| Standard | Advanced | |
| PDF Creation | ||
| Create PDF documents from any application that prints | ● | ● |
| Print Driver performance enhanced for faster PDF creation | ● | ● |
| Support for PDF/A-4 in Power PDF, Printer Driver, Create Assistant, Office Add-ins to allow lossless archiving of PDF 2.0 | ● | ● |
| Set Header/Footer in Print Driver when printing from another application | ● | ● |
| Printer Profiles to provide re-use of custom configurations of printer settings | ● | ● |
| Add Logos within header/footer settings | ● | ● |
| Create PDF documents directly from your scanner | ● | ● |
| One-click professional scanning with auto find-and- mark technology. Automatically find words in the scanned document | ● | ● |
| Proofread text recognition results automatically after scanning and review and correct suspected errors | ● | ● |
| Support for WIA, TWAIN and ISIS scanners | ● | ● |
| One-step PDF creation from Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint | ● | ● |
| Save as PDF/A-1, 2, 3, 4 | ● | ● |
| Support for PDF/UA compliant document creation from MS Office | ● | ● |
| Exporting PDF documents from Microsoft Office applications supports PDF/UA compliant content | ● | ● |
| Create and send PDF-to-email attachment with Microsoft Outlook | ● | ● |
| One-step PDF creation and archive of Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes emails | ● | ● |
| New Header Options in Mail Archive Settings, Add New Letterhead to each email or include archival date and timestamp in header | ● | ● |
| One-step PDF creation from web pages from Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome | ● | ● |
| Create PDF of some or all pages of a website from within Power PDF | ● | ● |
| Retain hyperlinks embedded in web pages when converting to PDF | ● | ● |
| Batch create PDF from multiple files and file types | ● | ● |
| Watched folder processing to automate routine PDF and TIFF creation tasks from a wide range of formats | ● | |
| Create a single PDF document by merging multiple files | ● | ● |
| Support for creating PDF Version 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7 files | ● | ● |
| Support for creating PDF Version 2.0 files | ● | ● |
| Create ISO-standard PDF/A files (PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3 levels) | ● | ● |
| Accessible PDF Creation that meets PDF/UA and WCAG 2.1 AA Standards | ● | ● |
| Create and send PDF portfolios | ● | ● |
| Create PDF-MRC high compression color PDF image files (up to 8 times smaller) | ● | ● |
| Create Assistant desktop utility | ● | ● |
| Customizable PDF creation profiles | ● | ● |
| Merge PDF image files with PDF text files | ● | ● |
| Insert pre-made and custom watermarks at creation | ● | ● |
| Apply security settings at creation | ● | ● |
| Add custom headers & footers to PDF documents (page numbering) | ● | ● |
| Adjust compression levels for smaller files | ● | ● |
| Preserve hyperlinks and metadata, add bookmarks and comments from Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint | ● | ● |
| PDF Security and Signing | ||
| Add passwords with 128-bit and 256-bit AES secure encryption and permission controls to PDF files | ● | ● |
| SignDoc embedded in application allows users to complete entire SignDoc experience without leaving Power PDF (requires SignDoc service) | ● | |
| Create and apply self-sign digital signatures | ● | ● |
| Sign or send PDFs for signature with integrated DocuSign® actions | ● | |
| Microsoft Crypto API/3rd party digital signature compatibility | ● | ● |
| Support Microsoft Information Protection | ● | ● |
| Add, manage, view and navigate document digital signatures | ● | ● |
| Drag and drop security profiles to quickly and easily secure documents | ● | ● |
| Support for FileOpen-protected documents (digital rights management) | ● | ● |
| Support Watermarks with FileOpen Protected Documents | ● | |
| View protected PDF files and apply protection to PDF documents using Microsoft Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) | ● | |
| Automatically verify against European Union Trusted List of digital root certificates allowing globally trusted certificates | ● | ● |
| Enable server-side protection to be applied to PDF documents stored on SharePoint 2007/2010/2013 using AD RMS | ● | |
| DMS password retention | ● | |
| Redact text and graphics from PDF files | ● | |
| Apply redaction text properties including color, redaction codes and custom overlay text | ● | |
| Inspect document to remove comments and metadata (Remove Document Elements) | ● | |
| Organize and manage a library of security profiles | ● | ● |
