1-2-3PDFConverter

1-2-3PDFConverter is a Windows utility whose purpose is to help you convert PDF files to Word, Excel, image or PostScript formats.

A wizard-like assistant guides you throughout the entire configuration process so you need to follow the built-in steps in order to complete the process. There’s support for video tutorials and help manual in case you want to find out more about the tool’s conversion capabilities.

You are given the freedom to select the PDF files that you want to convert. 1-2-3PDFConverter offers support for batch processing which means you can convert multiple documents simultaneously.

On the downside, you cannot build up a list with the target files and remove some from the conversion process in case you change your mind.

When it comes to output tweaks, you can select the output file path, open the document at the end of the conversion, as well as process all pages or only user-defined page numbers.

If you want to convert your PDFs to a Word format (DOC or RTF file format), the app lets you choose between different layout profiles. More specifically, you can opt for flowing text (it retains page layout, columns, formatting, and graphics), text (it keeps only the text flow), or formatted text (it discards images, layout and column settings). Plus, you may produce an exact copy of your PDF file.

Other important settings worth being mentioned enable you to remove images or retain their position, and get rid of character spacing.

1-2-3PDFConverter helps you convert PDF files to XLS file format and split multiple pages with lines, as well as transform documents into image files (PCX, PPM, PBM, PNG, BMP, JPG, PNM, or TIFF).

You can extract photos from PDF files, open the document at the end of a conversion task, log data, and embed text watermarks. Encrypted files can also be processed, in case you know the right password.

All in all, 1-2-3PDFConverter gathers several useful functions under its hood but it still needs some GUI polishing to make the conversion process easier to handle. It provides very good output results when it comes to images but table data is messed up in a Word output file.