Learn how the new member of the PSPDFKit family, Aquaforest, enhances the content and workflows for SharePoint. You’ll hear from Aquaforest founder Neil and Muhimbi engineer Clavin on how both companies are combining resources to provide a more complete SharePoint solution. In addition, we'll provide a quick overview of Aquaforest’s products, followed by a question and answer session.
In this demo, we'll cover:
An overview of how Aquaforest's tools complement Muhimbi’s offering
How you can automatically populate SharePoint metadata from documents
How you can extract data from PDFs for use in PowerAutomate
Q&A session
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Speakers
Neil Pitman
Aquaforest Team Lead @ PSPDFKit
Neil established Aquaforest in 2001 to provide high-performance PDF, OCR, and SharePoint products to a worldwide market.
Steffen Kretzschmar
Customer Success Manager @ PSPDFKit
Steffen worked with Aquaforest on a project basis for around 10 years before joining the team as Customer Success Manager at the start of 2021.
Clavin Fernandes
Developer Relations and Support Services @ PSPDFKit
Clavin Fernandes is a Microsoft Business Applications MVP and Developer Relations and Support Services for PSPDFKit. He supports over 1000 high-level enterprise customers with all kinds of challenges related to PDF Conversion in combination with SharePoint On-Premise Office 365, Azure, Nintex workflow, K2, and Power Platform mostly no-code solutions and Empowering SharePoint and Business Users.
A new version of PDF Converter Online is available now! In version 9.16, we added new Power Automate actions and the ability to import certain file types into PDF form templates.
New Power Automate Actions
In this version, we introduced new, specialized Power Automate actions to make automation even easier. Now, users can make use of dedicated actions to convert CAD files; emails; and Excel, InfoPath, PowerPoint, Visio and Word documents. Additionally, it’s possible to convert PDFs into various profiles, such as PDF/A2-b.
Data Import Power Automate Action
In addition to the actions listed above, 9.16 includes a new action that enables users to import FDF, XFDF and XML file formats into PDF form templates.
And More!
Along with these great new capabilities, we also made various bug fixes and performance improvements.
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We recently released Muhimbi PDF Converter Services 10.2. This version offers a variety of new features, including data import into PDF forms, the ability to display that emails were sent on behalf of someone else, and zoom specification.
Data Import into PDF Forms
The ability to export data was added in version 10.1.2, and now, users can also import FDF, XFDF and XML data formats into both Adobe AcroForm and XML Forms Architecture (XFA) PDF form templates. This allows you to easily present and print data in a human-readable format.
An “On Behalf Of” Field in Emails
Many users have workflows that require converting emails to PDF, and it’s now possible to display that emails were sent "on behalf of" someone when converting them from MSG and EML formats to PDF.
Zooming for HTML Conversion
For Chromium-based HTML-to-PDF conversion, users can specify a zoom factor of between 10 and 200 percent, which will be applied to the converted document.
And More!
Along with these great new changes, we’ve also made various bug fixes to make the user experience more seamless.
For more information, you can check out the following:
We’re happy to announce we’ve released PDF Converter for SharePoint 10.2. This new version includes the ability to read built-in and custom document properties, support for importing data into PDF forms, and conversion of Microsoft InfoPath with custom XSN.
Reading Built-In and Custom Document Properties
Thanks to a workflow action available in both SharePoint Designer and Nintex, users can now read various individual built-in and custom properties from Microsoft Word and PDF documents, such as the title, author and subject. An additional new Nintex workflow action also enables users to simultaneously retrieve multiple document properties from Word and PDF documents in XML.
Furthermore, it’s also possible to read custom Word and PDF properties and XMP metadata for PDFs. For more detailed information on reading document properties, please refer to this knowledge base article.
Importing Data into PDF Forms
Beginning with version 10.1.2 of PDF Converter for SharePoint, it was possible to export FDF, XFDF and XML formats into both Adobe AcroForm and XML Forms Architecture (XFA) PDF form templates. In this new version, you can now import data as well, which enables you to present information in a human-readable format.
InfoPath Conversion with Custom XSN
The Convert Document workflow action, which historically has automatically picked up the template file during conversion, now enables users of SharePoint Designer and Nintex to override the XSN template and specify the path to the template to be used.
And More!
In addition to the changes mentioned above, we also made various bug fixes.
For more information, you can check out the following:
Discover how you can streamline your document editing with Muhimbi’s PDF Editor for SharePoint. Clavin Fernandes — one of the engineers who built the product — will provide you with an overview of our SharePoint PDF editor. He’ll go over some common PDF editing use cases that can help speed up your document workflows.
What will the demo cover?
A quick overview of our PDF editor
Viewing and annotating PDFs in SharePoint
Redacting and signing PDFs
Searching, rearranging, and adding pages to PDFs
Time for technical and non-technical questions
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Speaker
Clavin Fernandes
Developer Relations and Support Services @ PSPDFKit
Clavin Fernandes is a Microsoft Business Applications MVP and Developer Relations and Support Services for PSPDFKit. He supports over 1000 high-level enterprise customers with all kinds of challenges related to PDF Conversion in combination with SharePoint On-Premise Office 365, Azure, Nintex workflow, K2, and Power Platform mostly no-code solutions and Empowering SharePoint and Business Users.
