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Trapeze - 1.0.2

convert PDF files to RTF, ASCII or plain text

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All Time:	(2.4)
Version 1.0.2:	(4.0)
Selected Version:	1.0.2
Release Date:	2004-04-15
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 1.0.2):	489
Downloads (all versions):	510
Price:	$29.95

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Product Description:

Trapeze(TM) is a drag-and-drop text extraction utility that converts PDF files to editable RTF, ASCII or plain text. Trapeze puts you in control over the conversion process, with options for white space stripping, paragraph rewrapping and page break marking. Additional features include: advanced text encoding (e.g. smart quotes, bullet icons, copyright and trademark symbols, etc.), targeted RTF optimization (TextEdit or Microsoft Word), and support for encrypted (password protected) PDF.

What's new in this version:

support for uncompressed PDF 1.5 documents
page size set correctly in word for nonstandard sizes
addresses issues in 1.0 and 1.0.1 that could result in dropped fonts, font sizes or tabs

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.3 or later

Feedback Summary:

Version 1.0.2:
Overall Rating:	(4.0)	Features:	(4.0)	Support:	(3.0)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(4.0)	Price:	(3.0)

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PDF to formatted text is tricky - Version: 1.3.1, 11/9/2006 05:36PM PST

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MesaDynamics2

PDF to formatted text is an imperfect science, as the source PDF has no layout information (margins, word breaks, line spacing, paragraph starts, etc.) so formatting has to be calculated and extrapolated from the physical location of text in the page space. In other words, it's hard to recompute the layout in a way that works for every possible type of PDF document, and more imporantly, it depends highly on the software that was used to create the PDF (for example, Latex strips out all inter-word spacing).

Trapeze works perfectly on many PDFs, but poorly in some (though in the majority of our test cases, it does a fine job). If you find that Trapeze is not working for your files, the best thing you can do is send us some samples. It's the only way we can trace what is happening in the layout engine. Thanks!

Almost. - Version: 1.3.1, 11/8/2006 04:58PM PST

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-=Someone=-

Very promising product, but I can echo some of the other experiences that make this unusable. Each conversion had formatting errors and mistakes in almost every word. Does the use of particular fonts cause this conversion process to fail?

Does not provide usable conversion - Version: 1.3.1, 9/28/2006 10:12PM PST

(2 of 3 users found this comment useful)

jmynster

I tried the first four formats to convert a pdf file and it gave me mispelled words and unintelligible garbage each time. Thank goodness I had not paid for it yet and was trying it in the demo mode.

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Does not provide usable conversion