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Able2Extract Professional 14 Update Brings a Seamless Experience to macOS Catalina Users

As a cross-platform tool, Able2Extract Professional 14 was designed to work seamlessly with your PDF files on Windows, Linux, and macOS platforms.

However, despite all our efforts, some bugs still managed to slip into the latest macOS version. As a result, the Able2Extract Professional 14 user experience on Catalina, the sixteenth and current major release of macOS, wasn’t as smooth as it could’ve been.

Since being notified of them, our developers have been working continuously on fixing those bugs. The bugs that were fixed include:

Being unable to start the application when the default CSV delimiter is set to TAB
Users being unable to use whole directories during batch conversion
Difficulties using electronic signatures without a digital certificate
Toolbar items displayed with replacement characters

The good news is that those bugs, and other minor issues, have now been fixed.

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Investintech Announces Launch Of Annual Data Journalism Scholarship

Due to the impact of COVID-19 on schools and students, we will be extending the scholarship deadline to May 1st, 2020. the free pass prize to the annual CAJ conference will not be offered this year as the conference for 2020 has been cancelled.There are currently no virtual conference alternatives or substitution prizes available.

If you’re a student who just started your major in journalism, or have already been doing journalistic work for a school paper, we’ve got some exciting news that you’ll enjoy.

We’re proud to announce today the launch of our new annual Investintech – CAJ Data Journalism Scholarship!

Partnering with the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ), a major journalism organization that supports and encourages excellence in journalism across Canada, our aim is to help the future generation of journalists like you.

We know that Able2Extract is being used by data journalists to extract PDF data into Excel spreadsheets for analysis. Their ultimate goal? To write news stories that are backed by accurate and credible data.

In this day and age of fake news, though, this level of credibility can be undermined. As such, there is a growing call for journalists to dig deeper into large amounts of digital data and analysis.

This takes skill training, time, and money–all of which can work against you as you continue to work and study your way into the industry.

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How To Annotate and Review PDF Files

Dealing with PDF documents for business, research or academic purposes requires different types of reading and reviewing. In most cases, it also requires interacting with the text, namely marking up text, highlighting passages or underlining important points.

For instance, with business documents, you can come across company content such as business contracts or departmental information you’d need to collaborate amongst your colleagues.

Highlighting text and writing short summaries in the margins for academic and school readings is a regular habit that can’t be avoided while studying.

Moreover, heavy research would normally require that you mark up, cross-reference or make notes on significant data or statistics.

Now that most documents are digital, though, how do you do all of that electronically?

You can use desktop and mobile apps or an online tool to annotate your PDF files with ease. We’ll show you how to do it with our own Able2Extract PDF Converter and Editor.

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5 Reasons Why Students Should Invest in a PDF Tool

Reasons students should get a PDF software

With the academic year in full swing, it’s back to classes, homework, and extracurricular activities.

Not only that, but it also means that it’s back to working on a computer, dealing with digital documents, researching online, creating documents, and downloading your readings and handouts from your profs.

Being on a computer, you’ll automatically find yourself searching for the tools you need, whether it be a word processor, an image editor, or a programming tool.

Obviously, the academic setting is already difficult to balance without the added stress of dealing with digital documents – including the PDF format.

While you may not think it, a PDF tool is an absolute must. This can include anything from taking notes and filling out registration forms to transferring content and editing content.

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How RPA Can Help Businesses With PDF Workflows?

Automating PDF tasks with Robotic Process Automation

You constantly hear about robots and AI taking over the workforce, and it isn’t any surprise. With digital workflows becoming more common, companies are looking to create “digital workforces” to perform the manual and repetitive tasks, faster and more accurately.

As a way to cut costs while scaling up, businesses are exploring their business automation options, and are gravitating towards Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

What is it and how can it help businesses with digital and document workflows?

Below, we take a look at RPA technology, what it does for businesses, and how you can start automating PDF tasks on a small scale.

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