Solid Automator

If your job involves handling numerous PDFs on a regular basis, you probably considered turning to third-party applications that can spare you from performing the same task over and over again by automatizing it.

Fortunately, such software solutions are available and they can help you achieve quick, satisfactory results with minimum efforts. One of them is Solid Automator.

This program comes with a minimalistic, user-friendly interface that packs a handful of intuitive functions, which can be easily accessed directly from the main window, without spending time navigating through endless menus.

Although it does not come with a standard help manual, this program displays a series of instructions for each of its controls, making them easier to understand and access, even for less-experienced users.

You can turn to Solid Automator if you need to automate various processes regarding PDF conversion or validation, as it can help you do so with minimum efforts.

After you launch it, you need to select the type of process you want to automate. The options are Validate PDF/A, Convert to PDF/A and Searchable PDF. The last one converts your document to a searchable PDF by using OCR technology and saves the resulting file on your computer as a different PDF file.

After selecting the desired process, you need to perform some basic configuration for the task. Mainly, you need to adjust settings from the same three categories: Folders, Options and Status. Only the Options category displays different settings, according to the process type.

The Folders section lets you set paths on your computer for the source folder, the output directory and the error one. The Options menu lets you toggle PDF/A compliance verification, choose your preferred PDF standard, select optimization method, toggle conversion to searchable documents and choose the OCR language.

The Status category provides you with useful information regarding the process, such as the amount of processed jobs, the elapsed time, the status of the task and source, output and error folder paths.

All things considered, Solid Automator is a reliable application that lets you automatize various PDF-related tasks on your computer with minimum efforts. It provides you with a user-friendly interface that packs various comprehensive functions and also features brief descriptions of its controls so that you can understand and operate them more efficiently.