
Among the shortcomings of the PhantomPDF’s effort were a failure to include many images that the original user manual contained, and production of the manual’s first page as at A4 size (8.27 by 11.69 inches), instead of at standard letter size (8.5 by 11 inches).

On the other hand, Acrobat X performed the conversion of this document and most others far more accurately than did PhantomPDF. Moreover, PhantomPDF created a 2.5MB file, while Acrobat X created an 8.5MB file. It required only 1 minute, 20 seconds to convert a 58-page PDF computer manual to Microsoft Word, whereas Acrobat X took 2 minutes, 45 seconds to convert the same document. In other operations, PhantomPDF 5.0 Business enjoyed a much greater advantage.

When I converted short Microsoft Word documents to PDF, the application finished them off more quickly than Acrobat did–though neither application required much time for those tasks. Foxit claims that PhantomPDF 5.0 Business is “up to three times faster than competitor tools.” It certainly seemed very sprightly: The program opened quickly, actions happened in a snap, and I never got the impression that the app’s operations was taxing my computer in the least.
