Alternatives to Acrobat for PDF editing?

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January 28, 2018, 01:37 PM

Frenchy1004

Alternatives to Acrobat for PDF editing?

Anyone have some suggestions for an alternative to Acrobat for PDF editing that doesn't break the bank and is easy to use? Many thanks in advance.

January 28, 2018, 01:49 PM

Gustofer

I've used PDF Expert for several years now and have been pretty happy with it.

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January 28, 2018, 02:11 PM

btgoanna

Power PDF by Nuance works well

January 28, 2018, 03:17 PM

Tailhook 84

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Originally posted by btgoanna:
Power PDF by Nuance works well

The Win10 upgrades at work included Nuance. It works fine for me, but I'm not a heavy editor of .pdf files either.

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January 28, 2018, 05:21 PM

sjtill

I’ve been a heavy Acrobat user for years. What I would like is the old Acrobat GUI and half the features. I need editing and OCR commenting.

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January 28, 2018, 05:39 PM

sigcrazy7

On the Mac, PDFPen, or PDFPenPro if you need form support.

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January 28, 2018, 07:55 PM

Woodman

Select all, copy all, and paste into a Pages document?

Sometimes I lose all formatting but then 'make text plain' and start all over again.

January 28, 2018, 07:58 PM

BamaJeepster

If you have access to Microsoft Office, just right click on the pdf and choose 'Open With' and select Word. If it's a regular pdf you can edit and save it in pdf format. You can save any word document in pdf format with Word as well.

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January 29, 2018, 08:03 AM

smschulz

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Originally posted by btgoanna:
Power PDF by Nuance works well

I've converted many clients and sold many copies of this over the pricey Adobe product > Nuance PDF Power Standard .
VERY reasonable by comparison without any pitfalls that I can see.

January 29, 2018, 08:10 AM

kingfish007

I use pdf annotator. Works very well.

January 29, 2018, 08:19 AM

LS1 GTO

If you're a student with access to a .edu email address acrobat pro can be had for cheap (~$150)

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