Document Management

The New Able2Extract Professional 14: Sign PDFs, Perform AI-Powered Excel Conversions And More!

Able2Extract Professional PDF Suite

We’re happy to announce Able2Extract Professional 14, a newer, more advanced PDF suite than ever before. Needless to say, we pushed the envelope with PDF features this time.

We’re excited about the new advanced digital PDF signatures in this version. From signing PDFs to verifying digital certificates, this new security feature is extremely powerful in keeping your PDFs in compliance with document security standards right out of the gate.

Also, included in this latest version is Artificial Intelligence technology, which allows you to train custom Excel templates into Smart and Master templates. These are extremely effective in speeding up custom PDF to Excel conversions.  

Another new improvement you’ll see? PDF Form fields placement. You now gain more flexibility and accuracy when creating or editing your PDF forms.

Meet The New Able2Extract Professional 14

Learn how Able2Extract Professional 14 is changing the way you interact with your PDF files. Our goal? To help you deal with everything PDF!

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Content Creator’s Toolbox: Top 12 MS Office Productivity Plugins

Computer Productivity

Productivity has an altogether different meaning today than it did ten years ago, let alone five. It doesn’t mean just getting things done anymore — it means being able to get more complex things done in the same amount of time. This is especially true for content creators.

If you’re a blogger, freelance writer, analyst, presenter or online marketer, then creating content in MS Office is your bread and butter. It requires meeting tight deadlines and turning over projects quickly. Productivity-wise, it means your workflow and tools have to keep up.

One problem, though. The plugins that worked before won’t work effectively now. With the complexity of digital tasks increasing, you need a better list.

That’s why we put together a super collection of 12 productivity plugins for taking your work to the next level.

Note: Using any of these plugins requires an account with MS Office and in some cases an account with the plugin’s website, as well. To install add-ins, click on My Add-ins from the Insert menu. A window will appear that will display your options. Double-clicking an add-in will open it. Or you can click on the arrow next to the button and you can pick one of your recently-used add-ins from there.

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4 Things to Consider Before Choosing a PDF Software

List of things to consider before picking a PDF solution for the Office

The day has finally come. You’ve come to terms with the fact that your office document workflow requires a complete overhaul. But how do you do it? How do you take it to the next level? Start by incorporating a professional PDF solution in your day-to-day work, obviously.

Sounds good on paper, but there is one issue. Picking any piece of software that will be vital for your business operations can be a true nightmare, let alone a PDF solution that will digitize all of your company’s paperwork and change the way you manage electronic documents.

Should you go for the cheapest or the most expensive solution or the one packed with the most features? With so many different solutions to choose from you can easily get distracted and end up with a poor choice. Let us tell you— there is no right answer. To choose the perfect one, you need to know exactly what to look for in a PDF tool.

The fact that you’re reading this article means that you haven’t 100% figured that part out just yet. Don’t worry. We’re here to help. We’ve rounded up four things you should consider before taking the plunge that will, hopefully, get you closer to the decision. Let’s jump right into it.

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4 Paperless Office Myths That Won’t Go Away

Paperless Myths Debunked

Some 50 years ago, offices were packed with shelves, cabinets, and folders containing all sorts of paper documents.

As businesses grew, so did their needs for:

  • physical storage space
  • people to handle document creation, archiving, and retrieval
  • expenses for maintenance and equipment

Workflows regarding document management became a nightmare with an ever-growing hunger for more resources.

Then, personal computers (PCs) entered the stage and made professionals dream of the time when all the documents will be created, stored, and searched digitally. In hopes of a more productive and automated office of the future, that dream was named “paperless office”.

Fast forward to present times–technology advanced greatly, but paper is still around. However, wondering why modern offices didn’t succeed in ditching the paper completely is a wrong question to ask. That’s because the term paperless office is often surrounded by a lot of myths and misconceptions.

Let’s see what things most people automatically assume when they think about the paperless office concept and why they are actually not true.

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How To Perform A PDF Batch Conversion

Guide on performing Batch PDF Conversion

If  you want to increase your productivity in the office, the first thing that usually comes to mind is constructing a better, more streamlined document management strategy.  And in today’s data-intensive world, PDF files that create bottlenecks will be your first target.

Because it’s so compact, secure and portable, the PDF is perfect for viewing, storing and sharing any content within your company.  

Nevertheless, this can cause serious problems when you need to repurpose, analyze or edit the content trapped within the PDF file format.

If you know how difficult it is to work with one PDF document, then you can imagine what it’d be like to work with five, ten or even twenty PDFs at a time.

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