Just gave it a try on 6 files .. worked great! Maybe the best yet!

It works! I've tried quite a few of GAOTD PDF to Word conversion programs and they all fail somehow. This one works. Thank you Lighten Software and GAOTD.

Program looks like it may install but nothing happens. Win7 Ultimate 64 bit, plenty of memory. It doesn't even show as an installed program in the Control Panel/Programs. Emailed support at 'support@lightenpdf.com' with no reply. Too ad, it looked like a program which may work if it could install itself. I even tried it after rebooting and stopping all antivirus and firewall processes.

Congratulations to the publishers for coming on here and answering questions.

Far too few do so, and these people show a real customer service ethic.

I emailed them with my problem and they responded very quick to a solution. Now it works! Looks like a great program!

Download didn't work for me. I followed instructions from Read Me and when I opened the .exe file, it prompted me to download Software Informer, so I did. After that, the only option it gives me is to close the .exe part that I opened. I really hope this can be fixed, seems like a great download. :(

Horrible conversion. Uninstalled.

Wow, lately we have had a few of these, and I always throw the same, highly formatted, 106 page (actually twice that big, 2 pages of the book on each PDF page). This accomplished in 15 or so seconds what some of the other "converters" either won't do or can't do properly. This did a great job, I will probably be paying the $4.99 for this one, it is a keeper!

I tried to convert 40 page pdf document to docx format, but none of the pages were converted.
Next, I tried to convert the same document to doc format. This time I obtained a slightly better result: 3 pages were converted out of 40.
And yes, I did register the program before attempting to make the conversion.

I just noticed that the program has some problems converting non-standard fonts. It does some idiosyncratic things with the font conversion: Algerian becomes TimesNewRoman (ok), and some italic curly font---like BlackAdder--was completely jumbled. But, compared to most of the other translaters, this is pretty minor.

I've tried almost every pdf-to-doc application that GAOTD has offered and I must admit that I'm very satisfied with this one...the tables were rendered appropriately, no spelling/ocr problems that I can see---foreign names are rendered properly, and the graphic headers are displayed correctly and in the correct place on the page. AND it produces a .docx document!
I may even pay for this one.

Installation worked fine for me (Win7 Pro 64-bit machine) using the "email me a download link" option.

I converted two documents. One that I'd scanned came out as an uneditable image. That's what happened all the previous PDF converters I've tried. The second image, which started as a Word doc, came through nicely -- a huge improvement over other converters. The formatting was far from perfect -- lots of Section Breaks and some font changes. But I can work around that.

Downloaded to Windows 10 64 bit no problem, tested on text file worked great thanks .

There are several minor user-interface annoyances (e.g., why can't we resize the window from any edge?), but the conversion from PDF to docx was, in my testing, the best I've encountered, at least for getting the layout right, of all the products that claim to do that. So thumbs up overall.

Installed and registered easily on Windows 10, 64bit. I use Open Office, latest version 4.1.2 My music program uses pdf files for the lyrics. I tried converting a single page song (lyrics). My conversion put 2 to 4 words on a page. Was looking for an easy correction method. Now I have to write out the lyrics in Open Office, convert to pdf and then install the pdf in my music program. I can annotate the pdf, but if I wish to make a lyric correction I have to go back to the original word doc. & start the process over again.....so this program doesn't help me. Thanks for the offer

I am using Windows 10 and CANNOT get it to open or run. Help!!!! Please

Ok I did a screen shot of this page, captured as PDF opened it and got a request to upgrade PDF to word. So I guess not.


The review stands, it is impressive for layered PDF, unknown for flat pdf. It does what it says quite well.

Very impressive! on a document which has embedded text - output from a application.

fast and accurate - images - hyperlinks - text etc.

Testing it on a scanned PDF or locked pdf - will need to wait. does anyone have those results of a single layer PDF?

Greetings

I've installed the Lighten Lighten PDF Converter which is the GOTD special of the day.

When I try to convert a 231 pgs PDF file all it converts is 3 pages and I get the message between ****:

I tried to register using the GOTD Registration key but it wasn't accepted. Would this be the reason I can only convert 3 pages?

What do I have to do to convert the whole document?

What would the $4.99 offer do that the GOTD offer is supposed to do?

Awaiting your reply


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Will this software work work with WPS. WPS will interact with Microsoft word etc.