For well over a decade, we've been working with our customers to add new features to our PDF conversion software. We've always listened to your requests, and that has helped us successfully create and launch market-leading products.
However, there's a common request we were never able to address — until now. And that's allowing users to view and edit PDFs seamlessly, directly in SharePoint.
There are many standalone commercial PDF viewers and editors on the market, but anyone using them knows they don't work well with SharePoint. Saving files is difficult, the interfaces are unintuitive, and they don't play well with workflow platforms like SharePoint Designer and Nintex Workflow. Or even worse, some users end up downloading a PDF file, using an editor, and then reuploading the edited document.
This back-and-forth drains users' focus and wastes their time when all they want to do is edit a PDF or create a quick sales form. Wouldn't it be better if you could simply view and edit PDFs inside SharePoint and go about your business?
Of course it would. That's why we're so excited to announce the release of Muhimbi's PDF Editor for SharePoint on-premises (SP2013 and up, including SE). This PDF editor seamlessly integrates with SharePoint, allowing you to view, edit and manipulate PDFs without ever leaving your instance.
Now, let’s talk about why we think you’ll love it…
Great User Experience
As you can see, our PDF editor comes with a sleek and intuitive UI. Users can easily access and use editing tools to annotate, sign, edit, redact and more.
Easy Integration
Not only does our PDF editor integrate fully with SharePoint, but it’s also incredibly easy to get started. There are only two steps: First, download the editor, and then, install it in SharePoint. And presto — you’re ready to edit documents inside SharePoint.
Feature-Rich and Customizable PDF Editor
Just being able to preview and edit text in a PDF isn’t enough for most users. That’s why we rolled out a full suite of features to simplify your work and help you save time. With the Muhimbi PDF Editor for SharePoint, you’ll be able to:
Annotate PDFs
Draw, select a typed signature or upload an image of an electronic signature to PDFs
Move, crop, rotate, duplicate, delete and add pages to PDFs
Merge and combine PDFs
View PDF forms and the data saved in the associated form fields
Fill PDF forms and save form field data
Permanently redact sensitive information from a PDF document
Enterprise-Level Security
The Muhimbi PDF Editor integrates into SharePoint completely. This means you don’t have to install any additional desktop software, download confidential PDF files to your computer or have your files sent to a third-party server. Keeping all your PDF work inside the SharePoint environment means benefitting from SharePoint’s enterprise-level security.
Custom Pricing
This one is new for Muhimbi. We’re trying a pay-as-you-need model for our PDF Editor for SharePoint. What does this mean for you, the user?
It means you won’t have to pay for features or volume you don’t need. Our team will customize the price and the feature set to your unique use case, saving you money, while also making it easy for you to expand the editor’s capabilities as the need arises.
For more information, check out the following resources:
Acquisition strengthens PSPDFKit’s product offering for line-of-business applications deployed on cloud-based and on-premises document management systems.
Vienna, Austria, January 21, 2022 – PSPDFKit, the leading document processing and manipulation platform for developers and enterprise businesses, today announced the acquisition of U.K.-based Muhimbi, a leading software solution provider for cloud and on-premises document management systems. This marks PSPDFKit’s first acquisition, following a €100 million strategic investment from New York-based global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners in September 2021 to fuel PSPDFKit’s next stage of growth. The acquisition advances PSPDFKit’s expansion into the low-code/no-code space, helping democratize robotic process automation, and enabling anyone to build document workflows that automate manual business processes.
Muhimbi’s software is trusted by thousands of leading enterprises across the globe for automatic PDF conversion, merging, securing, watermarking, and optical character recognition (OCR) of most file types, including MS Office, emails, InfoPath, CAD, HTML, and images. Muhimbi’s flagship products, PDF Converter Online and PDF Converter for SharePoint, empower users with powerful actions for PDF conversion and document automation through SharePoint, Microsoft Power Platform, Nintex Workflow, and more. Nearly 1 billion end users in more than 150 different countries rely on PSPDFKit’s software development kits every day while using web and mobile applications that are built on the company’s platform. Their combined offering will further enable tomorrow’s engineers and businesses to innovate beyond paper.
“We are thrilled to welcome Jeroen and the entire Muhimbi team to the PSPDFKit family,” said Jonathan Rhyne, Co-Founder and CEO of PSPDFKit. “With the acquisition of Muhimbi, we are broadening who can build innovative document solutions from IT specialists to a new group of builders who prefer easy-to-use low-code/no-code tools for automating repetitive document processing tasks. Adding Muhimbi’s product line to PSPDFKit’s current offerings will continue to fuel the expansion of our world-class document processing platform. Today’s news is just the beginning, as PSPDFKit looks to expand the scope, reach, and robustness of our platform to cover the entire document lifecycle and further obsolete paper.”
