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kavakava kavakava
 
M$1 December 21, 2008 10:30 PM

Free PDF editor + viewer?

Hello,

I am looking for freeware PDF editor + viewer that will let me add/remove text and images in PDF files.
Many thanks!

IMPORTANT: Added for clarification: Foxit is great but will not let me edit. I need something like Foxit that is a PDF viewer but will also allow me to edit documents. Thanks!
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girldrumme... girldrumme...
 
 December 22, 2008 04:44 AM
I was trying to come up with the same combo of free programs, but it's not worth the headache. For about $20 on Ebay you can pick up a copy of Nitro PDF Professional which will do much more than you probably need. And it's fully PDF compatable. I got myself a copy and love it. Check it out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Avanquest-Nitro-PDF-Professional-5-Retail-Arts-PDF_W0QQitemZ200288655607QQihZ010QQcategoryZ80235QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://www.nitropdf.com/index.asp

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Personal experience trying to find the same type of programs.
Personal experience with Nitro PDF Professional

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• Great, many thanks for your reply!


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brentcopel... brentcopel...
 
December 22, 2008 02:42 PM
Primo PDF works great, and is free. You can edit like nitro, but you can edit the non-pdf item and then turn it into a pdf.

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offthedome offthedome
 
December 21, 2008 10:33 PM
I have none, but my only experience with them is that they tend to be full of spammy adware and viruses for some reason. I recommend that, whichever anyone else recommends here, you do a couple of google searches to see what people say about them.

Sorry I couldn't help with a specific product. I hope it's at least some help.

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colttrickl... colttrickl...
 
December 21, 2008 10:36 PM
I think that open office 3 has some PDF functionality built in that would meet these requirements. If you just want to create PDFs, you can use a product call FreePDF.
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http://www.labnol.org/software/download/openoffice-free-pdf-editor-without-...


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bugsy bugsy
 
December 21, 2008 10:37 PM
Free PDF Viewer: Foxit Reader 3.0
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer, with incredible small size, breezing-fast launch speed and rich feature set.

Free PDF Editor: CutePDF Writer
http://www.cutepdf.com/
Create professional quality PDF files from almost any printable document. FREE for personal, commercial, gov or edu use! No watermarks! No popup Web ads! Now supports 64-bit Windows.

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mrnemo mrnemo
 
December 21, 2008 10:41 PM
I second PDF Viewer Foxit Reader. No issues, fast, small.

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teduncan teduncan
 
December 22, 2008 01:21 AM
Thanks for those suggestions very good

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bugsy bugsy
 
December 22, 2008 01:41 AM
"IMPORTANT: Added for clarification: Foxit is great but will not let me edit. I need something like Foxit that is a PDF viewer but will also allow me to edit documents. Thanks!"

Free PDF editor + viewer: PDF Xchange Viewer

http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer

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tales tales
 
December 21, 2008 10:51 PM
although there a free programs which do edit PDF files, keep in mind these all reverse engineer the PDF standard. In other words there not exactly written to the spec which could give mixed results in other viewers. If you need this for a client, business or something important for printing etc. I would seriously suggest you would take a look at Adobe's Official PDF editor(s).

If it's just for 'playing' around though I would go for CutePDF writer, as recommended by Bugsy

A list of Adobe's Acrobat PDF Editors and pricing from the Official Adobe website: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/
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http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/


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spoon spoon
 
December 21, 2008 10:57 PM
PDFHammer might be an option you want to check out. The nice thing about this option is it is online and doesn't require you to download and install anything.
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http://www.nitropdf.com/free/hammer/index.htm


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dotnetalld... dotnetalld...
 
December 21, 2008 11:09 PM
FoxIt would be my choice. It works as it should without all the bloat of Adobe's version. It's kind of ironic that Adobe's version is considered bloatware.

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hartwell hartwell
 
December 21, 2008 11:10 PM
yes, editing PDFs is broken by design.

Open Office will "print" to a PDF file.

http://www.openoffice.org/

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stefpub stefpub
 
December 22, 2008 01:35 AM
My favorite free PDF viewer is PDF-XChange viewer.
It has a wonderful pan and zoom function that lets you see exactly what you want in a big document.
Also, it's very good at handling PDF with a lot of graphic objects, files that often make other readers like Foxit choke.

You can download it here:
http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer

I've long searched for a free PDF editor of good quality without finding one. The Pro version of PDF-XChange does everything you usually need from such a tool (page extraction, insertion, cropping, etc.) and only costs $20.

I've been using it for a while and I recommend it.

If you want to do more complex operations on your PDF files, as your question suggests, your cheapest option may be Nitro PDF:
http://www.nitropdf.com/index.asp

This program lets you convert PDF files in Word or RTF files that you can change as you wish before converting them back to PDF. Unfortunately, if your PDF files are complex, fidelity is not always great as glitches appear during the process that must be fixed by hand.

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