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Able2Extract Professional

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# Page 2 - Reviews of Able2Extract Professional

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DV

Damian V.  
Full time student  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Able2Extract Professional review"

February 22, 2025

4.0

Able2Extract Professional has been essential software I use for my schoolwork, making making working with PDFs much easier. The OCR technology is great as it allows me to edit and customize assignment templates saving me a massive amount of time. The PDF creation feature is very useful when I need to combine work I have done from multiple formats, I can easily take an Excel and Word document and combine it into a PDF. However, the biggest downside is the pricing—as a student, the $199 fee is very expensive. A more affordable student package would definitely make this software more accessible for those who need the software but can not afford it. Taking the the high price out of the picture, its large amount of features and it being user friendly makes it essential for businesses and individuals.

Pros

IT is a great tool for individuals, students and company's who work with PDFs very frequently. It's OCR technology is one of its best features which I mostly use, it is quite helpful when modifying assignment templates that are given to me in PDF format. Another benefit is the software's ability to create PDFs from other file formats, which makes it easy to combine Word and Excel documents into a single PDF that is ideal for turning in assignments. The security tools are also very helpful, especially when it comes to adding digital signatures to documents that require one necessary and adding passwords to secure important PDFs.

Cons

While Able2Extract Professional 20 is great for many groups, its pricing is a major drawback, especially for students. The license to use the software is $199 which is quite expensive. I believe students should at least be discounted as not many people who require this software have $ 199

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AJ

Andrew J.  
Project Mgr Estimator  
Construction  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "5"

November 23, 2025

2.0

Semi ok

Pros

no problem converting to excel

Cons

Does not keep any format from the PDF file

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MA

M A.  
Owner  
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Preliminary"

September 26, 2025

4.0

I am a new user , but up to now very satisfied..............................................................

Pros

Is fast and reliable , and great price...............................................................

Cons

Does not support Pages-Numbers and other apple apps......................................................

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BL

BARRY L.  
OWNER  
Accounting  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "INCREDIBLY ACCURATE"

November 14, 2024

5.0

THE PROGRAM EXPORTED DATA TO EXCEL BETTER THAN ANY OTHER PROGRAM I HAVE EVER USED OR TRIED. THE LAYOUT AND THE NUMBERS TRANSFERRED WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS AS COMPARED TO THE OTHER MAJOR COMPETITORS' PDF PROGRAMS, WHICH DISTORTED THE TEXT OR COMBINED TEXT AND NUMBERS TOGETHER CREATING LONGER REVIEW AND FIX TIME.

Pros

THE INTERFACE OF THE PROGRAM WAS STRAIGHTFORWARD AND EASY TO USE.

Cons

THERE WAS NOT A DROP-DOWN TO CLOSE A FILE, AS I'M USED TO. I DID FIND TO CLOSE THE OPEN FILE JUST HIT THE X-(CLOSE FILE) ON THE SCREEN

Alternatives considered

[Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/)

Reason for choosing Able2Extract Professional

THE FREE TRIAL PROVED TO ME IT WAS A BETTER PRODUCT FOR MY NEEDS

Switched from

[Adobe PDF Library](https://www.capterra.com/p/232963/Adobe-PDF-Library/)

THE EXPORT FUNCTION WORKED TENFOLD MORE ACCURATE.

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AZ

Ali Z.  
VP Finance  
Real Estate  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "VP Finance"

December 20, 2024

5.0

Pros

Efficient conversion to word and excel. However I have not yet used the PowerPoint conversion.

Cons

The formatting is sometimes lost in the conversion to word or Excel.

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RG

Rodolfo G.  
Independent advisor  
Accounting  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "And I recommend it, what you get for the price you pay is really little compared to it."

May 27, 2025

5.0

It is a totally reliable converter from PDF to any other type of office file, I am very satisfied with the purchase.

Pros

Convert pdf to excel, Modify text or add images to a PDF file, Convert PDF to word and work on the text

Cons

I have nitro pro to modify pdr files, i will be testing able2extract to have a comparative between them

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EH

Edward H.  
President  
Management Consulting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Really a powerful tool."

November 15, 2024

5.0

Easy to download, great, timely support. Fast installation.

Pros

My focus is converting complex PDF's to Excel and PowerPoint files. The software has gotten better, more convenient, and faster over the very many years that I have owned their various versions. This latest version that I just got (Able2Extract Pro 19) has really replaced my need to use Acrobat Pro. I also just used their batch mode to go from PDF to excel on twenty-six 32 page files. In minutes it was done- and done accurately.

