PDF2Office Professional

Convert PDF to Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OmniGraffle and others.

PDF converter for Mac and Windows, XPS Converter for Mac.

Convert PDF to Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OmniGraffle & others.

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Here’s a small list of FAQs on PDF2Office. As more of you ask questions this section will keep growing. Do send us any queries you may have.
Q-1) Does PDF2Office convert PDF documents that have any kind of security enabled?
PDF2Office converts PDF documents that have the standard security feature enabled. PDF2Office honors the security settings of PDF documents.
Q-2)How well is the conversion from a PDF document to a word processing file?
The quality of the output are dependent on factors such as the Authoring Software type.Examples of Authoring Software Types –

  • Page Layout type
  • Word Processing type
  • Spreadsheet
  • Database
  • Graphics Manipulation

The output is the best when the authoring software was a word processing type.

Depending on the PDF writer (Acrobat, Mac OS X PDF creator etc…) the construct of the PDF data stored also differs. Inherent limitations of the target file format also play a role – Appleworks or MSWord themselves contain inherent limitations to formatting if the original PDF authoring software was a Page layout program.

Nonetheless, PDF2Office attempts to perform the best conversion possible that fits within the scope of the target file type.

Q-3) What image data doesn't get converted?
JBIG image data are not converted.
Q-4) What purpose do the Document Properties, Make Tables and Graphics options serve?
The purpose of these options are discussed below –

  • Document Properties
    Document Properties controls whether PDF2Office should try to interpolate document margins, process columns, figure out sections, form headers/footers and footnotes.
  • Graphics
    Graphics controls whether PDF2Office processes any graphics such as vector graphics or images at all. Marking this option makes PDF2Office process graphics. Unmarking this option will result in no graphics being converted at all.
Q-5) My document is not converting properly!!

a. Sometimes breaking up the pages to convert and piecing them together later helps. For example in a 10 page document, if from the 6th page on-wards the conversion was not proper, convert pages 1 – 5 first. Then convert only the 6th page. Then 7th – 10th and piece them together (this is a workaround but at times it works the best).

b. Another reason why the conversion may not be proper is when PDF2Office tries to form columns and apply Page Margins. By turning off the Document Properties setting the conversion may differ completely.

c. If the conversion is still improper, please send it to us for investigation – we are constantly improving the quality of the conversion.

Q-6) I have a PDF document which I created by scanning some pages - PDF2Office doesn't convert them properly!
PDF2Office is not an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software. If there were pages that were scanned and stored as PDF files, PDF2Office will treat these scanned data as an image.

However, if you own Acrobat DC, there is a feature called Scan/OCR. Open the PDF file in one of the above versions of Acrobat, then use the OCR/Paper Capture feature. An OCR will be performed. Then save the PDF file. Finally, use PDF2Office to convert/open the PDF document but make sure to unselect the “graphics” option. All of the text will appear properly formatted.

Q-7) I used up the trial version - how can I reset this?
Unfortunately you can’t.
Q-8) Is there an OEM or Server kit of PDF2Office a which we can license as OEM's or for Server integration?
Yes, we do have PDF2Office Kit which we license for integration with 3rd party solutions. The are basically self contained Libraries/Frameworks for iOS/macOS/Windows which can be integrated in hours. Please contact us for further details.