PDF documents are among the most popular file types used by different users all over the world. PDF files are often used in office work. Every second pricelist or a guide is made in pdf extension, and that is why most office PCs get Adobe Acrobat installed.

Sometime it is very difficult to process pdf files. It can be even more difficult to find missing pdf docs. It happens that you may need to convert Acrobat file into some other extension or to extract text from a pdf doc. It is always nice to have a universal tool that can solve all these problems and fulfill all tasks. You do not have to waste your time and look for several different programs. Have a precise look at PDF Manager from AKS-LABS. This software package is especially designed to process pdf files.

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PDF Manager consists of 4 programs, namely: PDF Search Assistant, PDF Index Assistant, PDF2TXT and Compare PDF. Each program will surprise you with excellent results. In order to learn more about these software products you may read relevant articles in this blog.

You may ask: “Who uses PDF Manager?” This article will attempt to provide you with answers to this question. So, let’s start.

1. Translators. As said above, pdf extension is very popular, and so many translators receive texts in pdf format. Many business letters and personal correspondence is saved in pdf. Translators usually use MS Word in translation, so it is not very convenient to use Acrobat Reader. Thus, it is necessary to extract text from pdf file and paste it in another text editor. PDF2TXT is an effective utility to fulfill such goals. Within a short period of time you will be able to have your pdf doc in *.txt extension. Translators often have to compare different versions of similar documents. In this sense, Compare PDF is the right tool to use.
2. Secretaries and document officers. A modern secretary has to process much information, create and edit numerous files, including pdf files. PDF Manager is a necessary tool for document officers and secretaries. For instance, a secretary may use Compare PDF utility to contrast two different versions of a contract. It is very important to find differences between draft agreements in order to avoid problems in future. If a document officer urgently needs a pdf file but he cannot find it, then use of PDF Search Assistant is highly recommended. In order to convert pdf file and use its text in other text editors, PDF2TXT is the best solution.
3. Managers and sales managers. If you spend an hour and browse folders in the manager’s laptop you will see how many important documents and templates it has. Sales managers always deal with pricelists, product descriptions and tech specifications, guides, business and advertising offers etc. Many of these documents have *.pdf extension. Of course, PDF Manager is a must for professionals working with a great number of pdf files. For example, a sales manager may want to compare pricelists or product descriptions in order to inform customers of differences between them. Every program in PDF Manager software package will be quite helpful for a successful manager.
4. Editors. As known, editors work with text. This is what they get paid for. Like translators, editors receive many of the text in pdf files. An editor may compare two translation versions of the same text to pick up the best. Or he may introduce amendments to the original translation and post own comments. Compare PDF is a very helpful program in this sense. If an editor need to have target text in doc or txt extension then use of PDF2TXT is strongly recommended.
5. Teachers and professionals working in the field of education. These days, many lectures are available in e-format. A student connects to the server and downloads a lecture. Many study materials have pdf extension. Thus, a high school teacher or a professor certainly needs special tools to manage pdf files. PDF Search Assistant is a good tool to find missing lectures (a professor may have hundreds of them in his PC). If a teacher often looks for certain files in a certain folder, then he can create a search index and make search process much faster and convenient.
6. Managers of sites offering pdf e-books and owners of huge pdf e-books collections. Nowadays, it is possible to download a book in pdf extension to read using tablet PC or iPhone. With PDF Manager you will be able to easily find necessary books in your collection or compare different editions of these books. It is also possible to convert pdf books into plain text files and use them for instance to publish certain citations on the web site.
7. Lawyers. It is well known that lawyers take care of every word or symbol in the contract. A lawyer cannot afford losing important files. With PDF Manager lawyers have an opportunity of contrasting draft versions of contacts, review and approve business documents, convert pdf files to other extensions, comment on changes in the text of agreements etc.
8. Copywriters. These people specialize in writing texts for web sites. These texts are being constantly changed. Thus, in order to track these changes a copywriter would appreciate using PDF Manager. Many copywriters are looking for texts online and download them to further change and post on the web site. Sometimes, it is impossible to extract text from pdf file, so PDF2TXt converters will be quite helpful.

