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Last updated March 13th, 2026

# Page 4 - Reviews of Able2Extract Professional

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SH

Stuart H.  
HR Consultant  
Government Administration  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "A2E 17 Review"

May 11, 2022

5.0

well integrated, ease of use.

Pros

speed in which it coverts files to Word. Upgrade was easy to apply to my PC.

Cons

hard to see at times. Fopnt is too light and small, Needs larger font and shadings.

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DW

Don W.  
Owner  
Accounting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Able2Extract is an excellent product for converting PDF to Excel, Word, etc. and for editing PDF's."

June 14, 2018

5.0

Time savings!

Pros

Very easy to use. Generally 99% to 100% accurate with conversions to Microsoft Office products. Version 12 is the most accurate regarding conversion - that said prior versions were very good as well. Editing PDF's is easy as well. Can't wait for the next version!

Cons

Occasionally when converting a PDF document and doing a specific selection of the document the conversion does the whole page or additional areas I did not select. I've notice with Version 12 this happens much less.

Review Source

Response from Investintech.com

June 20, 2018

The selection issue may happen if the page contains images behind the text. Clicking on such an image results in Able2Extract selecting this image and all the text that lays above it. The one solution we have for this is to enter "Editing" mode in Able2Extract (with your PDF open), then delete the underlying image, switch back into "Conversion" mode and try your selection again. However, to be certain, if you can, would you mind sending us a sample PDF where this happens? This way we can investigate and see what's going on there. Thanks!

GS

Greg S.  
Technical Services Manager  
Computer Hardware  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Able2Extract Professional 12 Review "

September 17, 2018

4.0

We respond to a lot of Tenders that include lots of forms and tables. Able2 Extract enables us to extract these into word or excel, saving a lot of time

Pros

It is easy to use and saves a lot of time

Cons

Sometimes it struggles with scanned documents

Review Source

Response from Investintech.com

September 18, 2018

Hi Greg -- Thanks for sharing your user experience with us. To address your issues with scanned documents, you may want to try forcing the conversion by turning the OCR engine on. Go to the Edit menu > OCR Options> click on the "Perform Image-Based Conversion (OCR)" option. Or if what you have is a scanned PDF with a mixture of both digitally generated and scanned/image elements, you can try turning the OCR off by selecting the "No Image-Based Conversion (OCR)" option. In both cases, this can help improve and return better conversion results. You can find more details on this from our Help topic: https://www.investintech.com/support/helpfiles/desktop/a2epro/html/Edit-OCROptions.htm I hope that helps. If the issue with scanned conversions still continue, though, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at techsupport@investintech.com with your file and we can take a closer look for you.

SS

Sherif S.  
President  
Import and Export  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "A great value"

July 22, 2022

5.0

I've used this product in my previous employment and it was amazing and time saving. Now, it was one of the first software purchases that I made.

Pros

This product is a great value and easy to use. My main usage is to convert PDF's back to either Word or Excel.

Cons

Ease of use and great output. It's a great time saver.

Review Source

GH

George H.  
CTO  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "A Lifesaver"

April 19, 2022

5.0

See previous sections.

Pros

Originally I was tasked with transcribing a 500+ page document that had been photocopied more than 10 years ago. After converting each page to a pdf, I was able to create and merge a fully accurate, well formatted Word document for further editing. Using Able2Extract Professional cut a month's long task to a couple of days. I have since used the software to create and merge other Excel and Word documents with high success.

Cons

Some diacritical marks did not convert directly, off-square documents presented some conversion problems, but all were much more easily corrected than having to start transcribing from scratch.

Reason for choosing Able2Extract Professional

Simple, easy to use process; many additional features.

Review Source

ML

Moises L.  
Systems Administrator  
Health, Wellness and Fitness  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Tools to get the job done"

April 25, 2022

5.0

Excellent tool, would recommend to my friends.

Pros

Ease of deployment, user friendly interface and low cost tool

Cons

The fact that we need to buy other tools to seriously manage documents.

