Nitro Pro 13
Kofax Power PDF
Advanced 5
Compatibility
Microsoft Office-style ribbon user interface to minimize learning curve and maximize
productivity
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Microsoft Windows 10 touch-enabled device support with “Touch Mode” option
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Compatible with Microsoft Windows 8.1, 10, 11 No Windows 11
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Compatible with Microsoft Office 2010, 2013 and 2016, 2019
No Office 2010
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Integrated create and convert add-ons for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
and Internet Explorer
No PDF conversion
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Right-mouse shortcuts for Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer
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Support for viewing and annotating PDF within Internet Explorer
Only viewing
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PDF Create add-ons in Firefox and Chrome
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Supports AutoCapture 7, 8, EMC Documentum 7.1, Evernote, HP CM 8.3, HP RM 9.1,
iManage 9, 9.3, 10, 10.1, 10.2, Cloud; NetDocuments (latest version), OnBase 17, 18,
Cloud; OneDrive, OpenText eDOCS 5.3, 10, 16.3; OpenText Enterprise Connect 10.5,
16.2; Microsoft SharePoint 2010, 2013 SP1, 2016, 2019; Microsoft SharePoint Online
(Office 365); Worldox GX3, GX4, Cloud; Xerox DocuShare 7
Omtool Connectors
for iManage WorkSite/
DeskSite, Microsoft
SharePoint, Open Text
DOCS Open, Open Text
eDOCS,
WORLDOX
®
GX
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Supports popular cloud document storage: Box, Evernote, Google Drive, Microsoft
OneDrive, Dropbox, SharePoint 365
No Google Drive or
Evernote
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Supports LexisNexis CaseMap
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Support for movies and audio embedded in a PDF
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Support for viewing the latest Adobe PDF portfolio animations and graphics
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PDF/A compliance checking for the full range of PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3
levels as well as the PDF/E, PDF/X, PDF UA and PDF sub-standards
No Compliance Checker
or Tagging
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Online Help to assure users have access to the latest information
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PDF creation
Create PDF from any application that prints
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Create PDF documents directly from your scanner
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One-click professional scanning with auto find-and-mark technology
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SOLUTION COMPARISON
Kofax Power PDF Advanced 5
vs. Nitro Pro 13
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Nitro Pro 13
Kofax Power PDF
Advanced 5
Proofread text recognition results automatically after scanning and review and correct
suspected errors
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One-step PDF creation and archive of Microsoft Outlook
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Create and send PDF-to-email attachment with Microsoft Outlook
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One-step PDF creation from Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
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Create a single PDF document by merging multiple files
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Batch create PDF from multiple files and filetypes
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One-step PDF creation from web pages from Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome No Firefox or Chrome
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Create PDF of some or all pages of a website from File menu
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Retain hyperlinks embedded in web pages when converting to PDF
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Watched folder processing to automate routine PDF and TIFF creation tasks from a
wide range of formats
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Support for creating PDF Version 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 and 2.0 files No 2.0 support
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Create ISO-standard PDF/A files (PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2, and PDF/A-3 levels)
Only Create PDF/A-1b
Convert to PDF/A-2
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Create and send PDF Portfolio
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Merge PDF Image with PDF Text files
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Adjust compression levels for smaller files
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Create PDF-MRC high compression color PDF image files (up to 8 times smaller)
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Create Assistant desktop utility
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Customizable PDF creation profiles
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Apply security settings at creation
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Add custom headers & footers to PDF documents – Page #, Date, File Name; Advanced
– Author, Title, Subject, Create Date
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Preserve hyperlinks and metadata, add bookmarks and comments from Microsoft
Word, Excel and PowerPoint
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Insert pre-made and custom watermarks at creation
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PDF security and signing
Use Kofax SignDoc with SignDoc server to perform digital signature operations without
leaving Power PDF application
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Use Kofax SignDoc to sign and send a PDF or to sign a PDF with signing pad or image
file
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Add passwords with 128-bit and 256-bit AES secure encryption and permission
controls to PDF files
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SOLUTION COMPARISON
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SOLUTION COMPARISON
Nitro Pro 13
Kofax Power PDF
Advanced 5
Create and apply self-sign digital signatures
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Sign or send PDFs for signature with integrated eSignature service
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Microsoft Crypto API/third-party digital signature compatibility
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Add, manage, view and navigate document digital signatures
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Drag and drop security profiles to quickly and easily secure documents