Jeroen Ritmeijer, Founder and CEO of Muhimbi, said, “We are excited to join PSPDFKit and become an integral part of the growing PSPDFKit family. Joining forces will undoubtedly help us bring new innovations to our existing customers and facilitate growth in both our companies while maintaining product quality and continued best-in-class support."
District Capital Partners served as financial advisor, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP served as legal advisor, and Deloitte served as accounting advisor to PSPDFKit during this transaction. ICON Corporate Finance served as financial advisor and Ashfords served as legal advisor to Muhimbi.
About Muhimbi Muhimbi is a leading cloud software provider of mission-critical document conversion and manipulation functionality to thousands of high-profile international customers. Customers depend on Muhimbi’s software to produce a single searchable version of truth, enhance security, archive compliant documents, future-proof documents from technology obsolescence, and enhance document workflows. For more information on Muhimbi’s software solution for cloud and on-premises document management systems, visit www.muhimbi.com.
About PSPDFKit PSPDFKit develops software development toolkits and related frameworks that enable document creation, manipulation, collaboration, and innovation within its customers’ applications. The company’s products cover all major platforms and support a wide range of programming languages and can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud with ease and at any scale. PSPDFKit has earned its developers-first reputation by pioneering products that are easily integrated, completely customizable to fit any deployment and workflow, and trusted by startups, SMBs, and multinational enterprises alike. For more information on PSPDFKit’s document processing platform, visit www.pspdfkit.com.
About Insight Partners Insight Partners is a leading global venture capital and private equity firm investing in high-growth technology and software ScaleUp companies that are driving transformative change in their industries. Founded in 1995, Insight Partners has invested in more than 400 companies worldwide and has raised through a series of funds more than $30 billion in capital commitments. Insight's mission is to find, fund, and work successfully with visionary executives, providing them with practical, hands-on software expertise to foster long-term success. Across its people and its portfolio, Insight encourages a culture around a belief that ScaleUp companies and growth create opportunity for all. For more information on Insight and all its investments, visit www.insightpartners.com or follow us on Twitter @insightpartners.
Like our range of SharePoint products, after years of mammoth releases, we are changing our cadence to smaller and more focussed releases. We will still add big features, just fewer at a time, but more frequently.
Version 10.1.2 of the Muhimbi PDF Converter Services is the first of these focussed releases. Don't be thrown off by the small (sub) point release, we are adding a major new feature; the ability to extract data from PDF Forms using the FDF, XFDF and XML standards. Absolute brilliant new functionality for organisations and teams looking to automate PDF Form processing. Extract data using code, and store the results in a database, lists or make decisions based on the value of a field.
We love our American friends, but the sooner this form disappears, the better. At least we can process it automatically now.
A quick introduction for those not familiar with the product: The Muhimbi PDF Converter Services is an ‘on premises’ server-based SDK that allows software developers to convert typical Office files to PDF format using a robust, scalable but friendly Web Services interface from Java, .NET, Ruby & PHP based solutions. It supports a large number of file types including MS-Office and ODF file formats as well as HTML, MSG (email), EML, AutoCAD and Image based files and is used by some of the largest organisations in the world for mission critical document conversions. In addition to converting documents, the product ships with a sophisticated watermarking engine, PDF Splitting and Merging facilities, an OCR facility and the ability to secure PDF files. Separate SharePoint and Cloud-based Subscription services are available as well.
After years of mammoth releases, we are changing our cadence to smaller and more focussed releases. We will still add big features, just fewer at a time, but more frequently.
Version 10.1.2 of the Muhimbi PDF Converter for SharePoint is the first of these focussed releases. Don't be thrown off by the small (sub) point release, we are adding a major new feature; the ability to extract data from PDF Forms using the FDF, XFDF and XML standards. Absolute brilliant new functionality for organisations and teams looking to automate PDF Form processing. Extract data using workflows or code, and store the results in a database, SharePoint lists or make decisions based on the value of a field.
We love our American friends, but the sooner this form disappears, the better. At least we can process it automatically now.
For those not familiar with the product, the Muhimbi PDF Converter for SharePoint is a lightweight solution that allows users to merge, split, watermark, secure, OCR and convert common document types - including InfoPath, AutoCAD, MSG (email), MS-Office, HTML and images - to PDF as well as other formats from within SharePoint using a friendly user interface, workflows or a web service call, without the need to install any client-side software or Adobe Acrobat. It integrates at a deep level with SharePoint and leverages facilities such as the Audit log, Nintex Workflow, K2, localisation, security and tracing. It runs on SharePoint 2007-2019 & SharePoint Online and is available in English, German, Dutch, French, Traditional Chinese and Japanese. This ‘on-premise’ version of the PDF Converter requires software to be installed on the SharePoint server. Please note that if you have no server access, there is always the option to deploy our SharePoint Online App to on-premise versions of SharePoint 2013, 2016 and 2019. For details see this blog post.
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