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Email to PDF for Outlook

Score8 out of 10

21 Reviews and Ratings

What is Email to PDF for Outlook?

Email to PDF for Outlook is a software solution designed to convert emails and attachments from Microsoft Outlook into PDF documents. It is targeted at companies of various sizes, including small businesses and large enterprises. This tool can be beneficial for professionals in industries such as legal, finance, human resources, sales and marketing, and healthcare, as it offers an easy way to save and share emails in a portable and universal format.

Key Features

Save Emails as PDF: Convert individual emails from Microsoft Outlook into PDF documents while maintaining the original formatting, layout, and attachments. Users have the flexibility to choose whether to include email headers in the resulting PDF file.

Save Attachments as PDF: Extract and save email attachments as separate PDF files, preserving the original file name and format. Users can specify a specific folder location to save the PDF files or combine multiple attachments into a single PDF file.

Batch Export Support: Convert multiple emails or folders in Outlook into PDF files simultaneously, saving time and effort. Customize the naming convention and preserve the folder structure during the conversion process.

Export from Shared Mailboxes: Access and convert emails from shared mailboxes in Outlook, ensuring the permissions and access rights associated with the shared mailbox are maintained. Export emails from multiple shared mailboxes in a single operation.

Automation Features: Automate the conversion process by setting up rules and filters to convert incoming or outgoing emails to PDF automatically. Users can schedule automatic conversions based on specific criteria, such as intervals or specific times.

Export from Public Folders: Convert emails and attachments from public folders in Outlook to PDF, preserving the folder structure and hierarchy. Users can select specific subfolders within the public folders for conversion and export emails from multiple public folders simultaneously.

Run on Citrix/Terminal Servers: Install and run the software on Citrix or Terminal Servers, allowing multiple users to access and utilize it concurrently. This centralized approach streamlines the conversion process and ensures consistent performance.

Avail MSI Setups for group policy deployment: Obtain MSI installer setups to deploy the software easily through group policy. This simplifies the installation process and ensures consistency across multiple systems.

Setups without license activation: Install the software without the need for manual license activation, making it suitable for closed systems and networks without internet access. This eliminates the dependency on an internet connection for license activation.

Support and Free Upgrades: Receive technical support, assistance, and free upgrades during the support period. Choose between 1-year or 3-year support contracts based on specific requirements.

Categories & Use Cases

Top Performing Features

  • Secure PDFs

    Offers options to password protect PDFs, apply digital signatures, redact sensitive information, or restrict permissions for viewing, editing, or printing.

    Category average: 8.1

  • Convert to Different Formats

    Allows users to convert PDFs to popular formats like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or image files.

    Category average: 8.5

  • Text Recognition (OCR)

    Supports Optical Character Recognition to convert scanned documents or images into editable text.

    Category average: 7.4

Areas for Improvement

  • Merge or Split PDFs

    Allows users to combine multiple PDF files into one document or split a single PDF into separate files.

    Category average: 8.6

  • Page Management

    Provides tools to add, delete, reorder, or rotate pages in the PDF document.

    Category average: 8.1

  • Undo and Redo Actions

    Provides the ability to undo or redo previous actions to correct mistakes or backtrack changes made to the PDF document.

    Category average: 8.1

Email to PDF for Outlook review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Email to PDF for Outlook is a great way to organize emails and save space on my computer or server. We find it very important to prepare documents for legal proceedings. Creating an organized document for our attorney to review and present was easy. It is much easier to search through PDFs than it is through emails.

Pros

  • Reduces the "weight" of the document
  • Organizes emails as documents
  • Makes it convenient to organize and share multiple emails as one document

Cons

  • Select the section you want to convert to PDF
  • Lower the price
  • Less glitchy when converting

Return on Investment

  • Saved time in preparing documents for our attorney
  • Easy to store
  • easy to store

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Acrobat

Other Software Used

Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Bridge

Email to PDF for Outlook is Very Helpful

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Email to PDF for Outlook address the business problems of needing to categorize and save emails as PDFs. The scope of my use case is when I receive an email with important information and need to save it an easier format ie PDF or print it out to look at and use later.

Pros

  • Converting an email to a PDF document
  • Creating a way to organize my files and incoming information
  • Ease of use

Cons

  • It would be great if they could automatically convert my emails into PDFs
  • Not always in synch
  • Don't always need information about the sender and receiver, takes up too much space

Return on Investment

  • Email to PDF for Outlook has improved my business objective of being more organized
  • Email to PDF for Outlook has improved my business objective of keeping track of and not losing important information
  • Email to PDF for Outlook has improved my business objective of being able to easily view and print emails

Usability

Other Software Used

Cisco Duo, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Send & Track

I love it here

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

WE use it often here because we are always attaching something to back up our emails. It makes it very convenient to be able to have the paperwork attached to our emails. If a Customer requests a copy of the invoice I attach it as a PDF so they can print it out on their end.

Pros

  • Shows up in real time
  • accuracy is there
  • end users are able to print the document with ease

Cons

  • I love everything about it!
  • IT works perfectly
  • never had an issue

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft 365

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365