Anyone else having issues where it won't install? I get a activated popup but the daft thing won't actually install and it goes to a webpage for GOTD "Sucessfully activated so what's next". I tried downloading the program from the developers site, and while that installed, the activation name/key given with the GOTD package won't work. Ah well looked like a good program. And this is not the first time I couldn't install something from GOTD and had to pass. :/

Is there a version for Mac?

I agree. This does actually work. Just tried it on document that I had tried to convert using Word and Soda PDF (which I think was also a good giveaway) and this did a much better job.

For me the software has one big black mark against it - it can't handle mathematical formulae at all - it shows the Latin letters in the formula, the rest is just a lot of small rectangles.

Still, it's good enough that I accepted the company's reduced price offer and bought it - everything else really is nearly a 1 : 1 translation.

Two examples

Original:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7ukpfd2c0scynp4/FixingAFlatTire.pdf?dl=0

Results:
TXT: https://www.dropbox.com/s/g7snofh5dpvfebx/FixingAFlatTire.txt?dl=0
DOC: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5sad5zrrqiqnyo0/FixingAFlatTire.doc?dl=0
DOCX: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ii9vyd7brla35ff/FixingAFlatTire.docx?dl=0

And
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4jggg5ybtg52d12/mars03rovers.pdf?dl=0
DOCX: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cluqauszpqliule/mars03rovers.docx?dl=0

And a error:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o8i04cjbysqgfmh/BereikInstellen.png?dl=0

The speed was good: 88 pages in 5 sec.

Great and instant conversion from PDF to Word. Keeps the same layout in Word as a PDF. Cool. I recommend to all. Thanks for the gift Giveaway of the Day!

I downloaded, installed, and tried it. It took a complicated PDF with pictures and charts and gave me a plain text file as requested. Text was clean and formatted better than if i had done it manually. Ordered the updates for $5. This is a bargain for software that actually works. I also like the way the authors answer the requests here so fast. I have no questions. It just, plain works. Period.

Looks like a pretty darn good software: conversion speed was excellent and it turned out to preserve tables pretty well.
Thumbs UP!
Those who are looking for OCR can try this free alternative:

http://www.ocrtoword.com/index.php

Does this support right-to-left formatting (Arabic, Hebrew, etc.)?

This is critical for me.

Worked well on a couple of PDF’s of mixed text and graphics, also converted quite rapidly.

Unsure as whether to post this or not as since the interface became more suitable for mobile the ratio of yes to no’s has decreased dramatically.
Instead of just pressing a no, possibly supplying a critique of the comment would be more useful.

I tried the program, but got garbage. I then converted the word file to .txt, and got good text. But this was not what I exptected, and the Contents page was not in the same format. No good, alas.

I take it that this version doesn't have OCR.

The PDF I used to test this out was a book. In the PDF, the Table of Contents has links that jump to any chapter you click on. In using this converter program, those links are lost.

WinXP32
Ran a fairly complex PDF through it - graphics etc (but no tables).
15 pages.
Result was perfect same (layout/quality/fonts) as the original pdf
Very promising so far - unlike many others tried over the years.
Note they are also offering us a free copy of
PDF Password Remover
and good prices for GOTD members on all their products.
The full house one (PDF CONVERTER OCR) at $15 as mentioned seems fair value if trials work out okay. (http://www.lightenpdf.com/free-pdf-to-word.html)
Thanks to GOTD and the software house of the day.

Windows 10. Very smooth install and register. Very easy to use. Very small mis-alignments when converting to .doc - In a couple of tables the text is over the border rather than in the box
So a keeper.
Maybe not to do with todays but the developer might be interested. I have a folder with loads of links to varius pdf converters mainly from GAOTD. When I need to convert I start at the first program and if success thats it. If not sucess I uninstall the unsucessful program then move on to the next. Its all about productivity.

I like to see a company realize the value in offering other products at a discount during a GOTD promotion. Why let all of these eyeballs go to waste. I'm going to play with the trial of their All-in-1 PDF Converter OCR. If it measures up, $15 seems very reasonable.

I tried to order All in One, but paypal wants $18 instead of 15 :-(

On their website 'Version 4.0.0 File Size: 6.36MB' and here 'File Size: 11 MB'
The giveaway wrapper consumes 5MB. btw nice GAOTD. :)