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Support for FileOpen-protected documents (digital rights management)
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View protected PDF files and apply protection to PDF documents using Microsoft
Active Directory Rights Management and AIP Services
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Enable server-side protection to be applied to PDF documents stored on SharePoint
2007/2010/2013 using AD RMS
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Redact text and graphics from PDF files
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Apply redaction text properties including color, redaction codes and custom overlay
text
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Inspect document to remove comments and metadata (private data) Only metadata
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Organize and manage a library of digital signatures
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Organize and manage a library of PDF security envelopes
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PDF conversion
Convert PDF to Word (.doc, .docx)
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Convert PDF to Excel workbooks and worksheets (.xls, .xlsx)
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Convert multipage PDF table or spreadsheet into a single Microsoft Excel document
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Convert PDF to PowerPoint (.pptx)
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Convert PDF to WordPerfect (.wpd)
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Convert PDF to XPS (.xps)
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Convert XPS to PDF
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Convert scanned color (image) PDF files to compressed MRC-PDF files (average 8x
smaller)
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Auto-detects scanned (image) PDF files and offers to convert them to searchable PDF
files
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Convert scanned (image) PDF files to searchable PDF files (text over image)
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Convert scanned (image) PDF files to editable PDF files and other formats
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Proofread and correct text after OCR conversion to searchable PDF
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Batch conversion of PDF files to target formats
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SOLUTION COMPARISON
Nitro Pro 13
Kofax Power PDF
Advanced 5
Batch convert to single page TIFF files
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Batch TIFF converter utility
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Superior conversion accuracy with OmniPage OCR engine I.R.I.S. OCR
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Convert Assistant desktop utility
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Retains layout and column flow
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Superior
Retains headers and footers in Microsoft Word
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Retains hyperlinks (.doc, .docx, .wpd, .xls, .xslx, .pptx) .wpd not supported
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Extract tables from a PDF file and place into Excel or Word
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Convert a select area of a page using OCR and convert to Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
WordPerfect—for scanned (image) PDF files as well as text- based PDF files
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Convert and save PDF to audio file (.mp3)
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PDF editing and assembly
Swap and duplicate pages in a document Duplicate only
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Edit your PDF files like in a word processor using the Advanced Editor or equivalent
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Manage pages in a document (reorder, insert, extract, crop, rotate and delete pages)
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Assemble documents in document assembly view (insert, extract, replace, delete, split,
renumber, manage headers/footers, drag and drop pages)
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Select pages from MS Office & Image source files via preview to add to document (Page
Assembly within Document Assembly)
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Tabbed document previews lets you see all your document pages in a floating dialog
box to make the most of your screen real estate
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Batch process multiple documents at a time with varied commands (insert, extract and
delete pages; apply watermarks and stamps; search and redact; remove elements; and
print)
No Search and Redact
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Create custom batch sequence workflows and apply them as watched folder commands
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Sequencer option to remove blank pages
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Add, manage, view and navigate document bookmarks
• •
Create a table of contents from bookmarks
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Support for XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) metadata in the document
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Edit, cut, copy and paste text
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Editing support for Right-to-Left languages
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Move, resize, rotate, flip, order, group, set transparency, cut, copy and paste graphics
and images
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SOLUTION COMPARISON
Nitro Pro 13
Kofax Power PDF
Advanced 5
Document splitting by page range, blank page, page contents, bookmarks, or file size,
Bookmark Levels
# Pages, Range, Bkmks,
File Size
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Split or Extract by Pages containing Search Text Results
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Maintain document links and bookmarking when replacing pages in a document
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Manage document layers. Turn on/off, show/hide and lock/unlock layers in PDF files
created by programs such as AutoCAD, Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Project. Select
and merge layers, view and modify properties of layers and even control layers for
printing.
Only Show/Hide
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PDF Optimizer for reduced file sizes
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Reduce the file size of one or a batch of PDF files No batch reduce
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Custom actions for bookmarks or hyperlinks (open a file, go to a web page, etc.)