| Organize and manage a library of digital signatures | ● | ● |
| Organize and manage a library of PDF security envelopes | ● | ● |
| Option to require a secure certificate to execute Javascript code (Deployable via Customization Kit in Advanced Volume version) | ● | ● |
| PDF Conversion | ||
| Superior conversion accuracy with Kofax OCR version 22 | ● | ● |
| Convert PDF to Word (.doc, .docx) | ● | ● |
| Convert PDF to Excel workbooks and worksheets (.xls, .xlsx) | ● | ● |
| Convert multipage PDF table or spreadsheet into a single Microsoft Excel document | ● | ● |
| Convert PDF to PowerPoint (.pptx) | ● | ● |
| Convert PDF to WordPerfect (.wpd) | ● | ● |
| Convert PDF to XPS (.xps) | ● | ● |
| Convert XPS to PDF | ● | ● |
| Convert PDF files without running Microsoft applications | ● | ● |
| Auto-detects scanned (image) PDF files and offers to convert them to searchable PDF files | ● | ● |
| Convert scanned (image) PDF files to searchable PDF files (text over image) | ● | ● |
| Convert scanned (image) PDF files to editable PDF files and other formats | ● | ● |
| Convert scanned color (image) PDF files to compressed MRC-PDF files (average 8x smaller) | ● | ● |
| Proofread and correct text after OCR conversion to searchable PDF | ● | ● |
| Batch conversion of PDF files to target formats (Convert Assistant) | ● | ● |
| Batch conversion of PDF files into a single document (Convert Assistant) | ● | ● |
| Batch convert to single page TIFF files | ● | |
| Batch conversion of TIFF files to image-only or searchable PDFs and PDF conversion to TIFF | ● | |
| Convert Assistant desktop utility | ● | ● |
| Retains columns, tables, images and graphics (.doc, .docx, .wpd) | ● | ● |
| Retains linked text flow of columns within a document (.doc, .docx, .wpd) | ● | ● |
| Retains headers and footers (.doc, .docx, .wpd) | ● | ● |
| Legal pleading conversion with stamp and line numbering options (Convert Assistant) | ● | ● |
| Retains number formats in Excel (currency, percentage, etc.) | ● | ● |
| Retains hyperlinks (.doc, .docx, .wpd, .xls,.xslx) | ● | ● |
| Extract tables from a PDF file and place into Excel or Word | ● | ● |
| Convert a select area of a page using OCR and convert to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WordPerfect—for scanned (image) PDF files | ● | ● |
| Convert and save PDF to audio file (.mp3) | ● | ● |
| PDF Editing and Assembly | ||
| Edit your PDF files like in a word processor using the Advanced Editor | ● | ● |
| Manage pages in a document (reorder, insert, extract, crop, rotate and delete pages) | ● | ● |
| Swap and duplicate pages in a document | ● | ● |
| Assemble documents in document assembly view (insert, extract, replace, delete, split, renumber, manage headers/footers, drag and drop pages) | ● | ● |
| Combine all open PDF documents with one click | ● | ● |
| Tabbed document previews let you see all your document pages in a floating dialog box to make the most of your screen real estate | ● | ● |
| Batch process multiple documents at a time with varied sequence commands | ● | ● |
| Create custom batch sequence workflows and apply them as watched folder commands | ● | |
| Sequencer command to Remove Blank Pages | ● | ● |
| Sequencer Command to Batch Convert to Fillable Form | ● | ● |
| Sequencer Command to Delete/Extract Pages on Search Results | ● | ● |
| Sequencer Command to set or remove Header/Footer | ● | ● |
| Create a table of contents from bookmarks | ● | ● |
| Add, manage, view and navigate document bookmarks | ● | ● |
| Add, manage, view and navigate document destinations | ● | ● |
| Support for XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) metadata in the document | ● | ● |
| Edit, cut, copy and paste text | ● | ● |
| Editing support for Right-to-Left languages | ● | ● |
| Move, resize, rotate, flip, order, group, set transparency, cut, copy and paste graphics and images | ● | ● |
| Document splitting by page range, blank page, page contents, bookmarks, or file size | ● | ● |
| Extraction by page range, blank page, page contents, bookmarks or Search terms | ● | ● |
| Maintain document links and bookmarking when replacing pages in a document | ● | ● |
| Manage document layers. Turn on/off, show/hide and lock/unlock layers in PDF files created by programs | ● | ● |
| PDF Optimizer for reduced file sizes | ● | ● |
| Reduce the file size of one or a batch of PDF files | ● | ● |
| Custom actions for bookmarks or hyperlinks (open a file, play a sound, go to a web page, etc.) | ● | ● |
| Attach application files or sounds to a PDF | ● | ● |
| Resolve automatically fixable issues with Save as / Export PDF/A | ● | ● |