Cons

Can't think of anything that bugs me. Perhaps more how-to videos.

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PR

Philip R.  
Owner  
Accounting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Review of software"

December 14, 2024

5.0

Very happy. 1 task pays for the program.

Pros

Better than the competition. Fexible and easy tu use

Cons

Nothing comes to mind. Works as described.

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RK

Robert K.  
Drafting  
Civil Engineering  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Great for PDF to DWG"

March 4, 2025

5.0

Bought it mainly for the pdf to dwg file conversion, haven't used much else on it yet but it has a bunch of features i look forward to being able to use.

Pros

Works great for converting pdf to dwg files.

Cons

Haven't gotten to use the whole program to it's extent yet

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George K.  
Principal Consultant  
Accounting  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Sales Tax Audit Solved."

September 30, 2024

5.0

Pros

I had a client with four months of sales tax records in PDF, some 1,450 pages long. They wanted all those in Excel format with no page breaks, headers, or subtotals for the state auditors. I downloaded Able2Extract and discovered how to set a template. With that established, I had their sales tax records in Excel in less than 36 hours. I was very pleased.

Cons

The initial learning curve can be a little complex, but that can also be the result of the format you are attempting to convert from.

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JF

Jason F.  
Owner  
Construction  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Not for DWG use"

May 21, 2024

2.0

It was difficult to get customer service to reply to my emails. And they stated that they would like the opportunity to fix the problem before I get a refund, however, I have yet to hear anything back from them and their engineers, and it has been over a week since my last communication with them.

Pros

It was easy to set up, and to use. The commands were relatively easy to learn.

Cons

This program failed to perform as promised. It did not transfer lines to my DWG program, it transferred characters to generate the look of lines. When my engineers zoomed in to work with the drawings there was no lines that were workable.

Reason for choosing Able2Extract Professional

Due to it claiming to transfer from PDF to DWG. After considerable work building my house plans, my program is not compatible with my engineers, so, I needed to change my PDFs from the copy center into DWG. I found this program with a general search, and it was worthless.

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CK

Carl K.  
consultant  
Political Organization  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "I love this software, but it could easily be improved greatly"

June 23, 2018

5.0

It saves one from having to hand enter data.

Pros

Ease of use. I can train a worker to use it in well in under two hours. It is also more accurate than any other stand alone OCR software I've experimented with. I've downloaded and used free trials of at least four other OCR software programs, and they don't do as good of a job at converting the fairly hard to convert (very old) images of tables I'm converting to data files.

Cons

Version 12 had just one new feature for converting, and Version 11 the year before had no new features. I was really looking forward to 12, because I was hoping they would add some of the suggestions I've made, but was disappointed. In 12, one has more of an ability to apply the same table structure to non-consecutive pages, but it has a bug and does not work well. My worker actually went back to using 11, she says 12 is bad. Some of the features I keep asking them for: 1) be able to specify that a column is nothing but numbers when manually setting table structures. This seems simple to program. 2) produce uncertainty estimates in cells next to the data table that is produced. This could speed up cleaning the resulting data file a lot. The program knows when it's uncertain, just have it report this. 3) Allow more keyboard shortcuts when setting up tables manually. It is common when setting up table structures to switch between "add column" (i.e., "add a column divider") and "delete column." It's often easier to just go through the entire file one time to add column breaks, and then go back a second time deleting unwanted column dividers. This is inefficient. 4) One should have the ability to specify in advance the number of columns tables will have before having Able2Extract set table structures. This is the first step of manually setting table structures as well as done in automatically converting. It's often faster to just delete all the tables, apply one tab

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Response from Investintech.com

July 13, 2018

Carl, we¿re sorry to hear you aren¿t satisfied with this version. You make a valid point. We only had one new PDF to Excel feature (Named Table Structures) in version 12. We used this version update to focus primarily on improving PDF editing capabilities and there are only so many updates we can realistically implement within each version. However, thank you for your continued input and feedback on Able2Extract¿s PDF to Excel conversion :) We do value your suggestions and have already sent them to our developers. Lastly, if you can connect with our tech support team on what exact bugs you¿re experiencing with the table structures, we can work to help resolve that issue for you.

ML

Malcolm L.  
Owner  
Market Research  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Use of Able2Extract Professional Superior to other offerings"

April 22, 2024

5.0

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

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AP

Audrey P.  
Paralegal  
Law Practice  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Opens and converts pdfs fine, text fill is worthless"

April 14, 2021

3.0

Overall, I have been able to open pdfs and convert them to Word. That's it. I will continue to search for another software, since Adobe pretty much takes over the computer and all its apps and thus is not an option, before my renewal date.

