What's New in This Release:

· New! 100% Redesigned for Ease-of-Use - PDF Converter Professional 4 makes working with PDF files easier than ever with a completely new user interface. The new design is compact and intuitive, putting every tool within easy reach. The new design also embraces the native look and feel of both Microsoft Windows XP and the new Windows Vista, making it the ideal PDF companion for Microsoft Office and all of your office productivity applications.
· Improved! Speed - Already up to 3 times faster at creating PDF files than alternative products, the new version delivers significant performance improvements which will make you more productive than ever: 300% faster application launch speed, 50% faster in opening PDF files within the application, more than 50% faster page navigation, more than 80% faster multi-page form-fill, up to 300% faster at creating PDF than alternatives.
· Improved! The Most Accurate Conversion Ever -Through a collaboration with Microsoft, Nuance was the first-ever to enable the conversion of PDF documents back into fully-formatted Microsoft Office formats, and simply delivers the best conversion available today. That makes the 60% improvement in PDF-to-Word conversion in the new release even more astounding. Better still, we've made converting legal documents more accurate, significantly enhanced converting to Microsoft Excel, and implemented native PDF-to-WordPerfect conversion.
· New! Microsoft Windows Vista Ready - Looking forward to the new release of Microsoft Windows Vista? PDF Converter Professional is the first PDF solution designed specifically to meet the needs and new look & feel of Vista. Supported Vista features include 32- and 64-bit, native Vista look & feel, PDF creation that is compliant with the new Vista print sub-system, ability to create XPS from PDF and of course the cool 3D Alt-Tab feature of Vista. The product also supports Microsoft Windows XP and 2000.
· New! PDF Create! Assistant - If you need to create multiple PDF files at a time, then the desktop utility PDF Create! Assistant will make it easy. Completely redesigned, it supports batch PDF creation, combining multiple files into a single PDF, and now supports named PDF Profiles. This makes it easy to use specific PDF creation settings, such as specification (PDF 1.4, PDF/A, etc.), font embedding, security and more.
· New! PDF Converter Assistant - Also redesigned and enhanced, this desktop utility makes it easy to convert from PDF into fully-formatted Microsoft Word and Excel, Corel WordPerfect and rich text format (.rtf.) files. You can now convert multiple PDF files in batch, and also tune the conversion for complex layouts, such as forms and legal pleadings.
· New! PDF File Size Optimizer - Converting Microsoft Office files into PDF results in files that are significantly smaller - making them easier to share as email attachments and on the Web. The new PDF Optimizer gives you even more power in making the smallest possible PDF files, with controls that allow you to make specific settings for compression type, font embedding and more.
· Improved! FormTyper - More accurate OCR translates directly into faster and cleaner documents when you transform static PDF forms into fillable PDF forms.
· New! Convert PDF Files into Excel Workbooks - Now you can convert multiple Excel spreadsheets to a single workbook.
· New! Convert Legal Documents - Turn PDF document pleadings into Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect documents with a single click.
· Improved! Reduction in File Sizes - PDF files are not only reduced in size with our new Optimizer, but now they are natively smaller due to a revised PDF creation driver. Sharing and archiving PDF files has never been easier or more efficient!
· New! Print with Comments - Display and print comments to get a convenient synopsis of changes that result when collaborating on PDF documents. All sticky notes in a PDF can now be printed with reference lines that make it easy to review even large, complex documents.
· New! Tagged PDF - The automatic addition of XML tags to existing PDF files allows screen readers to navigate the proper read-order in a document - essential for creating an accessible and Section 508 compliant PDF file.
· New! ISO PDF/A Support - The International Standards Organization (ISO) has officially published the specification for 19005-1 PDF/A, a specification of PDF for the long-term preservation of archived documents. PDF Converter Professional supports this important new PDF specification, as well as PDF 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6.
· New! Direct Connection to Document Management Systems - If you use PDF documents with Hummingbird or Interwoven content management systems, PDF Converter Professional will save you a few steps with its ability to open/save a PDF right from within the application.
· New! PDF-to-Audio Conversion - PDF conversion doesn't stop at your PC. With the new PDF-to-Audio conversion you can easily save PDF documents as human-sounding RealSpeak™ audio files for Apple iPod and other media players. This lets you easily share your documents as Podcasts, without the time and expense of manual recordings.
· New! 1.6 PDF Support - Support for creating PDF files that are compliant with Adobe® specifications 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6, gives you the greatest flexibility in working with PDF. Add to that support for PDF/A, and the ability to open nearly any PDF, and you have a complete PDF solution in PDF Converter Professional 4.
· New! Section 508 Compliant - PDF Converter Professional is certified as compliant with U.S. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, which requires that applications be accessible by persons with disabilities.
· New! Thin Client Citrix and Windows Terminal Services Support - Putting PDF Converter Professional on every desktop is affordable and easy. The product supports a configurable push install and management using MSI, and also supports running over Citrix and Microsoft Windows Terminal Services thin client environments.... [ read full changelog ]