Nuance Communications has launched a new suite of tools to create, manage, share, and secure PDF files, known as Nuance Power PDF.

 “Power PDF is the PDF solution best-suited for businesses and large organisations,” said Michael Rich, executive vice president and general manager, Nuance Document Imaging. 

“Before Nuance Power PDF, businesses had to make compromises and choose between the limited capabilities of free PDF reader software, low-end PDF solutions, or an expensive solution designed for graphic designers that isn’t engineered for today’s business environment. Customers demand solutions that integrate with their business processes; are flexible, secure and scalable; and, don’t burden them with unwanted or onerous pricing or licensing demands. Power PDF meets those demands, without compromise.”

With its Microsoft Office-style ribbon user interface, Power PDF promises to make it easier for users to transition between word processing and PDF publishing.

Features in Power PDF include:

1. the ability to drag-and-drop to combine files and remove or replace pages in complex documents. For instance, in maintenance manuals or government regulation documents, users can update content without losing links to other parts of the document. For review use cases, they can utilise batch tools to automate repetitive tasks and improve efficiency throughout the workplace.
2. identify differences between two versions of a document with a side-by-side comparison tool that accurately highlights changes in text and visuals, and provides a summary report of all changes.
3. Nuance Dragon Notes voice recognition capabilities are integrated into Power PDF enabling users to dictate text quickly and accurately into notes within a PDF – increasing productivity.
4. Create workflows to automate large-scale PDF creation or conversion, stamping, watermarking, OCR, redaction, inserting or deleting pages, and Bates numbering tasks. For example, an organisation can quickly look through 1,000 or more files to find number or word patterns, such as social security numbers, invoice IDs, phone numbers, dates and email addresses to identify and locate relevant information for editing or redaction.

Power PDF enables users to quickly and easily create 100 percent industry-standard PDF files with security options that are fully compliant with all PDF viewers. Users can generate PDFs directly from the authoring tools – with Microsoft add-ons to Office and Outlook – with all tags, bookmarks, links and references intact. The software also faithfully converts PDF files – even with complex layouts such as columns, tables and graphics – to Microsoft Office, Corel WordPerfect and other authoring formats. 

Nuance Power PDF has secure delivery, document inspection, redaction, encryption and digital rights management capabilities to control access to documents, inside and outside of the enterprise. The software can deploy PDF files in read-only mode to enforce compliance with SOX, GLBA, HIPAA, eDiscovery and other internal control best practices and regulatory mandates. 

Power PDF also integrates with many third-party applications, enabling organisations to incorporate PDF into existing workflows, increasing organisational, operational and worker efficiency. For example, small offices can connect to popular cloud-based collaboration sites, such as Box.net, Dropbox, Evernote, Google Docs, Office 365 and Windows Live SkyDrive. Large-scale organisations can connect with enterprise-class content management systems, including Autonomy, Documentum, SharePoint and NetDocs. 

Nuance Power PDF Advanced is priced from $A149.95 with volume discounts available. Power PDF Standard for individuals, home offices and small workgroups is offered from $A99.95. Visit powerpdf.com.au to download an evaluation copy of Power PDF or to view additional information.