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Attach application files or sounds to a PDF
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Fix PDF/A compliance problems with the compliance checker
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Bates stamping with advanced formatting and page positioning, Macros to add Page #,
Author, Title, Subject, Create Date
Only Bates #
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PDF review and collaboration
Collaboratively create, edit and review documents in real-time with users on the same LAN
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Perform intelligent Looks Like SearchTM to quickly find content, like phone numbers,
email addresses and Social Security numbers, via an alphanumeric pattern rather than
exact text. Choose from predefined patterns or create your own patterns.
Only whole words, case
sensitive, comments
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Perform Fuzzy Search to find “likely” as well as exact match
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Automatically highlight, cross-out, underline or redact search results for faster, easier
PDF review and editing
Only redaction
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Preview PDF email attachments in Microsoft Outlook
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Instant access to frequently used PDF files and online PDF files (URLs) with favorites menu
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Side-by-side document comparison (PDF to PDF and PDF to Word) PDF to PDF only
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Open and save files through the File menu to DMS
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Save, track and open revisions within a PDF document
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Familiar comment and markup tools (notes, text boxes, typewriter, callouts, highlight,
text underline, cross-out, stamps)
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Automatically populate comments with highlighted and annotated text
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Create new stamps from selected page elements
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Select date and time formats for new dynamic stamps
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Apply stamps to one or all pages
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Organize and manage a library of stamps
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SOLUTION COMPARISON
Nitro Pro 13
Kofax Power PDF
Advanced 5
Spellchecking for comments and form fields
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Migrate comments from one PDF file to another for ease of collaboration and review
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Drawing (comment) tools including lines, arrow, rectangles, pencil, oval, polygon and cloud
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Measuring tool (with save as comment)
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Print with comments and form fields
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Organize and manage a library of watermarks
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Working with PDF files
PDF viewing of all PDF types
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“Find a tool” search capability
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Customizable Quick Access toolbar with shortcuts to the features and capabilities for each user
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Context-sensitive editing ribbons
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Change the interface color to blue, light gray, dark gray or purple Dark gray, orange, white
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View individual documents in tabs or windows
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Advanced indexing for documents, text within a document, comments and bookmarks
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Search results list and screen highlighting of found words in the document
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iFilter utility for SharePoint for indexing and rapidly finding PDFs on SharePoint
2007/2010/2013
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Open PDF files created from Microsoft Office without having to save them first
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Limit file open and save locations to certain folders only
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Send a PDF file to a fax machine via email
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Support for network scanning and eCopy ShareScan with monitored Scan Inboxes
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PDF forms
Automatic conversion of a PDF file into a fillable PDF form
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Draw and edit form controls (text fields, buttons, drop down lists, check boxes and radio
buttons)
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Edit text and object attributes (font, color, line weight, display and print options)
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Create digital signatures fields on forms
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Custom actions on form objects (import form data, open a file, open a web page, etc.)
• •
Export form data from one or multiple filled in PDF forms Not from multiple forms
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Support for Adobe dynamic forms (XFA)
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SOLUTION COMPARISON
Nitro Pro 13
Kofax Power PDF
Advanced 5
JavaScript support
• •
Set tab order for form fields
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Accessibility
Certified Section 508-compliant user interface
Only Microsoft
Text-to-Speech
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Create Section 508-accessible tagged PDF files
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Adjustable high-contrast mode for PDF documents
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Edit PDF tags
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Adjust or fully define reading order of document content using the Reading Order panel
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Verify accessibility of PDF documents
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Read Document Aloud
Microsoft
Text-to-Speech
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Deployment and Customization
Support for Citrix and Remote Desktop Services (thin client deployment/use)
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Support for Microsoft Application Virtualization
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Support for Microsoft GPO (Group Policy Object)
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Installation Customization Kit to easily control the deployable options for each
department
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Read only mode to enforce compliance and help control best practices and regulatory
mandates
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Install selected UI languages only (Customization Kit)
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Install or disable plugins and application functions (Customization Kit)
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Install selected DMS connectors only (Customization Kit)
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Configure shared watermarks (Customization Kit)
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API capabilities (programming interface)
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