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For these purposes we tend to use special software. It is often not so easy to find, convert or compare files. In case of pdf documents, this can be a real problem unless you are using proper software. AKS-LABS offers you software package to work with pdf files – PDF Manager. This software package consists of 4 programs: PDF2TXT, Compare PDF, PDF Index Assistant and PDF Search Assistant. Every program has special features that serve a particular purpose. Every program is good in its own way. If you want to read more about the software package you can find relevant articles in this blog. In this article we will talk how managers and sales managers can make an effective use of PDF Manager. Of course, in order to fully exploit features of these programs one need to use them in actual work. However, this article can be quite helpful as we will review hypothetic situations in a manager’s work.

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So, you are a sales manager and your PC is full of pricelists, tech specifications of products, lists of customers and supplies and tons of other valuable information. Many of your files are in pdf extensions. There are so many of them, that sometimes you lose them, although you try to systematize info stored in your PC. But imagine, that you need to find a pricelist for a particular product, say, a flat screen TV. The only thing you remember about this file is a couple of words, which might be used in the contents. Using PDF Index or Search Assistant you will easily spot missing files. This programs looks for lost files by keywords and other criteria such as size or date.

You might also need to use text from a pdf file to compile a list of products in MS Word. Thus, you have to convert pdf file and extract text. PDF2TXT is an ideal solution for these purposes. Within a minute you will have desired text in *.txt extension which can be further used in all text editors.

It is well known that most PC users work mostly with documents. PDF extension is very popular these days. Every second pricelist or presentation you download online would be a pdf document. There are some categories of professionals who use Acrobat file more often than the others. Such people certainly need specialized software to process pdf files. As said above, it is not very convenient to buy 4 programs from different developers that would perform 4 separate tasks. AKS-LABS offers you to buy one software package this will meet all of your high demands. PDF Manager consists of 4 programs: PDF Search Assistant, PDF Index Assistant, PDF2TXT and Compare PDF. You can read more about the programs here in the blog, while this article dwells on who may effectively use PDF Manager.

In general, these are people who regularly work with pdf files. Perhaps translators, including freelancers, have to often process pdf files. Many translators receive pdf docs which are to be translated and emailed in a different format. Many customers ask to send text in plain text files, for it is easier for them to further use these file extensions.

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With PDF Manager translators will have 4 solutions that will enable them to convert pdf files, look for missing pdf files, create indexes of pdf files and compare individual pdf documents. Let’s talk about each procedure in detail from translator’s viewpoint.

With PDF Compare translators can contrast different versions of document. Imagine you are a translator who has just received a pdf document very similar to what you have translated a week ago. By contrasting the two files you will be able to establish similarities and differences between the files. Thus, you can avoid doing extra job. If you cannot find the file which you have translated, you can use PDF Search or Index Assistant. Both programs are powerful pdf file search engines that will surely save your time. If you need to convert text from pdf to txt this is not a problem if you have PDF Manager.

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PDF Search Assistant is a powerful file search engine, which, as its name suggests, looks for missing pdf files. But the program can search for txt and picture files as well. However, its main goal is to find pdf files by keywords or other criteria.

The program is very simple and easy to use, and this is, perhaps, one of its key advantages. Even inexperienced PC users will need several minutes to get things cleared up. A user friendly interface and a special file search wizard make search process available to everybody. Besides, looking for missing pdf files with PDF Search Assistant is fast and enjoyable!

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The program has a number of features and functions which make it possible to achieve more accurate results. Perhaps, you have neither time nor desire to waste an hour in order to find 4 pdf files containing certain keywords. Well, PDF Search Assistant makes file search a matter of minutes or in some cases even seconds.

Basically, you can take two ways to search for missing files. If you are somewhat confused by the program interface, menus and tabs, you can use files search wizard which will help you find pdf file. Search wizard is a series of dialogues boxes in which you are offered to make choices and enter information relevant in the search process. This option is advisable to PC rookies and dummies.

