pkPdfConverter

PkPdfConverter is a small application that helps you convert PDF files to text or image files using a straightforward layout. It addition, it allows you to extract photos from PDF pages.

The utility is portable so it can be stored on pen drives or other portable devices. This way, you can easily carry it with you.

PkPdfConverter doesn't steal your time letting you choose between rows of tick boxes or drop-down menus. All it does is to show you just the panels that are of the utmost importance to you: the PDF input file and output one.

The third and biggest panel is the 'View Output' which shows users how the final document looks like, as a picture, text, or HTML file. This program’s interface is the typical straightforward layout which proves to be the most effective of them all in the end.

PkPdfConverter's job is to convert PDF files to images, text, or HTML files. However, if your target PDF files are password-encrypted, it asks for both the user and owner passwords in order to have full access to the information.

Settings-wise, however, things get a bit more complicated, but they are still kept relatively simple. 'PDF to text' and 'PDF to images' get their own tweaking parameters that let users choose what sort of encoding the app should use, if the initial layout should be kept, and if the images should be saved to JPEG format.

PkPdfConverter is an excellently designed PDF converter. It uses only relevant features to help users filter in effective ways how their documents get converted, while they are presented to only those settings that they are mostly interested in.

Despite its lack of aesthetic beauty, the program's overall design is powerful and solid enough to make it an instant favorite among many PDF converters out there.