Pros

I like the quick customer service, which was the reason I canceled a previous subscription from a company that took days to respond. The price point was roughly twice of that of the previous subscription, but I made it clear I was spending to get on-the-day assistance. I've gotten that. But the software does not work as it should, see below.

Cons

The main reason to purchase pdf software is to be able to edit and fill pdfs. This one \*looks\* like it will do what Adobe and others do, but it doesn't. When using the Enter Text function, it is not supple or productive. Changing the font is a mystery, the guide for the text entering function takes you to the field you want to enter, but it is not clear where the text will land so it is clunky and difficult to produce a professional result. Reaching out to support just yielded a tech who asked for the document then responded that he/she had no problem with it (I hate that). Investintech wants me to purchase a separate support subscription (not expensive) and I would, if the basic necessary functions worked better.

Switched from

[Adobe XD](https://www.capterra.com/p/168423/Adobe-XD/)[PDFelement](https://www.capterra.com/p/148193/PDFelement-6/)

Needed customer service for questions / help that did not take more than one day to respond. Needed software that did not \*own\* my other apps.

Review Source

Response from Investintech.com

April 23, 2021

Thanks for your feedback, Audrey! If you are still having trouble using the text editing and form filling functionalities in Able2Extract, our support agents will be more than happy to provide you with a detailed step-by-step tutorial on the subject. The process is different for interactive and non-interactive PDF forms. Additional info can be found in our knowledge base and Help file that is available for download. Rest assured, the editing tools work as intended: you can customize the font style and size, pinpoint the exact location of text using the X and Y coordinate lines, move text boxes around for more accurate placement, etc., with potential limitations due to various specific PDF document properties (structural elements, layers, rich media, etc.). Regarding premuim support, it is not required, but offers many benefits like priority handling, free access to future major and minor updates, volume discounts and more.

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Doctoral Faculty Advisor  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Drop Dead Conversions from PDF to Excel and Back"

March 31, 2019

4.0

With this upgrade and an understanding of its capabilities—especially its very strong OCR engine—I had hoped to set it up as an easy way to process PDFs. If there were an easy way to have the software watch a folder, automatically run OCR and save the results, this program would be worth its weight in gold. But alas, even when coupled with an app like Hazel or Keyboard Maestro, the software doesn't play well with others. It's great software within its narrow use case, but there is so much more possibility there.

Pros

Able2Extract Professional is very capable software. If you're looking for a way to automate moving static PDF charts and tables into Excel sheets with minimal errors or fuss, skip Adobe and get this.

Cons

Able2Extract could be much more than the sum of its parts if the developer focused on use cases beyond just conversions to MS Office applications.

Review Source

Response from Investintech.com

April 3, 2019

Thank you for your comments and support! Your feedback about the PDF to Excel and OCR capabilities is great to hear. To address your first comment, we'd like to point out that Able2Extract does convert to other formats beyond MS Office: HTML, AutoCAD, image formats (jpg, bmp, tif, gif, png), OpenOffice, Text, CSV, etc. Hopefully, those options provide enough variety for any need you may have. With regards to the watch folder capability you mention, we do have server products that provide that functionality for automated conversion. Thus, if you're interested in how that works, please don't hesitate to get in touch with our team with any questions.

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Translator  
Translation and Localization  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great product. Easy to use."

March 25, 2021

5.0

Great.

Pros

I've been using this for over a decade. It's reliable, it has great features and it's not too expensive.

Cons

The interface is a bit old-fashioned and the conversion to Excel comes about a bit wonky.

Reason for choosing Able2Extract Professional

At the time, I didn't know any others.

Review Source

Response from Investintech.com

April 11, 2021

For any conversions that don't come out accurately, get in touch with us at techsupport@investintech.com. Our developers can figure out the right settings and options to ensure the results are as accurate as they can possibly get. Also, you should check out the latest version of Able2Extract Professional interface! We recommend downloading a free trial to see how it's improved since then. It now has a modern tabbed interface, support for 3 different languages, a start page to quickly access recent files and customization options, a handy side panel, dark & light themes, and instant access to quick how-to tutorials. If you have an older version, you can easily upgrade at a fraction of the full version cost. Hope you give it a shot!

VN

Vas N.  
Director  
Accounting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Poor product and incompatible with MacOS"

January 3, 2024

1.0

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.

