The archived site presented five related Windows tools. Understanding how they differ helps you decide whether you need a complete suite or just one specialised program.
The five tools
- Converter Suite: converts, creates, edits and views PDFs.
- Converter: focuses on converting PDFs to other formats.
- PDF to Word: a specialised tool for editable Word and RTF output.
- All to PDF: a PDF creator that works from any printable file.
- Word to PDF: a one-click add-in for Microsoft Word.
What they have in common
All of them aim to keep the original layout, orientation, images and text intact, and several support batch conversion, partial conversion and a multilingual interface. Converting PDF to Word and RTF is the shared strength of the conversion tools, while creation tools share merging, watermarks and password protection.
How the capabilities split
- Conversion to Word, Excel, images, text and PostScript: suite and converter.
- Editing PDFs with a built-in editor: suite.
- Creating PDFs from any printable file and merging: suite and all-to-PDF.
- Word to PDF from the Word toolbar: word-to-PDF tool and the suite.
- Security, watermarks and PDF/A output: suite and the creation tools.
Which should you pick?
Pick the converter or the PDF-to-Word tool if editing received PDFs is your main job. Pick an all-to-PDF tool or the Word add-in if you mainly publish. Pick the suite if you do all of it. Read the suite description and the converter feature notes for details.