Litera--pdfDocs vs. Adobe Acrobat Pro: Feature Comparison
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USER INTERFACE |
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Ribbon commands for working in the document |
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Does not require Adobe Reader |
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Work in Single Document mode |
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Work in Organizer Project mode |
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Work in Binder Project mode |
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INTERACT WITH PDFS |
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Access, edit, and store in your SharePoint accounts |
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Manage, organize, and search for PDFs from a single place in Home view |
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CREATE PDFS |
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Convert documents and images to PDF files |
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Create PDFs from any application that prints |
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Drag and drop email attachments to create a PDF document |
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Automatically convert supported documents to PDF through Watchfolders |
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Create, protect, and send PDFs in popular Microsoft 365 apps for Windows |
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Combine multiple documents and file types into one PDF file |
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Convert web pages to interactive PDFs, complete with links |
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Create a PDF with bookmarks and links directly from MS Word |
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Prevent others from copying or editing information in PDFs |
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Create a password-protected PDF |
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Automatically fix photos of documents and adjust perspective |
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Import multiple documents to create a collated PDF |
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Convert MS Office, RTF, and MSG attachments to PDF after clicking the Send button in MS Outlook |
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EDIT PDFS |
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Edit PDF text and images with full-page paragraph reflow |
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Turn PDFs into editable Microsoft Word files |
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Exclude individual pages from the document without deleting them |
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Convert PDFs to JPEG, TIFF, or PNG image formats |
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Insert, delete, rotate, and reorder pages in a PDF |
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Split a PDF by extracting one or multiple pages |
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Add bookmarks, headers, numbering, and watermarks |
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Permanently remove hidden sensitive information in PDFs |
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PDF FORMS |
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Insert text form fields into a PDF document to capture data |
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Insert combo box, list box, check box and radio button into forms |
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Add document security to forms |
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Users can fill in, edit and save forms |
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Apply a digital signature to a document or a form field |
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BATES NUMBERING, TIME AND DATE STAMPING, HEADERS AND FOOTERS |
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Create, edit and copy Numbering Sets |
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Add Bates Numbering to a single or collection of PDF documents |
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Add an alphanumeric prefix or suffix to a Bates Number |
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Keep track of last used Bates Number |
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Specify margins and shrink content to prevent overwriting of content |
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Include/exclude first and/or last page from Numbering Set |
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Specify Numbering Set position and location in Header and/or Footer |
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Include date, time stamp in the Numbering Set |
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Include DMS information in the Numbering Set |
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Add audio, video, and interactive objects to PDFs |
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Add or edit page numbering on the PDF page and Page thumbnails |
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ORGANIZER PROJECTS |
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Work with files in an easy to use Organizer workspace |
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Easily merge/manipulate PDFs without having to save the documents fist |
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Store documents in the Organizer workspace until removed by the user |
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Create and share Organizer Project templates, including settings |
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Save the Organizer Project to a shared location for collaborative work |
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Configure individual settings, such as Watermarks, Security and Stationery for each Project |
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Move documents from one Organizer Project to another |
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Output PDF to multiple devices - email, printer, or DMS in one step |
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Split large PDFs based on file size or page count |
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MULTIPLE PDF BINDERS/PORTFOLIOS |
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Collate PDF and non-PDF documents into a multi-document Binder |
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Add documents stored in a DMS direct from the Binder interface |
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Generate a printable table of contents, cross document links and bookmarks automatically for PDF and non-PDF documents in the Binder/Portfolio |
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Create Binder template from scratch or based on existing Binder |
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Add Binder fi eld codes to the Table of Contents template document |
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Customize Word template for Table of Contents generation |
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Access Binder Templates from a centralized location |
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Create a Cover Page from document(s) within the Binder |
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Automatically add DMS information into a Table of Contents |
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Requires Flash |
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Edit documents in the Binder in the native application |
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Apply Numbering Sets Security and Watermark settings |
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Create a Binder Snapshot to prevent users from deleting content |
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Add/remove documents from the Binder/Portfolio and regenerate a printable TOC |
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Binder/Portfolio compatible with Adobe Reader 7 and higher |
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Create multiple Binder Projects |
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Create Binder Project templates, including settings and documents |
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Maintain folder structure when importing from DMS or MS SharePoint |
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Check documents in the Binder Project for any updated versions in the DMS |
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Save a Single Binder Project into the DMS |
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Save Binder Project back into the DMS as a link |
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PDF/A CREATION AND VALIDATION |
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Create PDF/A-1a compliant documents |
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Create PDF/A-1b compliant documents |
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Conform existing PDF to PDF/A standard |
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Validate PDF/A document for compliance without having to open the document |
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SHARE AND SIGN |
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Add comments to PDFs with a full suite of commenting tools including text editing, highlighter, and sticky notes |
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Digitally sign, certify, and verify documents |
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Turn paper or Word docs into fillable PDF forms |
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Preflight and prepare files for high-end print production |
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DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT AND OTHER INTEGRATIONS |
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Save PDF directly into a DMS and open existing PDF in DMS |
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Direct right-click integration within DMS to create PDF, save as new PDF, related document or attachment (options depend on DMS) |
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Direct right-click on any document to email as PDF |
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Save documents into DMS from pdfDocs and automatically link to related documents |
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Save a page, a document(s) direct from pdfDocs Organizer to DMS as new document, new version attachment or related document. |
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Edit text and images, reorder, delete, and rotate PDF pages, fill and e-sign PDFs in mobile devices |
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Compatible with MacOS and Windows |
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OCR CAPABILITY |
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Searchable scanned documents |
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Convert PDF documents to Word with flowing text for easy editing |
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OCR individual pages or entire collated document set |
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Convert scanned image fi les to PDF automatically through Watchfolders |
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Export a PDF to DOCX format |
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Export a PDF to XLSX format |
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Export a PDF to PPT format |
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OCR in place, i.e overwrite the original image-based document with the textbased PDF |
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Take advantage of multi-threading for faster processing |
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SECURITY – ENCRYPTION AND REDACTION |
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Secure PDF documents with 40 or 128-bit encryption levels |
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Apply restrictions on printing, copying and modifying |
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True redaction of text, i.e not masking |
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Conditional redaction |
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Redact an image or area of a document |
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Redact multiple instances of the same text |
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Insert redaction codes to explain the reason for the redaction |
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Redaction approval workflow |
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Remove hidden information, such as metadata from a PDF document |
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Compare two versions of a PDF and print comparison report/summary of changes |
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Available in Litera Compare |