Review Source

AV

Alex V.  
Forensic consultant  
Financial Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "My thoughts"

July 10, 2022

5.0

I have a long standing exposure to this software. I consider it an essential part of my toolbox. I recognize that the company innovates well across its development and custumer service is sound.

Pros

Features I rely on most is the ability to create consistent templates that can be efficiently be applied across large documents. I enjoy the freedom to skip columns and set collums as a key for row creation.

Cons

Some documents raise error messages and sometimes processes abort at an advanced stage of time input. Sometimes within the same document, certain pages cannot be processed. The product works great when the entire document is aligned properly and has an consistent text overlay. German special characters, maybe in earlier versions where not recognized. A2E is fantastic where it performs well, however, is not yet the only ocr solution required in all instances.

Alternatives considered

[PDF Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/101108/PDF-Studio/)

Reason for choosing Able2Extract Professional

I consider all the tools listed to have strengths and shortcomings.

Review Source

DH

David H.  
Attorney  
Commercial Real Estate  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Long time and happy user"

December 14, 2022

5.0

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.

Review Source

BE

Brant E.  
Owner  
Construction  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Able2Extract Is Amazing!"

June 30, 2023

5.0

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

Switched from

[Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/)

It is not customizable and it was not converting pdfs consistently the same.

Review Source

HCK

Hashan Chandrasekara K.  
Asset Manager  
Consumer Goods  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Able2Extract Professional 14"

October 10, 2019

4.0

This software helps me lot to extract PDF files text into different formats hence saves my time everyday. Moreover value for money is quite high because it is not an expensive tool. I never had to go through any serious training to use this software due to its ease of use.

Pros

1\. Having shortcut keys to work efficiently 2. Always shows step by step to procedure to extract the required data 3. Retrieved data are often accurate from the sources 4. Enable users to convert the retrieved data to many file types

Cons

1\. Cannot recognize handwritten words 2. Getting stuck and coming fatal error reports 3. Data not capturing when there are images frequently 4. Imaged text cannot be separated and grant the output

Review Source

Response from Investintech.com

October 16, 2019

Thanks for your feedback, Hashan. Glad you're finding Able2Extract handy and intuitive to use! To address a few of the issues you bring up, handwritten words are difficult for OCR engines to pick up overall, so unfortunately the output there and what can be done is rather limited. However, if you're getting error reports and failed output in any other instances, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us. You can send in the file(s) along with any error reports or details to our tech support, and we can take a closer look for you. Cheers!

RA

Richard A.  
Owner  
Hospitality  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Quick and Easy"

September 18, 2023

5.0

Unfortunately, it is only limited to creating an xlsx document from a pdf file.

Pros

The ease of creating an xlsx document from a pdf file.

Cons

I was not able to delete or copy single pages, I had to use a different software. I often need to add a signature or edit text and need to use Foxit pdf software.

Switched from

[Soda PDF](https://www.capterra.com/p/226942/SODA-PDF/)[Foxit PDF Editor](https://www.capterra.com/p/249044/Foxit-PDF-Editor/)

I didn't switch I use them when your software won't meet my needs.

Review Source

KH

Kenneth H.  
Consultant  
Consumer Goods  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Excellent for Converting PDF files to Excel and Word"

December 15, 2022

5.0

Often I am given documents containing data that I need for analytical purposes, but I need the data in Excel. In the past, this meant a lot of typing. Now, a quick pass through Able2Extract, a quick proofing of the numbers, and ready to go.

Pros

The software is easy to use. Depending on the quality of the PDF file, conversion to Excel or Word is almost error free.

Cons

No issues that I have experienced, but I haven't tried all the features.

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Senior Tax Manager  
Mining & Metals  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Swiss army knife software"

June 18, 2018

4.0

Pros

I like the ability create, edit, modify, or convert many different file types. Especially helpful is the ability to convert scanned PDF files to Excel spreadsheets.

Cons

I sometimes cannot get the print to PDF function to work. When I go to print a document, it shows up in my list of printers as Able2Extract Professional Printer, however when I select it and print, nothing happens.

Review Source

Response from Investintech.com

July 19, 2018

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Able2Extract. We're sorry to hear you're having difficulties with the Printer driver. With the Able2Extract Professional Printer, please try and uninstall Able2Extract from your computer. When that's done, check the Devices and Printers section on your computer to see if the Able2Extract Printer is removed. If not, right click on the printer and select the "Remove device" option. Then delete the Able2Extract folder and all of its contents from your computer's Program Files folder. Finally, reboot the system and re-install the software.

BJ

Bob J.  
Senior Engineer  
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Handy Software"

June 26, 2023

5.0

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.

Review Source

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