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DM

David M.  
Vice President  
Utilities  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Way too much information required for a review"

October 18, 2023

5.0

Ask a maximum of 5 questions with an option to comment ( not required to complete)

Pros

I hate having to write paragraphs to review a product. The product may be good but the process of a review stink.

Cons

Again hate being pestered for a review a good product becomes a horrible product once you have to complete three pages to review.

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SS

Sherwin S.  
Senior Analyst  
Accounting  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Able2Extract - Best App to convert your PDFs"

January 9, 2023

5.0

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.

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AH

Anderson H.  
President  
Construction  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "My Evaluation"

May 3, 2022

5.0

Excellent experiences with this software developer

Pros

Convesrion is excellent from various types of documents

Cons

It seemed to have disappeared when I did a system check

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MS

Mark S.  
IT Consultant  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "My 2 Cents"

December 15, 2022

5.0

Creating my forms is pretty easy

Pros

Easy to use right out of the box compared to other brands.

Cons

Upgrade path cost is still a bit pricey

Review Source

HA

Hani A.  
Managing Partner  
Apparel & Fashion  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "New Options"

December 15, 2022

5.0

good

Pros

Ease of use and accuracy in conversions from Pdf to Xls

Cons

It would be great if the program can handle Arabic Conversion for Text Documents that are scanned

Review Source

MW

Michael W.  
Controller  
Accounting  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "PDF to Excel Converter"

August 29, 2023

5.0

Fast and easy to use!

Pros

I use Able2Extract Professional to convert bank and credit card statements to Excel to make it easy to analyze transactions for periodic financial accounting.

Cons

I haven't run across any issues to speak of.

Reason for choosing Able2Extract Professional

Pricing, accuracy, ease of use.

Review Source

SS

Suraj S.  
CA  
Accounting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Review of pdf software "

April 19, 2022

5.0

Pros

It's features of pdf optimisation, pdf conversion and pdf editing helps effectively

Cons

Pricing can be made little more comfortable

Review Source

jM

james M.  
CIO  
Textiles  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "James Murray"

September 14, 2018

5.0

Converting numerous documents to Excel.

Pros

Almost everything, ease of use, being able to manageage output.

Cons

Punctuation, characters, font size, column width could all use improvements but 12 is the best yet.

Review Source

Response from Investintech.com

September 18, 2018

Thanks for sharing your comments, James. If you have any specific suggestions on how we can improve the conversion of those textual and formatting elements, please do send them to us via our Request A Feature form: https://www.investintech.com/products/desktop/request/ We always welcome feedback from our users!

BD

Blanka D.  
Assistent  
Automotive  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Useful helper."

January 30, 2024

5.0

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.

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DW

David W.  
CAD/IT Manager  
Civil Engineering  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Pays for itself the first time you use it."

June 18, 2018

4.0

Pros

We mostly use this for converting PDF's to DWG format. The software is intuitive to use and conversion is fast

Cons

PDF to CAD could be more accurate with linework. Does not capture the OCR layer in PDF. Does not do well creating text with CAD PDF files.

Review Source

Response from Investintech.com

July 13, 2018

Thanks for sharing your comments, David! As to your issue, from what you describe, it seems like you¿re dealing with a scanned PDF document. When working with native (electronic) PDFs, Able2Extract is designed to convert text as text and lines as lines (as they are in the source PDF file). However, scanned or image-based PDFs are simply images that have no information embedded in them. So, this is why our application converts "text" from such files into set of lines, instead of a proper text (and this is the issue you¿ve been experiencing, if we understood you correctly). If you can send in a sample file to us at techsupport@investintech.com, we can take a closer look.

MS

Mark S.  
Director  
Mining & Metals  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great Software"

November 10, 2022

4.0

Good customer service and software experience

Pros

Easy to export very large pdf's fast and accuratly

Cons

Constant updates to newer versions is a problem when older versions worked just fine

Switched from

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

ABLE2EXTRACT just works better and more intuitive

Review Source

IR

Ian R.  
Director  
Financial Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "The best converter from pdfs I have found"

December 15, 2022

5.0

Graet conversion tool.