| Fix PDF/A compliance problems with the compliance checker | ● | |
| Accessibility Checker for compliance with standards such as PDF/UA and WCAG 2.1 AA | ● | |
| Bates stamping with advanced formatting and page positioning | ● | |
| Bates numbering is supported for all items included in a PDF Portfolio | ● | |
| PDF Review and Collaboration | ||
| Collaboration Server for enterprise access from anywhere in the world through self-hosted server | ● | |
| Fuzzy Search capability returns likely hits, more comprehensive than Stemming or Pattern Search | ● | ● |
| Perform intelligent Looks Like Search™ to quickly find content, like phone numbers, email addresses and Social Security numbers, | ● | ● |
| Automatically highlight, cross-out, underline or redact search results for faster, easier PDF review and editing | Except redact | ● |
| Preview PDF email attachments in Microsoft Outlook | ● | ● |
| Instant access to frequently used PDF files and online PDF Files (URLs) with favorites menu | ● | ● |
| Side-by-side document comparison (PDF to PDF and PDF to Word) | ● | ● |
| Open files directly from Cloud Storage or DMS via the Document Compare “Browse” buttons | Cloud Storage only | ● |
| Open and save files through the File menu to DMS | ● | |
| Open and save files through the File menu to popular cloud document storage services: Box, Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive | ● | ● |
| Save, track and open revisions within a PDF document | ● | ● |
| Add, manage, view and navigate document comments | ● | ● |
| Familiar comment and markup tools (notes, text boxes, typewriter, callouts, highlight, text underline, cross-out, stamps) | ● | ● |
| Automatically populate comments with highlighted and annotated text | ● | ● |
| Comment Tool Selection stays activated until user changes tool | ● | ● |
| Create new stamps from selected page elements | ● | ● |
| Select date and time formats for new dynamic stamps | ● | ● |
| Apply stamps to one or all pages | ● | ● |
| Organize and manage a library of stamps | ● | ● |
| Spellchecking for comments and form fields | ● | ● |
| Migrate comments from one PDF file to another for ease of collaboration and review | ● | ● |
| Drawing (comment) tools including lines, arrow, rectangles, pencil, oval, polygon and cloud | ● | ● |
| Measuring tool (with save as comment) | ● | ● |
| Print with comments and form fields | ● | ● |
| Organize and manage a library of watermarks | ● | ● |
| Working with PDF Files | ||
| PDF viewing of all PDF types | ● | ● |
| “Find a tool” search capability | ● | ● |
| Customizable Quick Access Toolbar with shortcuts to the features and capabilities for each user | ● | ● |
| Context-sensitive editing ribbons | ● | ● |
| Change the interface color to blue, light gray, dark gray or purple | ● | ● |
| Tabbed document viewing | ● | ● |
| Restore Last View Settings when Reopening Document | ● | ● |
| Advanced search and indexing for documents, text within a document, comments and bookmarks | ● | ● |
| Search results list and screen highlighting of found words in the document | ● | ● |
| Grid Lines while Editing when moving or resizing objects so it is easier to position objects | ● | ● |
| iFilter utility for SharePoint for indexing and rapidly finding PDFs on SharePoint 2007/2010/2013 | ● | |
| Open PDF files created from Microsoft Office without having to save them first | ● | ● |
| Limit file open and save locations to certain folders only | ● | ● |
| Send a PDF file to a fax machine via email | ● | ● |
| Support for network scanning and ShareScan with monitored Scan Inboxes | ● | |
| Support for AutoStore workflows through AutoCapture tool panel | ● | |
| PDF Forms | ||
| Automatic conversion of a PDF file into a fillable PDF form | ● | ● |
| Intelligent creation of check boxes and radio buttons | ● | ● |
| Support for Adobe dynamic forms (XFA) | ● | ● |
| Draw and edit form controls (text fields, buttons, drop down lists, check boxes and radio buttons) | ● | ● |
| Edit text and object attributes (font, color, line weight, display and print options) | ● | ● |
| Digital signatures for forms | ● | ● |
| Custom actions on form objects (import form data, play a sound, open a file, open a web page, etc.) | ● | ● |
| Export form data from one or multiple filled in PDF forms | ● | ● |
| Limited JavaScript support | ● | ● |
| Set tab order for form fields | ● | ● |
| Accessibility | ||
| Certified Section 508 compliant user interface | ● | ● |
| Enhanced Power PDF UI navigation and access with Accessibility Reader such as JAWS | ● | ● |