If PDF Search Assistant interface is understood to you, then please perform such actions in order to find missing pdf files:

1. Choose a folder/directory in which you want PDF Search Assistant to look for pdf files.
2. Enter keyword. Please, keep in mind that you can check such an option as Letter case (for instance you are sure that the keyword contains all capital letters).
3. PDF Search Assistant may look for missing pdf files in zip archives.
4. Use Date or Size options in case you have info on size and date of the lost files.
5. Preview found files in search the results list.

Why are we talking about this? When we look for files, size of hard drive matters much. These days, 300-500GB hard drives are considered quite normal. Now, imagine that you have to search for missing files that are hidden somewhere in your local disc. If you use traditional (manual) method, you will probably spend your entire working day looking for files.

In order to save your time you need to use a reliable and effective file search engine. If you do not want your search to last forever, you require a system that takes into account individual requirements to search of missing files. Developers from AKS-LABS were aware of this when creating their file search solution – PDF Search Assistant.

Despite its name, PDF Search Assistant can look not only for Adobe Acrobat files, but also plain text and picture files. However, key goal of PDF Search Assistant is to look for missing pdf files. This program is VERY easy to use. In fact, some users may think that it is an ineffective utility. The first impression is wrong. As soon as you start using this program you will understand that you do not need any other additional tools to find lost pdf files.

PDF Search Assistant has numerous advantages and features that make search for missing Acrobat files effective and very accurate. With PDF Search Assistant you will find only those files that you need.

PDF Search Assistant will look for keywords both in the files names and inside the files themselves. This is possible due to converter which transforms pdf files into plain text documents that are easy to read.

Perhaps, one of the greatest advantages of PDF Search Assistant is preview function. PDF Search Assistant may find hundreds of files that fit into your search criteria. But the problem is that you need only some of them. With PDF Search Assistant you will be able to preview files in order to see the context in which keywords are used. In what situations this function can be helpful?

Imagine that you local drive contains about 30 pdf files with tech details on certain products. All the files contain the same keywords. But you need only one of them. PDF Search Assistant will list search results for you. By clicking on the file in the search results list you can preview pdf docs. Thus, you will need very little time to pick up the right file. Can you imagine how much time would you need to open all the files and looking through them? Ages! By the way, you can preview either some of abstracts containing keywords or all of them.

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It may be possible that missing pdf files can be packed inside zip archives. This is not a problem for PDF Search Assistant as it views zip archives as ordinary folders.

PDF Search Assistant has further advanced search options. If you have information on the date missing pdf files were created, modified of accessed you can considerable narrow search results. The same applies to search by size. If you are aware of the size of missing files then enter relevant figures to get more accurate search results.

Let’s talk about search by date and size in detail. It is possible not only to search by date, but also by exact time span. Thus, you can choose to search for files created in the last few days, or between a certain period, or a time span (for instance between 12AM and 1PM of January, 1, 2010). This is very convenient and saves much time during your search.

Search by size implies that you are aware of the file size. There are three options available: files equal to, larger and smaller than a particular value (expressed in KB and MB). When you use search by date or size, relevant menus are lighted with blue color. Do not forget to uncheck the boxes if you do not need them.

Inexperienced PC users would certainly appreciate search wizard which will guide them through entire search process. Thus, PDF Search Assistant will ask you to make certain choices step by step. So, you will have no opportunity to do something wrong, even if you want to.

When PDF Search Assistant offers you files in the search results you can apply traditional right mouse menu functions to them. For instance, it is possible to select all and move to one folder where you will not lose them again. This is very convenient because you do not have to go to the target folder to copy or cut files.

Search sessions can be saved and then opened again which is applicable for big searches. Search results will be displayed in the report which can be full and short and have two formats: HTML and RTF.

PDF Search Assistant is a necessary tool if you have to look for certain files by keyword and you are not quite aware of target files location. The program does all the hard work for you. Preview function makes it possible to look inside the files without opening them, which saves time.

PDF Search Assistant can be used by a wide range of professionals. Sure, these are mostly people who work with information stored mainly in PDF files which are very popular in offices all over the world.  So, PDF Search Assistant is used by journalists, translators, programmers, project managers etc.

This is a reliable program which surprises its users with simplicity and excellent search results. Having purchased PDF Search Assistant you will be able to find any file or document stored in your PC.

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