Pros

I really like the ability to convert rom a pdf into Excel and keep nearly all the formatting of the original. There are only a very small number of pccasions when the conversion is less than 100% perfect. It is so much more effective than other conversion software I have used.

Cons

Software is great.Procing is a bit misleading in theat it is $X "for life"...this is product life of 2-3 years, not my life!

Review Source

PS

Philip S.  
Proprietor  
Accounting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Uses of Able2Extract"

April 19, 2022

5.0

See above - a real time saver for me

Pros

It works most of the time and saves me time with client data files

Cons

Noe that i can see, works about 98% of the time converting files into something I can use.

Review Source

DS

David S.  
General Manager  
Civil Engineering  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Excellent Piece of kit"

December 22, 2022

5.0

Brilliant

Pros

It just works seamlessly sorts out all those irritating problems that you get with inferior software

Cons

I don't have anything bad to say but the software review demands forty words

Review Source

GC

GANGA C.  
Director Finance, Legal and Property  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Time saver"

June 16, 2018

4.0

Quick conversion of PDF to Excel.

Pros

I like the software for its ease of use. The interface is simple and straightforward. As a person who gets a lot of PDF reports that need to be analysed, Able2Extract allowed me the get the data into Excel sheets.

Cons

Some PDF files do not convert to Excel cleanly. Information from two columns are entered in one cell. I then have to correct the data manually. It is not often enough to make me look for something else but can be irksome when I am in a hurry.

Review Source

Response from Investintech.com

June 20, 2018

With the Custom PDF to Excel feature you can avoid having to correct the data manually. From what you describe in your particular case, you would first set up your table structure (rows and columns) as usual using the Custom PDF to Excel mode. Then select the "Split only between words" option from the drop down list in the Columns section from the right hand panel. You can find a walkthrough here: https://www.investintech.com/resources/blog/archives/7993-pdf-to-excel-fix-misplaced-column-content.html In addition, you can save and load Custom Excel templates (via File menu) to instantly set up the same table structure for conversion if you deal with similarly formatted reports often. We hope that helps! Feel free to get in touch with any questions.

JS

John S.  
Owner  
Real Estate  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great product! Great value!"

December 2, 2022

5.0

Pros

Flawless conversion of PDFs to Word and Excel.

Cons

There is nothing that I like least about the software.

Reason for choosing Able2Extract Professional

Converted everything flawlessly.

Review Source

DB

Damien B.  
Director  
Management Consulting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Amazing Product unless you have a Mac"

January 21, 2024

1.0

Customer support is great, but overall the product is not ready for launch at this time

Pros

Amazing product heaps of features. Unfortunately does not work with Mac

Cons

Does not work with Mac. This is a major issue leaving my business exposed with old software

Switched from

[Adobe Creative Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/48969/Adobe-Creative-Cloud/)

Cost and a product that promised so much was the reason for the switch

Review Source

EC

Elizabeth C.  
Self-employed  
Publishing  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great product, excellent support"

April 1, 2021

5.0

I was so glad when I found this software! (It's been several years now.) And the icing on the cake has always been their customer support. I email in a very specific question about how to do something, and get a detailed answer extremely rapidly.

Pros

It's easy to use and does exactly what I need it to do.

Cons

I'm looking forward to additional OCR support for German-language texts.

Review Source

Response from Investintech.com

April 7, 2021

Hi Elizabeth - We have the OCR option for German you can turn on. By setting the OCR engine to look specifically for German-language characters and nothing else, you should be able to pull out good, or even better, conversion results. You can do this by having only "German" selected as your language option, which can be found in the Conversion Options dialog (OCR/R2V tab). If you have the latest version. Please give that a try. It should help. If you need assistance, though, please get in touch and we can guide you. Like you, we're also looking forward to the next improvements on our OCR engine. Thanks for sharing your Able2Extract user experience with us!

SM

Selwyn M.  
FC  
Accounting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "AEP Professional Ver15"

April 21, 2022

4.0

Happy

Pros

The conversion ability from PDF to other formats

Cons

You need to learn the curve to master the product

Alternatives considered

[Zamzar](https://www.capterra.com/p/169860/File-conversion-API/)

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