| Extended Document Reading Support with Jaws 2019 | ● | |
| Create more precise Section 508 accessible tagged PDF files | ● | ● |
| Tagging maintained when exporting Microsoft Word documents, resulting in PDF output optimized for processing operations such as Reach Aloud | ● | ● |
| Adjustable high-contrast mode for PDF documents | ● | ● |
| Edit PDF tags | ● | ● |
| Adjust or fully define reading order of document content using the Reading Order panel updated with Table Editor Mode | ● | |
| Verify accessibility of PDF documents | ● | |
| Read document aloud—Text-to-speech capability | ● | ● |
| Deployment and Customization for Advanced Volume | ||
| Support for Citrix and Remote Desktop Services (thin client deployment/use) | ● | |
| Support for Microsoft Application Virtualization | ● | |
| Support for Microsoft GPO (Group Policy Object) | ● | |
| Installation Customization Kit to easily control the deployable options for each department | ● | |
| Read only mode to enforce compliance and help control best practices and regulatory mandates | ● | |
| Install or disable plugins and application functions (Customization Kit) | ● | |
| Install selected UI languages only (Customization Kit) | ● | |
| Install selected DMS connectors only (Customization Kit) | ● | |
| Configure shared watermarks (Customization Kit) | ● | |
| API capabilities (Programming interface) | ● | |
| Power PDF Automation Interface Guide in PDF Format | ● | |
| Power PDF Network Installation Guide | ● | |
| Power PDF iFilter for SharePoint Guide in PDF Format | ● | |
| Power PDF RMS Protector for SharePoint Guide in PDF Format | ● | |
| Power PDF Command Line Reference Guide in PDF Format | ● | |
| Power PDF JavaScript Reference Guide in PDF Format | ● | |
| Power PDF Connector SDK Guide | ● | |
| Power PDF RMS Protector for SharePoint Guide in PDF Format | ● | |
| Subscriber Access Licensing for Advanced Volume | ||
| License Server with Silent Client Deployment, optional Backup License Server | ● | |
| Enforce Named Users and Term Expirations via Current User’s Logged Windows Name, User can employ Unlimited Devices | ● | |
| License Reporting for All Registered Users | ● | |
| License Security Registration Information Encrypted in Transit and at Rest | ● | |
| Compatibility | ||
| Microsoft Office style ribbon user interface streamlined to minimize learning curve and maximize productivity | ● | ● |
| Mobile Solutions to read and annotate PDF, Store and Retrieve from OS supported storage | ● | ● |
| Mobile Handwriting Signature on phone screen, save, re-use, re-size, apply saved signatures | ● | ● |
| Mobile Form Filling on standard PDF Forms | ● | ● |
| Microsoft Windows 10 touch-enabled device support with “Touch Mode” option | ● | ● |
| Compatible with Microsoft Windows 8.1, 10, 11 (32 and 64 bit versions) | ● | ● |
| Microsoft Windows 11 Snap Layouts to pre-set application window location and size | ● | ● |
| Compatible with Microsoft Office 2010, 2013 and 2016, 2019 | ● | ● |
| Compatible with Microsoft Office 365 | ● | ● |
| Save as Kofax PDF in File Menu for Word, Excel, PowerPoint | ● | ● |
| Integrated create and convert add-ons for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Internet Explorer | ● | ● |
| Support for directly opening PDF in Power PDF that are currently open in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers – Create extension in Chrome | ● | ● |
| PDF Create add-ons in Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome | ● | ● |
| Cloud Storage Connectors Support: Box, Google Drive, Evernote, OneDrive, DropBox | ● | ● |
| Document Management Support DocuShare EMC Documentum, EnterpriseConnect, HP Trim, NetDocuments, OnBase, | ● | ● |
| iManage 10 Web Client Contextual Menu | ● | |
| iManage FileSite/Worksite Client 9.3.7 | ● | |
| Supports Evernote and Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage services (requires paid Evernote subscription) | ● | ● |
| Integrated OneDrive Connector in Connectors Tab, including multiple OneDrive accounts | ● | ● |
| Power PDF Online Help, Getting Started Guide, Technical Specifications, Release Notes | ● | ● |
| Supports LexisNexis CaseMap | ● | ● |
| Supports a subset of JavaScript | ● | ● |
| Support for movies and audio embedded in a PDF | ● | ● |
| Support for embedding .MP4 video format into a PDF | ● | ● |
| Support for viewing the latest Adobe PDF portfolio animations and graphics | ● | ● |
| PDF/A compliance checking for the full range of PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2, PDF/A-3 and PDF/A-4 levels | ● | |
| Checker Updated to detect WCAG 2.1 AA or PDF/UA issues |
