the best application in converting your pdf files into other type of documents. You can easily access it and the interface is just so easy to understand.

Cons:

None so far noted. The application is so easy to understand making it a user friendly application. One of the best.

David
Attorney in US
Commercial Real Estate, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Long time and happy user

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Over the years I use the pdf to word or excel programs. It saves time, rather than retyping or getting a word or excel original. I also create fillable pdf forms, rather than handwriting in the information.

Pros:

The ability to convert docs from pdf and to create fillable pdf forms are two easy to use features.

Cons:

Once converted to word the word doc contains format codes that need to be adjusted. It would be better to convert to WordPerfect since it easier in WordPerfect to change format codes.

Clement
ceo in Vietnam
Business Supplies & Equipment, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

overall

4.0 3 years ago

Comments: I am happy with it until today. Hope I have no chance to replace it!

Pros:

no comment. The tool is alright. Get it can work faster

Cons:

nothing. Improve and cost less. improve the OCR the size of the words on the tabs can be bigger. Any zoom tools, or size settings?

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Law Practice, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Ability to access PDF content to create Excel workbooks and Word documents

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: We create Excel workbooks for gain/loss input in tax software and Word documents for deeds and estate planning work

Pros:

Ease of use in creating new documents from PDFs

Cons:

Sometimes the software guesses wrong about words so that review is required and sometimes formatting is off. Having a very clean PDF helps

Investintech.com Response

6 years ago

Agreed, having a clean PDF does help. The quality of any PDF conversion relies on what you have in the original document, especially when you¿re dealing with scanned PDFs. However, we¿re always making improvements to the conversion algorithm. So, if you¿re consistently having issues with certain types of content in a PDF (lettering, format, font, etc.), please send in a sample to [email protected]. Our developers would be interested in taking a look. Thanks for sharing your experience with Able2Extract.

Catrina
Attorney in US
Legal Services, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Would not recommend personally

3.0 2 years ago

Pros:

It has the ability to transfer data into excel or PDF form, so it's convenient at times

Cons:

Not very accurate or organized. Even after extracting info, a lot is required to fix and edit it.

Shaun
president in Canada
Mining & Metals, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Able2extract for geologists

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: Huge saving in obtaining data from previous exploration, this can involve many years of data and we were able to convert it for use in our analysis.

Pros:

ability to convert data and detailed descriptions to Excel and Word with a high success rate We deal with a lot of historic data that we scan to PDF and then convert for our use. To hand type the huge amounts of data would be expensive, by scanning and converting it is relatively simple to do. Able2extract drag and drop and selection capability works really well.

Cons:

For our purposes it works very well and havent identified any Cons

Peter
President in US
Construction, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Indespensible Utility

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: Version 12 is just another great release of a very strong utility. This has been my go-to utility for extracting data from PDFs to load into SQL databases and Excel sheets. I've been a user since 2006 and I can not imagine going back to OCR and manual correction.

Pros:

This software is very able to use and for the vast majority of the time, the simple automatic settings work flawlessly. For those other times, the simple interface lets you tweak the settings.

Cons:

Version 12 changed the extract to Excel algorithm which added a empty column to one of my financial reports. It didn't change the report other than to have an empty column that must be deleted before I can copy and paste into my financial model. This is not a big deal, just the only con I can think of.

Investintech.com Response

6 years ago

Thanks for the kind and helpful feedback, Peter! With each new version we try to improve automatic conversion results by expanding the range of different kinds of PDF document tables that would give good results. Our algorithm is constructed to work with as many files as possible, and unfortunately, in some cases, this can have a negative effect on some other specific files. If you¿d like to send us the file you have issues with, we can include that in our testing in an effort to correct the problem. Cheers!

Tomi
CEO in UK
Architecture & Planning, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Fantastic Tool For Converting PDF To CAD

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: On a daily basis I get pdf documents from clients, some have fallen out with their architects so we cant get the raw CAD File to annotate or edit. Able2Extract is ABLE to EXTRACT any pdf even scanned ones. Brilliant!

Pros:

Its quite intuitive, easy to use and fast

Cons:

I cant think of ANYTHING! It does everything I have asked of it and the new version is fast.

Mark
Broker Associate in US
Real Estate, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Absolutely the best!

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: Excellent! I already recommend to everyone. I've also shown my wife and 12 yr old daughter how to use it to hep me.

Pros:

Better than other similar products I've tried in accurately converting PDFs to Word or Excel. When I've had questions, staff have ALWAYS resolved my issues promptly and professionally, and even converted difficult docs for me!

Cons:

Can't think of anything. Really can't think of anything. Nothing coming to mind yet.

Brandon
Document Specialist in US
Accounting, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great product

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Great product, used for 10 years

Pros:

The extraction algorithm is second to none. Beautiful column separation, ability to save extraction templates. Very easy.

Cons:

Price. The menu icons on my screen are very small.

Vern
Principal in US
Renewables & Environment, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Happy End User

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Able2Extract has boosted my effectiveness in producing documents and presentations for clients and prospects.

Pros:

It provides a way to use pdf files for alternative purposes

Cons:

Detailed customization features take some time to figure out how to use.

keith
IT in Ireland
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Stable and reliable

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Clean import and organization into excel spreadsheet easy to use and no hassle, stable product

Cons:

ability to pool/merge multiple pdf files prior to import